29/03/2017   Rio Maior (POR): preview






Saturday, April 1 will take place on 26 th Grand Prix of Rio Maior.

The provisional entry list for starters as 30 men athletes and 19 female athletes.
 
 
20km women
 
The first race at start (17:30) should see a battle for the win in four contenders: the two athletes of Portugal, Ines Henriques and Ana Cabecinha, the Colombian Sandra Lorena Arenas and the French Emilie Menuet.
 
The four athletes have already competed this year with the following results.
 
 

Performance Athlete Rank Venue Date
         
1:31:47 Cabecinha Ana, POR 3 Ciudad Juarez, MEX 12.03
1:32:00 Menut Emilie, FRA 1 La Roche sur Yon, FRA 12.03
1:32:14 Cabecinha Ana, POR 1 S. Joao da Medeira, POR 04.03
1:32:28 Henriques Ines, POR 2 S. Joao da Medeira, POR 04.03
1:32.34 Henriques Ines, POR 4 Ciudad Juarez, MEX 12.03
1:32:52 Arenas Sandra Lorena, COL 5 Ciudad Juarez, MEX 12.03
1:33.21 Henriques Ines, POR 2 Monterrey, MEX 19.03
1:34.16 Cabecinha Ana, POR 3 Monterrey, MEX 19.03

 

We think that, if only for the fact that will compete at home, the two Portuguese will certainly wish to win this edition of the Grand Prix and try to improve their season best.
 
 
20km men
 
Even male entry list presents points of special interest in the race.
To contend for the victory should be Eider Arevalo (COL), recent winner of the stage of the Challenge in Ciudad Juarez (MEX), Caio Bonfim (BRA), Tom Bosworth (GBR) and Alex Wright (IRL) winner in Lugano (SUI).
 

 

They too have already competed this season with the following results.
 

Performance Athlete Rank Venue Date
         
1:21:19 Wright Alex, IRL 1 Lugano, SUI 19.03
1:21:53 Bosworth Tom, GBR 2 Lugano, SUI 19.03
1:22:29 Arevalo Eider, COL 1 Ciudad Juarez, MEX 12.03
1:26:47 Bonfim Caio, BRA 21 Ciudad Juarez, MEX 12.03

 

Other athletes of interest are Hassanine Sbai (TUN), Erick Barrondo (GUA) and Esteban Soto (COL).

 

 

Provisional entry list: click here