(MENAFN- Asdaf News) Riyadh- Asdaf News:
The Saudi Tour Championship 2023, held in AlUla Governorate from January 30 to February 3, 2023, was won by Ruben Guerrero, a Portuguese professional road racer who rides for the Movistar Team. Guerrero completed the race's five stages while holding the overall individual time classification lead over 112 rivals who represented 16 teams from the world's seven continents.
The Portuguese cyclist won the overall championship despite finishing last individually in the fifth stage of the race, which covered a distance of 143 km from the old town of AlUla to Maraya. However, he was the fastest rider who completed the 830 km of stage distance in 20 hours, 20 minutes, and 4 seconds.
Santiago Guetrago, a Colombian professional road racing cyclist who competed for Team Bahrain Victorious, took third place, followed by Davide Formolo, an Italian professional road racing cyclist who competes for the UAE club team. The two cyclists were separated by 8 seconds in the overall individual standings of the competition.
The Dutch professional road racer Dylan Groenewegen of UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco-AlUla completed his participation in the competition by taking first place in the overall points classification. Marcus Sander Hansen of the UNO X team, who represents the most active cyclists, took second place and the blue jersey, while Colombian Santiago Guetrago of Team Bahrain Victorious wore the white jersey as the best young cyclist and the number o.
The UAE team finished first overall among the teams after completing the entire race in 47 hours, 51 minutes, and 32 seconds.
Italian professional road racing cyclist Simone Consonni of the Covedis team won the fifth and final stage of the 143-kilometer race, which was from the Old City to Maraya, crossing the finish line in 3 hours, 10 minutes, and 13 seconds. Italian cyclist Matteo Malucelli of the Pangol team came in second, and German UAE player Pascal Ackermann finished third.
The Saudi Tour is one of the projects of the Quality of Life Program, which aims to improve the quality of life for both the individual and the family by creating the required and encouraging surroundings that offer a variety of fresh options that increase citizens', residents and visitors' engagement in cultural, entertainment, sports and other activities.
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