Franklin Archibold became the fourth Chirican cyclist to win the Tour of Panama, and in this XVI edition he did it in a big way by winning four stages and also being the owner of the regularity, mountain and best national classifications.
"It has been a race that we did not win alone, behind have been my teammates who always responded, thank God we got this title for Panama," Archibold said after the last stage this Sunday.
Five of the six days of the race, the rider from Valle de la Luna and who raced with the National Team defended the red Rali-Claro shirt.
In the individual general classification Archibold added 11 hours 51 minutes and 28 seconds, surpassing by 2:24 minutes to José Castillo (Venezuela country of the future) and by 2:38 minutes to also Panamanian Christofer Jurado who completed the final podium.
"Panama has a good selection with a view to the Central American Road Championship that will be run in September in El Salvador, this has been demonstrated and we have to continue working hard," added the rider whose prize on this Tour was a Ford Figo Group vehicle. Fiftieth anniversary.
In the regularity Archibold finished with 120 points and in the mountains he captured 14 units.
The sixth and last stage of this international pedal test was won by Christofer Jurado himself, who recorded for the 84.7 kilometers, a closed circuit between Calle 50 and Panamá Viejo, 1 hour 46 minutes and 45 seconds.
Julio Padilla (Ópticas Deluxe) and the Spanish Alejandro Gomiz (Netllar Alé) escorted him at the same time.
"We were able to close as planned, with another stage victory for Panama, we are optimistic about the work done in this competition," said Jurado known as the "captain of the west."
9/2/2021 4:28:50 PM