About 400 cyclists gathered last Sunday 26th March to enjoy the Marcha Ciclista Mobel Sierra Espuña 2017, the 2nd edition of a Medio Fondo cycling challenge that rolled through a spectacular environment, Sierra Espuña and its annexed towns, with the mythical ascent to the Alto del Collado Bermejo - Cima Marco Pantani P.M. 1st Cat. With a 100% spring weather: sun, clouds, some cool and warm at the end, a perfect weather and a beautiful day for cycling. At the Mobel Sierra Espuña The organisation, as usual in the CC Santa Eulalia, had everything under perfect control to guarantee the safety and enjoyment of all the cyclists.
The usual training area for cyclists such as Alejandro Valverde, Luis León Sánchez, José Joaquín Rojas and Rubén Fernández was the ideal setting for a challenge designed for all those who wanted to see the beauty of these Murcian landscapes of great cycling tradition, as well as its toughness, as the profile is recommended for medium-high level cyclists.
The start of this 107 km march through medium and high mountains was the attractive spot of the Monastery of Santa Eulalia, in Totana, and the finish line, as it was a circular march, was a few metres from it, in the Alto del Corazón de Jesús, a beautiful and hard kilometre of ascent where the strongest of the peloton were able to beat each other and fill themselves with glory. The partial and final classifications were as follows:
MOUNTAIN PRIZE. Collado Bermejo - Cima Marco Pantani P.M. 1st cat.
MALE
1st Sebastián MARTÍNEZ RUIZ 2:01:17.89
2º Víctor GARCÍA MOMPEÁN 2:01:46.60
3º Just IBÁÑEZ BISMARCH 2:01:54.60
FEMALE
1st Natalya SPITSYNA 2:09:06.59
2º Irene MÉNDEZ MELGAREJO 2:10:41.71
3rd Irene CASTRO IBÁÑEZ 2:11:07.86
FINAL CLASSIFICATION. Finish - Alto del Corazón de Jesús
MALE
1st Sebastián MARTÍNEZ RUIZ 4:52:09.57
2nd Víctor GARCÍA MOMPEÁN 4:52:21.86
3rd Just IBÁÑEZ BISMARCH 4:52:38.03
FEMALE
1st Irene MÉNDEZ MELGAREJO 4:56:28.24
2nd Natalya SPITSYNA 4:58:11.69
3rd Irene CASTRO IBÁÑEZ 4:59:12.73
All the information about the event, as well as the photo galleries, are now available on the website of the C.C. Santa Eulalia: www.ccsantaeulalia.com and in our Facebook.
And on the website of Wikiloc you can see the route and the detailed profile of the stage.
