Wilmar Paredes (Team Medellín) received stage 1 of the Tour of the Gila with a powerful push on the ultimate climb of the Mogollon Road Race p/b Grant County.
Redlands Bicycle Classic champion Tyler Stites (Project Echelon Racing) completed second, with Paredes’ teammate Walter Vargas in third. Team Medellín had three riders within the prime 5, Oscar Sevilla ending simply behind fourth-placed Heiner Para (Canel’s-Java).
Starting in Silver City, New Mexico, the professional males confronted 92 miles (148km) to the mountaintop end at Mogollon, a former mining neighborhood, way back deserted and left as a ‘ghost’ city.
Four riders received away by the mid-point of the race – David Gaona Vázquez (Team Skyline), Ignacio de Jesus Prado Juarez (Canel’s-Java), Alexis Bouchard (Team Ecoflo Chronos) and Alexander Marr (Rio Grande Elite) – they usually constructed a spot of 12:50.
A trio remained out entrance, Marr not related, as they set off towards the Mogollon climb, a 3.8-mile ascent with pitches as much as 19% close to the highest. CS Velo Racing set a searing tempo on the entrance of the peloton within the chase.
Once on the climb, the time hole plummeted, with riders from Team Medellín and Project Echelon Racing placing their leaders on the entrance.
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