Laura Orgué and Joan Freixa, Spanish Winter Triathlon Champions

Laura Orgué and Joan Freixa, both athletes of the CERR Igualada, were protagonists of an epic edition of the White Triathlon of Reinosa, achieving the victory in the general feminine and masculine classifications, and the title of Trangoworld Champions of Spain of Winter Triathlon.

The day began with sun on the streets of Reinosa and ended under a thin snowfall in the Alto Campo ski and mountain resort. The two winners also won the I Memorial Eduardo De Pablo, which awarded the best female and the best man in the cycling part. The recognitions were given by Raúl De Pablo, who has taken the witness of his father in the Austral family. Before the start of the competition, a tribute was also paid to Eduardo de Pablo and Óscar Gutiérrez, founders of the White Triathlon of Reinosa and pioneers in the introduction of this sport in Spain.

The female winner and champion of Spain, Laura Orgué, disputed in Campurrian lands his second winter triathlon, crediting a great future in the discipline after achieving this title. Laura comes from cross-country skiing, and attacked from the beginning to avoid problems in the segments on foot and cyclist. He practically did the whole race alone. Behind, Ana Revilla, of the Stadium Casablanca Almozara 2000, did not have problems to maintain the second position and to take the silver medal of the National one. The bronze one finally remained without owner when entering the third one classified outside the time of cut predicted for the feminine elite. Orgué declared after crossing the finish line "being a rookie and having a weak point in cycling, but compensating a bit with cross-country skiing. It has been my sport for many years, and something has to be noticed. "

The favorites also failed in the male elite category. Iván Cáceres, from Diablillos de Rivas, put rhythm in the segment on foot, punishing the Osoro brothers, Delteco Eibar Triatloi Taldea, Joan Freixa and the rest of the rivals. The bike changed the order of the first transition, and the final winner came to the Alto Campoo cross-country circuit. Pello Osoro and Cáceres left the T2 together, but the snow was hard for the second of them, which would also be overcome by Txomin Osoro, losing the podium and finishing in fifth place, ahead of Carlos Nieto, the regional champion. Freixa lived "a fast foot race, holding on" and went cycling "on the first ramp to get up with some margin. If Ivan tensed a lot in the first segment and Pello was fine, it could have been even harder. "

El Fontana Calatayud Duathlon He took the men's classification of the Spanish Championship by teams, thanks to the points of Jesús Alberto García Colás, Andrés Bernal Jiménez and Daniel Vera Palacín. Second was Reinosa Campoo, and third was CERR Igualada. The general elite for women's teams went to the Diablillos de Rivas Triathlon Club, with Cristina González Castaño, Alba de Frutos Bayón and Raquel Benito Rodríguez.

In sub-23 category was proclaimed champion of Spain Winter Triathlon Txomin Osoro, while in the junior category the male title went to David Puertas.

José Miguel Barrio, Mayor of Reinosa, together with the Councilors for Sports, Miguel Ángel Fernández, and Tourism, Daniel Santos; Javier Carrión, general director of CANTUR; and Federico Campuzano, president of the Cantabrian Triathlon Federation, were in charge of delivering medals to the winners and champions of Spain in Alto Campoo. All participants subsequently enjoyed a party with the delivery of prizes of all categories at the Reinosa sports center, where the first Spanish championship of the season was put to an end.

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