Margarita Fullana and Jesús de la Morena Spanish champions of Duathlon Cros 2014

A sunny day awaited the participants of the Spanish Duathlon Cros Championship, celebrated throughout this May 3 in Calella. A competition framed within the Calella Festive Traill, who rose to the top of the elite podium Jesus de la Morena and Marga Fullana.

In females, Lucía Pérez demonstrated her good conditions at the beginning of the first stretch of 6 km of running; a flat route that was mainly developed along the beach promenade of Calella. Arrived at the first transition, Anna Rovira led the female elite, followed by Pérez and Margarita Fullana.

The cycling segment of 20,4 km would become decisive. His technical requirement would allow Fullana to demonstrate its power over the BTT, marking the best part of the sector and placing it in a privileged position to face the last leg of the race on foot. So the Duathlet of the CC Andratx.Es led the test in the absence of the final km 3; an advantage that would be insurmountable for its persecutors, and that proclaimed to the Balearic athlete champion of Spain elite feminine, with a final time of 2: 01: 49. In this way, Marga Fullana repeated at the top of the podium of the modality for the second year in a row.

After her, a prominent Anna Rovira of the local team, Club Esportiu Team Calella Triathlon, achieved the subchampionship and Inmaculada del Pino (Bicycles Pina TriToledo) signed the third position; entering 37 seconds of the second ranked. While Natalia Fischer, of the Triatomix Bikila Mbikes, achieved the title in female Sub23 category.

By clubs, the CT Diablillos de Rivas won with the triumph, followed by the Bicycles Pina - TriToledo in second position and the AD Ecosport Triathlon Alcobendas, in third.

In the men's category, Iván Cáceres and Jesús de la Morena commanded the competition as they passed through T1. However, Ismael Ventura managed to overtake them throughout the cycling sector; an arduous and sinuous circuit, at the same time spectacular, that put to the test more than one.

After making a large cycle segment, Ventura would enter the second transition in the lead, to start the last 3 km of running race; a single round that would decide the champion of Spain of the 2014 edition. Behind, de la Morena and Xavier Jové marched second and third.

In an exciting final, Jesús de la Morena beat Ventura to lead the test in the final kilometers. The duck of the Nfoque Race Team would not yield the leadership obtaining the final victory, stopping the chronometer in 1: 37: 53. Ventura (C. Atletisme Montornes) would cross the finish line in second place, to 36 second of the winner. While Xavier Jové of the CERRR Igualada, reached the third place of the elite podium.

Jové was also crowned champion of Spain in the Sub23 category. After him, Genis Zapater (CN Reus Ploms) signed the runner-up of the modality and his club mate, Marc Casanova was hanging the bronze medal.

For his part, C. Atletisme Montornes took the title by men's clubs. While the Nfoque Race Team and AD Sevilla Bikila completed the podium in second and third position respectively.

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