Canada takes the gold and a spot for Paris 2024

Panama City. He gave a strong final sprint Canada is the gold medalist of this Pan Americanand with that the elites closed the curtain on the background test. The gold was given to him by Pier-Andre Cote for his country. Argentinian Nicolás Tivani he was surprised by the Canadian who started a strong sprint from behind and there was nothing else left. Bronze went to Charles-Etienne.

The elite category race started with 110 runners from 31 national teams the male of this Pan American. They covered 204.8 kilometers of this test in 4 hours and 47 minutes, with an average speed of 42.6 kilometers per hour.

Indoor team numbers World tour present at Pan American was Álvaro Hodeg (UAE Team Emirates) and Vinicius Rangel (Movistar).

At the end of the first lap, the escape of the Argentinian runner Laureano Rosas was already recorded, who prematurely searched for him, but did not go any further. It was too early for me to perform the carry myself.

In the fourth round, five tried to escape runners with Rosas trying again for the third time, Odvelto Clerge of Haiti and also Brazil; however, it did not progress.

In the middle of the seventh lap, the breakaway of six drivers started to increase the gap. Among the fugitives was Panamanian Alex Strah, Juan Pablo Dotti from Argentina, Rodrigo Contreras in the Mexican national team, Brazilian André Gohr, also runners from Chile and Peru.

Behind the pursuer a lot he commanded Colombian Rodrigo Contreras she started her motorcycle to hunt down the fleeing protagonists, and was caught in the middle of the eighth lap.

Definitely Colombia postponed the race so that the Argentina national team would later would be at the top of the list. After the ninth round is over, Ecuadorian Santiago Montenegro He launched an attack on the slope on the way to the finish with the intention of seeking a break, he tried it and then the main body occupied it.

When rolling around eleven Peru, Brazil and Bolivia They decided to make another attempt, when a lot was thrown behind them to prevent escape. The same thing continued to happen lap after lap as well as the next turn Panama with Christofer Jurado which was launched, giving minutes of joy to the Panamanians who cheered him on, but also to the whole National cycling team of Panama represents six runners.

Four laps to go, another runner jumped off the track, it was about Caio Godoy from Brazil, just in time when the weather gave rest to the riders. From behind, in the group chasing him, a Panamanian launched himself Alex Strah, leaving José Luis Rodríguez from Chile with him.

This escape of three runners managed to increase the gap in the group by a minute. However, with three laps to go, Miguel Superman López remained He would place himself at the top of the peloton at the top and out of control, quickly cutting 20 seconds off the breakaways. With one lap remaining, the gap was down to 10 seconds with the break.

The Panamanian flag was flying among fans who looked visibly excited to see Fear among the protagonists.

The escape would end before the end of lap number 15 and the ninth driver from it Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Canada and Paraguay extracting for 30 seconds. This return was very moving, changing the landscape from a kilometer to the second. Panama He continued to build some more excitement, only to start to see himself cut in alongside some Colombians who had initially controlled the race when the bell rang to indicate there was only one lap left.

Eight runners ahead (two each from Canada, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Argentina), and none from Colombia who controlled much of the race. The wear and tear was already noticeable due to all the work they did during the hard kilometers of pedaling… leaving it to be analyzed whether the team strategy of the big favorite (Miguel Ángel López) caused too much wear.