Canadian Esta Bovill with gold and silver was the most prominent figure in America in the 2021 UCI Gran Fondo World Championship, held from October 5 to 10, in East Sarajevo, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where we won two more subtitles by Canadian cyclists and Americans.
Bovill won the Gran Fondo route (100 km) in the 45-49 age category, with a time of 3:51:43 hours and an average speed of 25,894 km / h; while she finished in the 18.2 kilometer individual time trial in second place with a time of 31:54 minutes.
The other podiums on our continent went to the Canadian Bruce Bird, category 50-54, on the Gran Fondo route; and in the American Jennifer Slawta in the 55-59 individual time trial for women with a final time of 34:59 minutes.
Hundreds of amateur cyclists gathered in East Sarajevo for a week of racing in which 40 rainbow jerseys were awarded by UCI Gran Fondo 2021 world champions, distributed in each age group that featured at least one starter.
The participants had qualified through the UCI Gran Fondo World Series and fought in the time trial and two road races, the Mediofondo and Granfondo. America was represented by riders from Canada, the United States, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
Here we leave you the places reached by all the runners of America in the three tests put into dispute individual time trial, the Gran Fondo route and the Medio Fondo route.
CONTRARRELOJ DE 18,2 KM
70-74 años (Hombres)
José Willer Jiménez (Chile) – 10mo lugar
65-69 años (Hombres)
Gary Painter (EE. UU.) – 4to lugar
Pedro BernaleS Vera (Chile) – 8vo lugar
Paul Mpwery (EE.UU.) – 10mo lugar
Francisco Novoa (Argentina) – 16 lugar
60 -64 años (Hombres)
Brett Heilbron (Canadá) – 21 lugar
55-59 (Mujeres)
Jennifer Slawta (EE.UU.) 34:59 minutos – Plata
Dawn Heinemeyer (Canadá) 5to lugar
55-59 (Hombres)
John Mansel (EE.UU.) – 7mo lugar
Robert Garwood (EE.UU.) – 14 lugar
René TremblaeY (Canadá) – 16 lugar
50-54 (Hombres)
Bird Bruce Bird (Canadá) – 5to lugar
Robinson Miranda (Chile) – 7mo lugar
18 Terrence Chioffi (EE.UU.) – 18 lugar
19 Javier Teneb Hernandez (Chile) – 19 lugar
45-49 (Femenino)
Esta Bovill (Canadá) 31:54 minutos- Plata
45-49 (Hombres)
Dan Netzer (EE.UU.) – 9no lugar
Serghei Maximenco (Canadá) – 10mo lugar
Sean Martin (EE.UU.) – 11no lugar
Kelly Jablonski (Canadá) -15 lugar
40-44 (Hombres)
Mario Rogerio Dos Santos Galvao (Brasil) – 6to lugar
Alvaro Cantillo (Canadá) – 16 lugar
Dmitry Khrisanov (Canadá) – 18 lugar
19-34 (Femenino)
Camila Diaz Logan (Chile) 8vo lugar
Carissa Fry (EE.UU.) – 11no lugar
MEDIO FONDO (ruta 60 km)
50-54 (Femenino)
Renee Eastman (EE.UU.) – 6to lugar
55-59 (Femenino)
Jennifer Slawta (EE.UU.) – 6to lugar
Beth Leasure-Hudson (EE.UU.) – 8vo lugar
Sian Spacey (Canadé)- 10mo lugar
11 Dawn Heinemeyer (Canadá) – 11no lugar
65-69 (Hombres)
Richard Mull (EE.UU.) – 4to lugar
George Smith (EE.UU.) – 7mo lugar
Pedro Bernales Vera (Chile)- 14 lugar
Francisco Novoa (Argentina) – 20 lugar
70-74 (Hombres)
Josef Lemire (EE.UU.) – 4to lugar
GRAN FONDO (Ruta 100 km)
45-49 (Femenino)
Esta Bovill (Canadá) – Oro
50-54 (Hombres)
PLATA: Bird Bruce (Canadá)