Over a distance of 204.8 kilometers, the winner of the bend beat him with a time of four hours, 47 minutes and 53 seconds on the Corredor Norte motorway of this capital, under a strong heat stroke which made him abandon the race to favorites like the Colombian Miguel Angel. Lopez.
In a spectacular closing, Cote was accompanied by the same time that defined the fotofonish, the Argentinian Nicolás Tivani, with silver; and the bronze went to another Canadian, Charles-Etienne Chrétien, who received the medal from the president of the Pan American Cycling Confederation, Cuban José Peláez.
The Panamanian with the best performance was Christofer Jurado (4:48:29), in 22nd place out of around 75 runners. Jurado was titled leader of the Central American Road Championship, which also took place in the isthmus, from April 14 to 18.
The day before, the American Skyler Schneider won the gold medal in the women’s elite category of this Pan-American event and thus obtained the first place awarded for the five rings event in France.
This 37th edition of the Pan American Road Championship, the first to be held in a Central American country, placed Colombia at the top of its medal table with four gold medals, five silver and one bronze; escorted by Chile (2-2-3) and the United States (2-0-0).
The rest of the standings were completed by Canada (1-1-2), Ecuador (1-0-0), Costa Rica (0-1-0), Argentina (0-1-0), while teams from Bermuda, Mexico, Brazil and Cuba added a bronze medal each.
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