Africa-Press – Cape verde. The three athletes who took their place, for the first time, in the African Road Cycling Championship, which took place in Ghana, brought an honorable 9th place in the participation table, in the team time trial. But a fall, in the U23 long-distance event, prevented national champion Nélio Cruz from fighting for a place on the podium.
The information was advanced by Nélio Cruz himself on his official Facebook network, reporting the participation of the Cape Verdean entourage, in the team time trial, placing 9th overall and, as he congratulated himself, “placing CV (Cape Verde) among the top ten fastest African countries in Africa, in CR”.
A feat achieved together with Rúben Júnior (Santo Antão) and Leonardo “Leo King” Cosme (São Nicolau) who made up the national trio.
Fall made it impossible to fight for a place on the podium
This Monday, the 13th, together with the technical director, Emerson Da Graça Fernandes and the other cyclists in the entourage, the decision was made for Nélio Cruz to be the “favourite” in the long distance race with the intuition of going in search of the Sub23 title for Cape Verde, but a fall ended up taking away the opportunity to fight for a place on the podium.
“But things didn’t go as planned, due to a crash in the front pack, in which I was involved and soon unable to make it to the podium”, wrote the cyclist.
The Cycling Federation has also praised the participation of Cape Verdean athletes in the African Road Cycling Championship, which took place between the 8th and 13th of February in Ghana. “A good African campaign, with great challenges and great records”, wrote the Federation.
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