{"id":206535,"date":"2019-09-25T18:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T22:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=206535"},"modified":"2019-09-25T18:28:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T22:28:45","slug":"cuban-cyclists-to-compete-in-world-road-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/cuban-cyclists-to-compete-in-world-road-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban cyclists to compete in World Road Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cuban cyclists Arlenis Sierra and Heidy Praderas, of the Astana Women\u2019s Team club, will compete in the World Road Championship in Yorkshire, <\/span>United Kingdom<\/span><\/a>, according to the island\u2019s sports media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sierra and Praderas will participate on the 28th in the women\u2019s road test of the elite category on a stretch of 149.5 kilometers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The start will be in Bradford and the highest peaks will be in Norwood Edge and Lofthouse, the latter at about 420 meters above sea level, the International Cycling Union (ICU) site specified.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sierra, 29, <\/span>told<\/span><\/a> the Jit<\/em> digital site that she and her colleague Praderas have trained intensively, but in her personal case she indicated that she has recovered from the Tour de Ard\u00e9che, France, a seven-stage “challenge” on mountainous terrain similar to the layout in this world cup.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> road champion<\/span><\/a> of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima and number nine on the world list recently won the Tour of Tuscany after winning the prologue and crossing the second goal in the two stages to exceed the fourth place reached in the 2018 version.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cubana Arlenis Sierra campeona en Giro a Toscana<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n