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Bogotá, February 7, 2024. The roads of Boyacá continue to be the epicenter of great emotions with the development of the Tour Colombia 2.1, an important cycling competition that this Wednesday completed its second stage, which took place between Paipa and Santa Rosa de Viterbo, with a total route of 168.6 kilometers, and which left the Colombian Harold Tejada as the great winner.
Photo: César Guavita crossed the finish line in eighth position and is the new leader of the general classification of the U-23 category.
Harold Tejada won the
César David Guavita, from the Colombia Potencia de la Vida team, supported by the Ministry of Sports, crossed the finish line in eighth position and is the leader of the general classification of the U-23 category.
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Bogotá, February 7, 2024. The roads of Boyacá continue to be the epicenter of great emotions with the development of the Tour Colombia 2.1, an important cycling competition that this Wednesday completed its second stage, which took place between Paipa and Santa Rosa de Viterbo, with a total route of 168.6 kilometers, and which left the Colombian Harold Tejada as the great winner.
In an undulating day, which featured three categorized ports, and after an impressive comeback, worthy of the ??beetles?? Colombians, Tejada, from the Astana Qazaqstan Team, crossed the finish line first, with a time of 04h:02??:07????, leaving behind the Italian Andrea Piccolo and the Spanish Óscar Sevilla, who came in third position .
This is the first world tour victory for the man born in Pitalito, Huila, who has been with the Astana team since 2020 and who last year finished third overall in the Tour of Turkey. An unforgettable start to the year for the Colombian cyclist who exalts, with his pedal strokes, the name of the country.
Great performance of the Colombia Potencia de la Vida team
César David Guavita remains unstoppable in the Tour Colombia 2.1. This Wednesday, he was the best classified of the six cyclists representing the Colombia Potencia de la Vida Strongman team, supported by the Ministry of Sports. The young runner crossed the finish line in eighth position and is the new leader of the general classification of the U-23 category.
General classification with Colombian aroma
After his great stage, Harold Tejada wore the yellow jersey that accredited him as the new leader of the general classification, with a time of 07:13:35. He is followed by Óscar Sevilla, who is one second behind the Colombian; Andrea Piccolo, 5 seconds away; and Rodrigo Contreras, César Guavita, Yeison Reyes, Edgar Pinzón and Robinson Chalapud, all 11 seconds behind the lead.
This Thursday, February 8, the third stage of the Tour Colombia 2.1 will be run, a circuit in the Boyacá capital of 141.9 kilometers, which includes three special sprints and no categorized mountain prizes along the way.