The second of five rounds of the Vuelta Andalusia, a race that will not compete this year, Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra, the reigning tournament champion born in 2022, was completed this Thursday.

Manzanillera’s absence from the competition was confirmed before the start of the competition, which began on May 31 and will last until June 4, by the management of Movistar Team, the club in which the Antillean performs, which announced on their official website. that his payroll for the Andalusian tournament will consist of Norway’s Catherine Aalerud, Dutch’s Mareil Meiering and Spaniards Sarah Martin, Lourdes Oyarbide, Alicia Gonzalez and Gloria Rodriguez.

Aalerud took the best place among the blue team on the day ending Thursday, finishing second behind winner Tamara Donova of Israel-Premier Tech. A particularly mountainous journey arriving uphill to Competa from Solobenyi, about 85.8 km out of the 528 that make up the race with a location in southern Spain.

This Friday there will be more than 2400 meters of bumps going towards Alora, also with a steep end; while on Saturday the finish line will be located in Las Lagunas de Mijas and the hard Jacho de Gaoxin will be the segment that starts on the last day, with the finish line in Castellar de la Frontera, according to that , which is published by the Movistar team on its website.

The blue team also announced that with this race they close their Spanish women’s calendar for 2023 – with the exception of the national championship, which will take place at the end of June – and also said that the return is characterized by short days, albeit very demanding ones. terrain.

The absence of Sierra, the champion of the first edition of this competition, which at the time consisted of only three stages, was not explained by the phone franchise’s top management; However, the young Manzanillera cyclist will represent Cuba at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador from June 23rd to July 8th.

Source: Juventud Rebelde