Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Diana Peñuela (DNA Professional Biking) gained elite time trial races on the Colombian Nationwide Championships on Thursday. It was a blinding 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 coated 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 yr earlier than.
Off the rostrum by one spot was Nairo Quintana, who made his return to professional biking with Movistar after a yr away. He had a constructive take a look at for Tramadol from the 2022 Tour de France whereas using 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 highway race. He’s anticipated to affix his crew in a number of weeks to compete in Tour Colombia, which rejoins the calendar after pausing for 3 years.
Additionally among the many WorldTour riders with stable occasions below the one-hour mark had been Quintana’s Movistar teammate Einer Rubio in seventh, respectively, Ineos’ Egan Bernal in sixth and Rigoberto Urán (EF Training-EasyPost) in eighth. Bernal gained the ITT championship in 2018.
Martínez is anticipated to put on a newly designed Colombian champion’s Bora skinsuit throughout the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal, which encompasses a rolling 22km ITT on stage 4 in Albufeira. He used a fourth place on final yr’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 coated 25.6km between Sotaquirá and Tunja. Peñuela accomplished the route in 41:32, 26 seconds higher than Karen Villamizar (Boneshaker Challenge) 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 sooner than Andrea Alzate (Eneicat-CM Group).
Peñuela is the defending elite girls’s champion within the highway race and returns to defend the title Friday when the ladies sort out 108.6km. The elite males encounter 211km on Sunday. Martinez shall be joined initially by Sergio Higuita, who gained the nationwide occasion in 2022.
