The Guatemalan Julio Ispaché and the Mexican Daniela Campuzano prevailed in the elite category of the XCO competition of the UCI International Mountain Biking Championship, which was held on Saturday and Sunday at the San Agustín Bike Park track, on the road to El Salvador.
Ispaché Rodas, from the Decorabaños team, completed the four laps of the mountainous circuit with a time of 1 hour, 17 minutes and 35 seconds, to beat Mexican Jaime Miranda, from JMJ Sport Coaching, and Honduran Luis López, from Ópticas Deluxe, by 21 seconds. , for 58 seconds.
The Mexican Campuzano, from Specialized-Guacamole, completed her circuits in 1 hour, 11 minutes and 59 seconds, taking 6 minutes and 59 seconds ahead of her compatriot Elizabeth Domínguez, from Brava, while third place went to Flori de León from MTB-Relaxejeros, 10:40 minutes from the winner.
In the male youth category, the Mexican Luciano Esquivias, from Italika ARV, stopped the clocks in 1:08:24, ahead of the Puerto Rican Alberto Chinea (1:11:53) and the Guatemalan D’Alessandro Gómez (1:13: 25).
In the female youth, it was the Guatemalan María Jazmín Alvarado Castañeda, from the MTB-Relaxejer, who achieved the best time, completing the circuits in 1:09:42, followed by her compatriots Sara Lisbeth Bala Tax, from the Sololá Association, with a time of 1:18:27, and Dulce Mishell Escobar Bautista, from the Quetzaltenango Association, 18:53 apart from the winner.
The activity, of an international nature, was developed by the Guatemalan Cycling Federation, was endorsed by the International Cycling Union (UCI) and was sponsored by Bantrab.