Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra entered second this Saturday in the Giro a Emilia Internacional to reissue her outstanding performance when she debuted in 2018 in this race of the female elite, which is held annually in Bologna, Italy.
She this time wearing the A.R. Monex, the Manzanilla was only surpassed by the Spanish Mavi García (Alé BTC Ljubljana), who set a time of two hours, 14 minutes and 47 seconds in the 87.2 kilometers traveled with a difficult finish at the top of the mythical elevation of San Lucas .
“I am very happy with this result. It was a completely flat race until the last two and a half kilometers, which is when you decide on the climb ”, the impetuous auctioneer told the weekly Jit exclusively.
“I have to thank in a very special way my teammate, the Italian Maria Victoria Sperotto, who helped me a lot. In the last 10 kilometers she passed me and on the hill of her thanks to her I entered the first position. After the initial slope, the race was decided by being able to separate Mavi, Rachel and I ”.
She excitedly related that in the last section “already on the other climb, which is higher, Mavi attacked. I didn’t have enough strength to fall behind him, but I advanced a bit and secured second place, everything was better than I thought ”.
“We hope to finish the season superior to other years, and I only need the competition next Tuesday and I aspire to be well, that it can be even much better,” she said.
After its premiere on the podium in 2018, La Sierra de Cuba ranked tenth in 2019 and in place 47 in 2020, when it intervened after five months without running due to the covid-19 pandemic, in all of them with the coat of the Kazakh-Italian club Astana.
The 28-year-old rider starred in her best performance on the road on September 25, taking the fifth seat at the World Road Championships in Flanders, Belgium.
The first 10:
1st Mavi Garcia Canellas, Spain (Ale Btc City Ljubljana)… 2h14’47 “
2nd Arlenis Sierra Canadilla, Cuba (A.R. Monex) ……………… Same time
3rd Rachel Neylan, Australia (Parkhotel Valkenburg) ………. “
4th Rasa Leleivyte, Lithuania (Aromitalia Basso Bikes) ………. “
5 ° Silvia Zanardi, Italy (Bepink) …………………………………… .. “
6th Gemma Sernissi, Italy (Aromitalia Basso Bikes) ………… “
7th Greta Marturano, Italy (Top Girls Fassa Bortolo) ………. “
8 ° Barbara Malcotti, Italy (Valcar) …………………………………. “
9th Katia Ragusa, Italy (A.R. Monex) ……………………………… .. “
10th Silvia Magri, Italy (Valcar) ………………………………………… “