The USA’s Lauren Stephens and Jhonatan Narváez of Ecuador received the highway race titles on the 2023 Pan American Video games in Santiago, Chile, the American ending alone after a solo assault, whereas the Ineos Grenadiers rider beat a small group of six rivals.
Each races lined 17.5km circuits across the Parque Metropolitano de Santiago, the biggest city park in Latin America. The ladies’s race was lowered from seven laps to 6 resulting from morning rain, whereas the boys raced for 9 laps protecting 157.5km.
Stephens escaped alone on the ultimate lap to win the ladies’s race, with Miryam Maritza Nunez of Ecuador taking the silver medal at 1:13 and Agua Marina Espinola of Paraguay the bronze.
Stephens not too long ago completed sixth on the UCI Gravel World Championships and was fourth within the Pan-Am Video games time trial.
Stephens has ridden for EF Schooling-TIBCO-SVB crew for he final two seasons however will be part of the France-based Cynisca Biking for 2024 as she hopes to experience the Paris Olympics.
“I’ve been driving for 15 years, and I’m close to the tip of my profession, however I’m nonetheless racing, actually for an additional 12 months to attempt to make it to the Olympics and present america that I’m able to successful this race,” she mentioned.
“I do know that what I did immediately reveals me that I’m making the appropriate resolution to remain for an additional 12 months.”
Narváez is thought for his love for onerous racing and survived the windy situations to win gold with a dash end.
The Ecuadorian joined forces with Richard Carapaz within the choose group that emerged within the ultimate kilometres after which beat Argentina’s Eduardo Sepúlveda and Uruguay’s Eric Fagúndez within the dash end.Carapaz, who received silver within the time trial final week, completed seventh.