Alejandro Osorio defeats Bernal and Higuita and is the new national road champion

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Alejandro Osorio is the new national road champion! The 25-year-old cyclist from Antioquia won the elite event in the city of Tunja. The race had a route of 144.8 kilometers, which was made up of eight laps of the circuit in the capital of Boyacá, which ended in the Plaza de Bolívar.

The GW Erco Shimano rider was always at the head of the race accompanied by four other riders, who in the last kilometers fell behind. Pony Osorio was solid, ran with intelligence and demonstrated with arguments that he can wear the tricolor jersey during 2024.

Alejandro Osorio took the victory with a time of 4 hours, 53 minutes and 24 seconds. Second place went to Sergio Andrés Higuita of Bora-Hansgrohe, while the podium was closed by Egan Bernal of Team Ineos Grenadiers. The two World Tour riders lost more than a minute in the last lap, however, they managed to pull back, overtook the riders and made it 2-3.

For his part, Nairo Quintana was always behind the first places and lost more than five minutes with the winner of the day.

Last champions of the National Road Championship

• 2024: Alejandro Osorio
• 2023: Esteban Chaves
• 2022: Sergio Higuita
• 2021: Aristobulo Cala
• 2020: Sergio Higuita
• 2019: Oscar Quiroz
• 2018: Sergio Luis Henao
• 2017: Sergio Luis Henao
• 2016: Edwin Ávila
• 2015: Robinson Chalapud
• 2014: Miguel Ángel Rubiano

Who is Alejandro Osorio?

Alejandro Osorio Carvajal was born on May 28, 1998 in the municipality of El Carmen de Viboral in the department of Antioquia and is the brother of fellow cyclist Frank Osorio. Throughout his career he has competed with GW Shimano, Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizanè, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA, Team Bahrain Victorious and GW Erco Shimano.

This was the runner’s third victory in his career. In 2018 he achieved a stage victory in the Giro Ciclistico d’Italia (Baby Giro), while this year he also achieved a victory in the return to Táchicara, in Venezuela. Alejandro Osorio will debut the tricolor jersey in the Tour Colombia 2.1, which will be held next week in the Cundiboyaca highlands.

National Road Champions

Winners 2024

• National Elite Men’s Road Champion: Alejandro Osorio
• National Men’s Road Champion Sub 23: Brandon Rojas
• National Elite Women’s Road Champion: Paula Patiño
• National Women’s Road Champion Sub 23: Carolina Vargas
• Elite Men’s CRI National Champion: Daniel Felipe Martínez
• Under 23 Men’s CRI National Champion: Freddy Alejandro Ávila
• Elite Women’s CRI National Champion: Diana Penuela
• Under 23 Women’s CRI National Champion: Carolina Vargas

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