Dominican Ismael Sánchez won his fifth Vuelta Ciclistica Independencia Nacional trophy, clocking in 28:06:51 hours. The important cycling tour ended on Sunday, 27 February 2022 with a race around the Mirador del Sur park. Sanchez says he will continue in cycling but will not compete in the Vuelta race in 2023.
Ismael Sánchez managed to break the tie with Venezuelan Jorge Abreu in the rugged mountain stage that concluded in Constanza. He then kept the difference of four seconds in the circuit of nine laps around the Mirador Sur Park.
Race leaders
Dominican Ismael Sánchez is the winner of the Vuelta Independencia, with 28:06:517 hours, followed by Jorge Abreu (Fina Arroz-Banesco), at 4 seconds, and David Marlon Garzón (Aero Cycling Team -ACT) at 1:03 minute.
Colombian Rubén Acosta (Herrera Sport-Ropa Deportiva), at 1:22, and Augusto Sánchez (Aero Cycling Team), at 1:37, were fourth and fifth overall.
Luis Guillermo Mora (INTEJA-IMCA-CAT) was sixth at 2:45, and Alcides Espinel (Herrera Sport), at 2:51, seventh.
The Top 10 was completed by Oscar Pachón (EDASA), 3:10; Brayan Vírgüez (ASODOCI-NY), 3:16, and Cole Davis (Voler Factory Team), 3:49 minutes behind.
Brayan Vírgüez was the winner of the U-23 with 28:09:33, followed by Javier Moreno (Herrera Sport), at 2:08, and Anuar Castillo Castillo (Gespron Evolution) at 5:15 minutes.
Meanwhile, Augusto Sánchez Berigüete (ACT) was the mountain champion with 35 points, followed by Duvan Farfán, with 32 and Jorge Abreu, with 28.
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2 March 2022