Kulhavy and Terpstra opened the way at Cyprus Sunshine Cup
With the participation of athletes from 24 countries began Thursday (23/2) the racing part of Cyprus Sunshine Cup. The first route, which is essentially declaratory because just 14.6chlm from Lefkara to Skarinou found the winners twice Olympic champion Jaroslav Kulhav yth men and Dutch women Anna Terpstra. The finish was at Domaine Georgiadis space hosted in the organization of the first day.
It was a downhill and very spectacular route, significantly higher than last year's "prologue" is called as the first, a short distance race - last year the inaugural route only covered 3.9chlm (in Lefkara). This year the impressive part was the passage through the narrow streets of Lefkara, where tradition and history mingled with the Olympians and World Champions participating in agona.Stis statements athletes reported that the route was quite difficult and demanding because of downhill route.
The Kulhavy won the men leaving second Swiss Thomas Litscher7.6 second and third behind the Czech Jan Skarnitzl. Dimitris Antoniadis from Greece was 14th while first Cypriot Andreas Miltiades in very good 27th place. In the male category involved 62 cyclists.
In front of the Dutch Terpstra
The Dutch Anna Terpstra was fastest women in downhill, first route, covering 14.6chlm in 29: 26.531. Second quicker Margot Moschetti from France and third the Swedish Alexandra Engen. The Cypriot Andri Christoforou was ranked 24th out of 27 athletes, of which 28 were enrolled. Bedridden at the hotel was the Gold Medalist Rio Anna Vander Breggen thus put out of the race. Unlucky last year's winner of "Afxentia» Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjai which had a flat tire and lost five minutes and 24 seconds.
The continuity program
The race continues on Friday (24/2) to the second path, which has a starting and ending in Lefkara and includes 52.2chlm in Alpine Larnaka and Nicosia.
It was a downhill and very spectacular route, significantly higher than last year's "prologue" is called as the first, a short distance race - last year the inaugural route only covered 3.9chlm (in Lefkara). This year the impressive part was the passage through the narrow streets of Lefkara, where tradition and history mingled with the Olympians and World Champions participating in agona.Stis statements athletes reported that the route was quite difficult and demanding because of downhill route.
The Kulhavy won the men leaving second Swiss Thomas Litscher7.6 second and third behind the Czech Jan Skarnitzl. Dimitris Antoniadis from Greece was 14th while first Cypriot Andreas Miltiades in very good 27th place. In the male category involved 62 cyclists.
In front of the Dutch Terpstra
The Dutch Anna Terpstra was fastest women in downhill, first route, covering 14.6chlm in 29: 26.531. Second quicker Margot Moschetti from France and third the Swedish Alexandra Engen. The Cypriot Andri Christoforou was ranked 24th out of 27 athletes, of which 28 were enrolled. Bedridden at the hotel was the Gold Medalist Rio Anna Vander Breggen thus put out of the race. Unlucky last year's winner of "Afxentia» Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjai which had a flat tire and lost five minutes and 24 seconds.
The continuity program
The race continues on Friday (24/2) to the second path, which has a starting and ending in Lefkara and includes 52.2chlm in Alpine Larnaka and Nicosia.