Well done to today’s winner, Luis Pol Bernal, to first lady Rasa Grigoraitiene and to team BGD
Before the start, things were looking ominous; the sky had rapidly filled in and the whole valley was shaded.
But five minutes before the start things opened up, and good climbs started popping everywhere.
The first turnpoint passed without drama, but the second turnpoint in the mountains south of Roldanillo proved more problematic, and some pilots found themselves grovelling below the low windy ridges, before managing to get established again.
After that, it was classic Roldanillo climb and glide up to the Northerly turnpoint beyond Obanda, and back down the low hills to Zarzal, where a booming climb was the last of the race. The winners left the climb very early, relying on the smoke plume from the sugar cane factory to lift them on their way to ESS and then goal.
Well done to the 69 pilots who made goal.