2023-07-31 03:11:35
The Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana was this Sunday the star of the second edition in Quito of the “Giro d’Italia Ride Like a Pro”, a route that brought together some 2,000 professional and amateur cyclists to tour the streets and surroundings of the capital of Ecuador .
Quintana, champion of the Giro d’Italia in 2014, completed the longest route of the day, 140 kilometers, where the participants passed through some of the most emblematic points of Quito and its surroundings, such as the Middle of the World monument.
The other two routes of 90 and 45 kilometers also had the Bicentennial Park as their starting and finishing point, located in the north of the capital of Ecuador, where a leisure area was installed for spectators and participants, who pedaled with the distinctive pink jersey of the Giro.
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In Quito, the Boyacá cyclist met Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz, 2019 Giro champion, who is currently in Ecuador to recover from the injury that left him out of the last Tour de France.
Both cyclists offered a free talk moderated by the journalist Mario Sabato on Saturday, as a prelude to the route through the city.
Quintana, who also has a Vuelta a España (2016) in his record, was thus the godfather of the second edition of the “Giro d’Italia Ride Like a Pro” in Quito, after last year the guest star was the Spanish Alberto Contador, Giro champion in 2015.
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This cycling event forced the closure of numerous city streets, which generated traffic congestion at times and difficulties for several hours to move around the points where the participants of the sporting event circulated.
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