Ismael Ventura and Naima Madler, champions of the Catalunya Bike Race 2021

The sun of the first two days of competition has given way to the water, which has muddied the most technical sectors of a route of 68 km and 2,241 meters of positive elevation gain. The start of the track gave way to the ups and downs of pure mountain biking in Vilallobent-Queixans, giving Ever Alejandro Gómez the opportunity to attack to look for the leader’s jersey. However, during the ascent to La Molina, Gomez has suffered from technical problems and has been overtaken by his competitors. Among them, Cristofer Bosque has stood out, who has attacked taking advantage of the opportunity of the moment.

Upon the arrival of the mythical path 732 over La Molina, the spectacular single track that runs through the undergrowth has witnessed how the leader Cristofer Bosque, has passed more than 3 minutes of the then second classified of the day, Xavi Jove, but has broken the handlebar in an accident on the asphalt of Alp and has had to leave. Fortunately, Cristofer has not had to regret serious physical damage. Ismael Ventura has been the main beneficiary of the situation, maintaining an elite leadership during the three days competition that has allowed him to win the winner’s elastic.

“Today has been a day of authentic Mountain Bike, pure survival. We have all had breakdowns, I have punctured three times, I have broken a wheel… ”, explained Ventura, who did not have them all before the demand of the CBR: “I am super happy because there has been a moment in which I have been on the verge of retiring. When I broke a tire, I thought it would not arrive, but it was close to a technical area and we have been able to repair it ”.

In the Elite Women category, Naima Madler has maintained her mandate with an iron fist, controlling her rivals at all times, not without suffering along the way. Two punctures have forced her to get the best of herself to make up lost ground with her pursuer Michalina Ziolkowska, but the German cyclist ended up crossing the finish line as the first classified of the day and the general classification.

“It has been a very tough stage. We were just warming up and it started to rain. I have to say that I like the rain in the races, but it was difficult during the technical sections with wet rocks and roots ”, Naima, completely drenched in mud, has pointed out. “I will return to the Catalunya Bike Race. I am really happy. The atmosphere is very familiar and it is very special because of the area, the climate and its situation. I think it is no secret to anyone: I have been in two Bike Races and I have loved them ”, he declared.

The Catalunya Bike Race ends the 2021 season of the Bike Race by Octagon, which has also crowned the Andalucía Bike Race by Garmin, La Rioja Bike Race presented by Pirelly and MMR Asturias Bike Race. The 2022 season will start in February with the eleventh edition of the Andalucía Bike Race by Garmin, from 21 to 26.

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The sun of the first two days of competition has

gave way to water, which has muddied the most technical sectors of a journey of

68km and 2,241 meters of positive elevation gain. The start of the track has given way to the climbs

and pure mountain bike descents in Vilallobent-Queixans have given Ever an opportunity

Alejandro Gómez to attack to look for the leader’s jersey.

However, during the ascent to La Molina, Gómez has suffered technical problems

and has been overtaken by its competitors. Among them, Cristofer has highlighted

Forest, who has attacked taking advantage of the opportunity of the moment

Upon arrival of the mythical path 732 over La Molina, the spectacular single track that

travels through the undergrowth has witnessed how the leader Cristofer Bosque, has gone to more

3 minutes of the then second classified of the day, Xavi Jove, but he has broken the handlebar

in an accident on the asphalt of Alp and has had to leave. Fortunately,

Cristofer has not had to regret serious physical damage.

Ismael Ventura has been the main beneficiary of the situation, maintaining a

elite driving during the three days of competition that has allowed him to become

with the winner’s elastic.

“Today has been a day of authentic Mountain Bike, pure survival. We all have

I had breakdowns, I have punctured three times, I have broken a wheel… ”, explained Ventura,

that he did not have them all before the demand of the CBR: “I am super happy because he has

There has been a time when I have been on the verge of retiring. When I have broken the wheel

I thought it would not arrive, but it was close to a technical area and we were able to

repair”.

In the Elite Women category, Naima Madler has maintained her mandate with the hand of

iron controlling his rivals at all times, not without suffering along the way. Two

punctures have forced her to do her best to make up lost ground with

her pursuer Michalina Ziolkowska, but the German cyclist has ended up crossing

the finish line as the first classified of the day and the general.

“It has been a very tough stage. We were just warming up and it started to rain.

I have to say that I like the rain at the races, but it was difficult during the races.

technical sections with wet rocks and roots ”, Naima pointed out completely

soaked in mud.

“I will return to the Catalunya Bike Race. I am really happy. The atmosphere is very

familiar and it is very special because of the area, the climate and its situation. I think it is no

nobody’s secret: I have been in two Bike Races and I have loved them ”, he declared.

The Catalunya Bike Race ends the 2021 season of the Bike Race by Octagon,

which has also crowned the Andalucía Bike Race by Garmin, La Rioja Bike Race

presented by Pirelly and MMR Asturias Bike Race. The 2022 season will start in

February with the eleventh edition of the Andalucía Bike Race by Garmin, from 21 to 26.

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