Photos: Sergio Betancort
The town of Mancha Blanca, in Tinajo, hosted the last event of the mountain bike season on Sunday morning. The Lanzabike Lanzarote club organized the sixteenth edition of the MTB-XC Rally Los Dolores, one of the classic events on the calendar of the island of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura and scoring for the IV Mountain Bike Cup of Lanzarote. Fabián Molina and Lena Bernstsson were the absolute winners of the MTB-XC Rally Los Dolores.
The youngest were the first to start, with tests adapted to each of the ages of the participants. For several years, extraordinary work has been done in the mountain bike quarry, which is reflected in the high number of participants in the promise, beginner, cadet and children categories. The start and finish line was located in the picnic area of the Mancha Blanca car parks.
Diego Morín (CD Macebiketeam) and Attenery Acosta (Aljibe) were the winners of the promise category, taking just over three minutes to complete the 600-meter route. Guayre Guillén (Aljibe) and Carla Bolado (Tridanco) were the winners of the beginner category, one of the most numerous with the participation of a dozen bikers. Elio Peña (Cofete) from Majorca was the winner of the cadet category. And in the children's category the winners were Ezequiel Déniz (Aljibe) and Aitana Rey (CD Macebiketeam).
The tests of the minors gave way to the rest of the categories. The organization established a circuit of 12,000 meters, with start and finish in the area near the picnic area, and to which they had to give a number of laps depending on the category. The MTB-XC Rally Los Dolores had the participation of 53 bikers in the cadet, junior, elite, sub'23, Master 30, Master 40 and Master 50 categories.
Fabián Molina (CD Faster Wear Team) was the absolute winner of the sixteenth edition of the MTB-XC Rally Los Dolores, taking a time of 1 hour, 41 minutes and 57 seconds to complete the laps arranged by the organization. The second place overall went to Antonio Manuel Padrón (Vadebicis), losing 29 seconds to the winner. The podium was completed with the third place of Samuel Rodríguez (Aljibe).
The women's category registered poor participation, with only three women registering for the event. The victory went to Lena Bernstsson (Cofete) from Majorca, with a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes and 27 seconds. The second place on the podium was for Yurena Alonso (Cofete) and the third position for Patricia Herrera (CD Macebiketeam).
As for the classifications by categories, the winners were Gonzalo Ancor Camara (Cofete) in cadets, Alexander Hernández (Aljibe) in junior, Manuel Jesús Pérez (Tarajal Bike) in Sub'23, Moisés Lucio Cava (CD A Más Viento Más Cadenas) in Master 30, Adán Alfaya (Cofete) in Master 40 and José Antonio Caamaño (Cofete) in Master 50.