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THE COUNTRY | MANIZALES
Watch out if you are willing to travel this Friday on the Manizales – Medellín road. The road will be closed due to the passage of the RCN Classic caravan.
The closure will be in the morning for the sixth stage that will depart at 8:45 am Pereira and will pass through Dosquebradas, Santa Rosa, Chinchiná, Palestina, La Plata, La Rochela, Tres Puertas, Irra, La Felisa, Supía and Riosucio , with a first category mountain prize after a journey of 123.5 kilometers.
The cyclists, who will ride through the departments of Risaralda and Caldas, will use the roads of Pacífico Tres.
Be patient to travel, after noon the pass will be enabled.
Fourth stage
This Wednesday the U-23 cyclist Rafael Pineda, from the UAE Team Colombia team, assumed the leadership of the RCN Classic after the fourth day played between Buga and Santa Rosa de Cabal.
The winner of the 152 kilometer fraction was Robigzon Oyola, from Team Medellín, who stopped the timer in 3 hours, 24 minutes and 20 seconds, beating Wilson Cardona (Nectar Aguardiente) in the packaging, while third place went to the new leader.
Óscar Quiroz (Colombia Land of Athletes), who started as leader, reached 1 minute and 1 second behind the leading trio, thus losing his privileged position.
“Very happy with this leadership, grateful to my entire team, I will do my best to maintain it until the end,” said Pineda, 21, who was the 2017 Vuelta del Porvenir champion.
This Thursday between Quimbaya and Filandia, in Quindío, the fifth fraction will be completed, an individual time trial of 16.7 kilometers with an upward trend.
The general
1. Rafael Pineda ((UAE Team Colombia) 12:25:38.
2. José Tito Hernández (Team Medellín) at 14.
3. Dídier Merchán (Colombia Land of Athletes) at 15.
4. Óscar Quiroz (Colombia Land of Athletes) at 31.
5. Óscar Sevilla (Team Medellín) at 32.
