Padilla and his team-mates finished in 5 hours 44 minutes and 34 seconds, about 4 minutes off the record. He is the second Padilla to win; his brother Alejandro has won twice in 2016 and 2017. Julio came in second in that 2016 race. So, he's come close before - and on Saturday - he said it was about time that he won:…
By our count, this is the sixth cross country since the year 2000 won by Guatemalan riders. And in 2016, they won first and second, but this is the first time that one nation has taken all three top places.
Defending two time champion, Belizean American Justin Williams created a stir with a Facebook post saying that he still hasn't seen some of the prizes he was promised in 2015, including the land he was promised. That post started off a firestorm of complaints against the cycling federation - which we hope to address with the president later this week.
Email
Print