BOGOTÁ. The spectacular Colombian climber Sergio Higuita debuted with a subtitle in the WorldTour, with his EF Education First team. The Antioqueno occupied the second position of the podium in the Tour of California, accompanying the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), with whom he starred in a sensational duel in the queen stage.

The always attractive and mountainous Tour of California, was defined by a few seconds. A Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) was enough with his triumph in the queen stage the day before to deserve deservedly with the title. The Colombian Sergio Higuita (EF Education First) who initially had to develop his career according to Tejay Van Garderen, dazzled once again and was runner-up. The podium was completed by another young man who starts taking big steps, the Danish Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck Quick Step).

The closing stage was won in the sprint by the Dutchman Cees Bol (Team Sunweb) by imposing a record of 2 hours 53 minutes 16 seconds for the 141 kilometers with which culminated this test between Santa Clarita and Pasadena. Peter Sagan (BORA Hansgrohe) had to settle for second place and Jasper Philipsen (UAE-Team Emirates) with the third.

The performance of the six Colombian riders was more than positive, all of ours were in the Top 30 of this competition. With Sergio Higuita (Education First) as the best placed, second on the final podium and the classification of young people. Rigoberto Urán who returned to the competition after two months of inactivity and ranked in the Top 15.

While Rodrigo Contreras (Astana Pro Team), Darwin Atapuma (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits), (Edwin Israel Cycling Academy) and Cristian Muñoz (UAE-Team Emirates) fulfilled with great success in their work of gregarious. Especially Muñoz, who joined the team of the champion, and was always very attentive to support Pogacar and close the cuts that could harm. (mundociclistico.com)

TEN FIRST CLASSIFICATION STAGE 7 FINAL (141 KM).

  1. Cees Bol (Ned) Team Sunweb 2:53:16
  2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
  3. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates
  4. Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain-Merida
  5. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep
  6. Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Ineos
  7. Travis McCabe (USA) USA National Team
  8. Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
  9. Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin
  10. Edwin Avila (Col) Israel Cycling Academy

TEN FIRST INDIVIDUAL GENERAL FINAL CLASSIFICATION.

  1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 32:55:12
  2. Sergio Andres Higuita (Col) EF Education First +0:00:16
  3. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep +0:00:17
  4. George Bennett (NZl) Team Jumbo-Visma +0:00:29
  5. Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo +0:00:41
  6. Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha-Alpecin +0:01:03
  7. Jesper Hansen (Den) Cofidis, Solutions Credits +0:01:18
  8. Felix Großschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe +0:01:18
  9. Tejay Van Garderen (USA) EF Education First +0:01:22
  10. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe +0:01:23

TEN FIRST CLASSIFICATION BY FINAL POINTS.

  1. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 40 pts.
  2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 36
  3. Sergio Andres Higuita (Col) EF Education First 29
  4. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates 28
  5. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 25
  6. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 22
  7. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 21
  8. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Deceuninck-QuickStep 20
  9. Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 18
  10. Travis McCabe (USA) USA National Team 16

TEN FIRST CLASSIFICATION OF FINAL MOUNTAIN.

  1. Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 51 pts.
  2. Alex Hoehn (USA) USA National Team 35
  3. Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 31
  4. Sergio Andres Higuita (Col) EF Education First 20
  5. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 15
  6. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep 14
  7. Michael Hernandez (USA) USA National Team 13
  8. Lachlan Morton (Aus) EF Education First 13
  9. Pawel Bernas (Pol) CCC Team 12
  10. Hugo Houle (Can) Astana Pro Team 11

CLASSIFICATION U23 FINAL.

  1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 32:55:12
  2. Sergio Andres Higuita (Col) EF Education First +0:00:16
  3. João Almeida (Por) Hagens Berman Axeon +0:12:33
  4. Edward Anderson (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon +0:29:19
  5. Alex Hoehn (USA) USA National Team +0:39:03
  6. Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens Berman Axeon +0:44:00
  7. Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates +0:44:58
  8. Michael Storer (Aus) Team Sunweb +1:08:38
  9. Szymon Sajnok (Pol) CCC Team +1:11:48
  10. Michael Hernandez (USA) USA National Team +1:31:04
  11. Jonathan Brown (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon +1:46:06
  12. Ian Garrison (USA) Hagens Berman Axeon +1:50:34

DIEZ PRIMEROS CLASIFICACIÓN POR EQUIPOS FINAL.

  1. EF Education First 98:49:34
  2. Cofidis Solutions Credits +:02:35
  3. Rally UHC +0:04:11
  4. Astana Pro Team +0:04:28
  5. UAE TEAM EMIRATES +0:13:01
  6. Trek-Segafredo +0:17:07
  7. CCC Team +0:21:15
  8. Team Jumbo-Visma +0:25:57
  9. Katusha-Alpecin +0:30:07
  10. Deceuninck-QuickStep +0:32:50