Joseba López, exultant at the goal of Mallorca after beating the Andalusian José Marín. /
The man from Vitoria beats the Andalusian José Marín in Mallorca to win the gold medal in the Spanish Under-23 Championship
Joseba López has been crowned this Saturday in Mallorca as champion of Spain sub’23. The Caja Rural player from Álava beat Andalusian José Marín at the finish line, with whom he escaped twenty-five kilometers from the finish. López, who on this occasion ran under the jersey of the Basque national team, thus achieved his most important success in the amateur category and in the space of a week he has celebrated two victories, after the one achieved the previous Saturday in Tolosa, in the José Mari Anza Memorial.
Classification
1. Joseba López
4.02.282. Jose Marin
Same time3. Abel Balderstone
a 1.164. Enekoitz Azparren
Same time
The national title was elucidated after 164 kilometers starting in Cala Millor and finishing in the Majorcan capital. A frenetic pace and an elimination race that saw the man from Vitoria crowned as the best sub’23 and corroborate his great moment of form. And it is that fifteen days ago he finished the Vuelta a Castellón in fourth place and now he is taking advantage of his physical condition to offer him the cycling conditions. Great emotion, with tears included, which he undoubtedly transferred shortly before getting on the podium and it was not for less given the relief of what was harvested.
Once again cold, with the gold medal around his neck and the red jersey, he attended EL CORREO to show his satisfaction. «It seems incredible how things change in a week. Right now I do nothing but receive calls and messages and in some cases I hardly know who I’m talking to because of how excited I am, “said the runner from Alava. He arrived in the Balearic lands mentally aware of his options. From the morning he was seen among the candidates to get on the podium. «During the descent of the port Marín attacked and I went out with him. Then it has been to understand each other until the end, because we had the medal assured. I thought he was going to attack me from afar, but he didn’t and I was able to beat him in the sprint. He trusted my arrival and seeing my distance he has not been able to come back », slipped a happy Joseba López.
It will be next Saturday in Murgia, at the Premio Nuestra Señor de Oro, when he debuts his new clothing and the status of national champion.
