The Catalan Erik Martorell and his sensational marks in the individual pursuit of the Grenchen European Championship, improving Spain’s record They have been the most positive note of the third day for the Spanish National Team at the Swiss velodrome. Erik Martorell continues his progression and has left one of the great news of the day thanks to his sensational record of 4: 14.512 in individual persecution; a time that placed him in the final ninth place in the competition and that improves the Spanish record that Sergi Escobar signed with 4: 16,682 at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
The Catalan, clearly from more to less in the test, was satisfied with the brand, but above all with its sensations and the margin for improvement that it treasures: “With five laps to go, I felt like it was going to get heavy and I couldn’t go on with three laps, but I’m staying with my progression and I know I can go very fast. I’m happy for the time, but above all because I have a lot of room for improvement ”. “In the elimination I was eighth, but I was left with a feeling of being in great shape. I’m super happy, I want to continue evolving and improving ”, It was ending a Martorell that will concur with Mora in the madison of this European.
Eukene Larrarte has played an omnium in which he has failed to find his best version. The Basque cyclist started her competition with a 12th place in the scratch. In the tempo race Larrarte finished 17th, improving his performance in an elimination that finished 12th again. In scoring, Larrarte finished with 45 points to finally be 14th. The British Archibald, European champion after a tremendous exhibition. Sebastián Mora, for his part, finished in 19th place a scratch in which the Portuguese Oliveira prevailed.
The morning session began for the Spanish National Team with the participation of Alejandro Martínez and Ekain Jiménez in individual speed. In the 200 meters, the Alicante and the Basque signed records of 10,003 and 10,202 respectively to be 16th and 21st. Already at the crossroads, Martínez could not with the Czech Topinka and Jiménez was surpassed by the British Truman. “Today was not the day, I have suffered a lot from the effort and fatigue of yesterday,” said Alejandro Martínez, from Alicante, that will end his European with his participation in the keirin. This Friday the Spanish National Team will have the presence of Helena Casas in the timed 500 meters; Sebastián Mora in the omnium; Eukene Larrarte in the individual pursuit and Tania Calvo in the score.