Carpinteiro and Costa win the 9th edition of the Algarve Bike Challenge!
In the women's category, the BTT Loule/ Elevis couple of Celina Carpinteiro and Marisa Costa gave a real performance from start to finish winning all the stages and finishing with a huge gap lead over Ana Sequeira and Bruna Rosa from CBTTA Team who were second. From Team Expobikes Marga Benitez and Carmen Corral closed the race podium.
In the Masters Category there was also a huge battle for the title between the Macias Boñano Brothers of Sportbici -Mundo Forgunetas Team and Juan Pedro Trujillo, the winner of Masters category in 2020, and Javier Ramirez Abeja. A broken chain in Trujillo’s bike on the last stage prevented them from retaining the lead.
In the GrandMasters category the winners of 2020 edition, Gil Azoia and Reinaldo Luis from Roodinhas Santos Silva Team were again the strongest and won easily.
The Mixed Category also provided great moments with an incredible battle between KMC Team of Karen Brouwer and Martin Schuttert and Corpoculto/ Roodinhas Santos Silva of Melissa Maia and Pedro Pinheiro. In the last stage Maia and Pinheiro was able to take the stage and overall win over KMC Team.
In Master Mixed category the local riders Sonia Rodrigues and Rui Fernandes from Garra / One Bike Team were unbeatable, winning 2 stages and overall.
Final overall classification Algarve Bike Challenge 2022
Open Men 1. ESP - Jesús Nero / Juan Fernandes (Vas Cycling Friendly) 06:41:02.870 2. ESP - Nacho Perez / Eduardo Talavera (Flyz-Rothar Racing Team) 06:41:43.020 + 00:00:40.150 3. POR - André Filipe / David Machado (Guilhabreu Btt / Btt Seia) 06:43:01.754 + 00:01:58.884
Open Women 1. POR - Celina Carpinteiro / Marisa Costa (Btt Loulé/Elevis) 08:59:33.131 2. POR - Ana Sequeira / Bruna Rosa (Cbttaa) 10:59:17.614 + 01:59:44.483 3. ESP - Marga Benítez / Carmen Coral (Expobikes Fem) 11:45:04.376 + 02:45:31.245 Master 1. ESP - Francisco Bonaño / Jose Bonaño (Sportbici-Mundo Furgonetas) 06:53:18.830 2. ESP - Juan Hernandez / Javier Abeja (Conway Cdc Trujillo) 06:58:03.556 + 00:04:44.726 3. POR - Pedro Pereira / Nuno Inacio (Bttgardunha/Fundão/Create) 07:12:19.374 + 00:19:00.544
Grand Master 1. POR - Gil Azoia / Reinaldo Luis (Róódinhas Santos Silva) 07:47:59.064 2. ESP - Julián Moreno / Miguel Solano (Conway Cdc Trujillo 3) 08:06:17.070 + 00:18:18.006 3. POR - Fernando Carriço / Helder Silva (Duros De Roer) 08:12:44.910 + 00:24:45.846
Mixed 1. POR - Pedro Pinheiro / Melissa Maia (Corpoculto/Róódinhas Master Vantagem) 07:48:13.744 2. NED - Karen Brouwer / Martin Schuttert (Kmc - Mixed) 07:54:44.010 + 00:06:30.266 3. POR - Ilda Pereira / Bruno Magalhaes (Casa Myzé Team) 08:33:13.293 + 00:44:59.549
Master Mixed 1. POR - Rui Fernandes / Sónia Rodrigues (Garra-Onebike) 08:49:11.570 2. POR - Irina Coelho / Hugo Conceição (Golden Club Cabanas/ Nscp - Freebike/ Bike Clube S. Brás) 08:56:52.257 + 00:07:40.687 3. ESP - Luisa Ruiz / David Zuñiga (Babuxa Teams) 09:06:46.950 + 00:17:35.380
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