Panama with good feelings on the Colombia Tour

Panamanians Christopher Jurado and Franklin Archiboldhe left good feelings, stayed in the peloton and crossed the line with the same time as Colombian Gustavo Gaviria from the team Movistar team, winner of the first stage of the Tour of Colombia race.

The first stage was a route of 155 kilometers, between cities Paipa-Duitama-La Y-Tibasosa-Sogamoso-Nobsa-La Y-Duitama, where Gaviria achieved a time of 3 hours, 11 minutes and 39 seconds, He won the stage and with it a bonus of 10 seconds.

While second place went to Italyor Davide Persico from the Belgian team Bingoal WB who achieved the same time, also received a bonus of 6 seconds, and the third place was won by the British Mark Cavendish from the team Astana Qazaqstan from Kazakhstan with a bonus of 4 seconds.

In this way the Panamanians Archibold and Jurado, They remain 10 seconds ahead of the leading Gavirija, due to the bonus.

“As expected on this first day, the arrival was massive, we went for those first places and I think that this overall ninth place is important, because there is a lot of competition on this Tour and we know what we are risking,” he commented. Christopher Jurado, after the race.

While Archibold took tenth place.

Team fourth place

in General team classification, Panama is culture and values walked in fourth place with a time of 9:34:57, led by the Spanish team Movistar Team, followed by Bingoal Wb from Belgium, and in third place is the Mexican team Petrolica PTL, all with the same time.

In it Tour of Colombia 24 teams are participating.

It should be noted that Panamanian Felipe “Pipe” Chan is in seventh place in the under-23 category.

The Panama is Culture and Values ​​team is directed by Félix Cárdenas and Antonio Cuan and consists of: Christopher Jurado, Franklin Archibold, Bolívar Espinosa, Alex Strah, Randish Lorenzo and Felipe Chang.

Second phase

This Wednesday, the second stage of 169 kilometers between Paipa-Tunja-Ventaquemada-Tunja-Paipa-Duitama-Santa Rosa de Viterbo will be run.

In it Tour of Colombia At least 144 riders are participating.