Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Diana Peñuela (DNA Professional Biking) received elite time trial races on the Colombian Nationwide Championships on Thursday. It was a stunning debut for Martínez at his new Bora crew, who reclaimed the ITT nationwide title for a fourth time, final profitable in 2022. It was a 3rd title for Peñuela within the race in opposition to the clock.
Martinez lined the 41.8km course from Paipa to Tunja in 54:02 in a dominant efficiency, leaving Brandon Rivera (Ineos Grenadiers) 1:38 again for silver and former Astana professional Rodrigo Contreras (Nu Colombia) one other 18 seconds down for a similar bronze he earned a 12 months earlier than.
Off the rostrum by one spot was Nairo Quintana, who made his return to professional biking with Movistar after a 12 months away. He had a constructive take a look at for Tramadol from the 2022 Tour de France whereas driving for Arkéa-Samsic and was not signed by any crew final season. He did compete at Colombian Nationals final February and completed third within the street race. He’s anticipated to affix his crew in just a few weeks to compete in Tour Colombia, which rejoins the calendar after pausing for 3 years.
Additionally among the many WorldTour riders with strong occasions beneath the one-hour mark had been Quintana’s Movistar teammate Einer Rubio in seventh, respectively, Ineos’ Egan Bernal in sixth and Rigoberto Urán (EF Schooling-EasyPost) in eighth. Bernal received the ITT championship in 2018.
Martínez is predicted to put on a newly designed Colombian champion’s Bora skinsuit in the course of the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal, which includes a rolling 22km ITT on stage 4 in Albufeira. He used a fourth place on final 12 months’s Volta 24.4km time trial on the ultimate stage to safe the general victory, with a two-second benefit over then-teammate Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers).
The ladies’s ITT lined 25.6km between Sotaquirá and Tunja. Peñuela accomplished the route in 41:32, 26 seconds higher than Karen Villamizar (Boneshaker Mission) when the clock stopped. In a battle for the bronze over a minute behind Peñuela, Ana Cristina Sanabria took the ultimate spot on the rostrum, two seconds quicker than Andrea Alzate (Eneicat-CM Workforce).
Peñuela is the defending elite girls’s champion within the street race and returns to defend the title Friday when the ladies deal with 108.6km. The elite males encounter 211km on Sunday. Martinez can be joined at first by Sergio Higuita, who received the nationwide occasion in 2022.
