Supermán López won gold in the time trial of the Central American and Caribbean Games – Olympic Cycle – Sports

The Colombian Miguel Ángel ‘Supermán’ López ratified this Wednesday the good moment he is living and won with authority the individual time trial of the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador.

The 29-year-old rider comes from winning the Tour of Colombia last month, in which he won nine of the 10 stages.

López claimed his favoritism and covered the 41.4 kilometers of the test in 49:07.94, starting and finishing in Zacatecoluca.

Under a temperature of 33 degrees Celsius, with a wind chill of 39, the Colombian celebrated a new victory in a season. López has also won the Vuelta a San Juan and the Tour de Catamarca with Team Medellín, as well as becoming the National Time Trial Champion.

The former Astana and Movistar rider, third in the Giro d’Italia and in the 2018 Vuelta a España, beat his compatriot Walter Vargas, who reached 15 seconds and took silver.

The bronze was awarded to Conor White from Bermuda, who completed the test 47 seconds behind the Colombian López, while the rest of the competitors came more than three and a half minutes behind the champion.

Earlier in the day, Cuban Arlenis Sierra won the women’s time trial by finishing the 21-kilometer course in 27:10.16, taking one minute four seconds from Colombia’s Diana Peñuela (silver) and one minute and 25 seconds from Caitlin Bermuda. conyers.

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