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On Sunday October 10 saw the fourth round scoring Regional Cup Mountain Races, in which athletes from the mountaineering section of the JCP Athletics Club, sponsored by Intersport, are taking a leading role.
The race took place in the unique setting of the Sierra de Ricote and had a distance of 24.5 kilometers, covering the hills of the Mosque, El Moro or Linuesa and whose maximum peak height was the peak of the nettle, to 1,124 meters altitude.
The test is considered the toughest in the Regional Cup schedule, because it had a cumulative altitude of 1500 meters positive, something provided by the large number of sections of fire that rose and fell.
At 9:30 pm turned out to the nearly 150 participants from the village of Ricote, which could compensate for the hardness of the test with spectacular views and good morning he did, with an ideal temperature for this type of racing and a cloudy weather, although the rain made an appearance.
About the actions totanera Fulgencio Garcia consolidated its leadership position in the Veterans General has in the Regional Cup, when the test is a great lap time of 2h: 34:37, the first veteran of the race and is ranked 12 overall.
It was followed by Pedro Ruiz, who stopped the clock at 2h: 41:20, ranking No. 22 overall.
Great career also made by Juan Francisco Sanchez, despite finishing with problems, stopped the clock at 2h: 46:50, with sixth in Senior category A.
After he arrived Diego Manuel Vidal, which gradually recovers from his injury and finished with another great time of 2h: 58:37.
In 3 hours: 04:31 Nacho Campos finished the test, followed by newcomer to the discipline of mountain races, Eusebio Martinez, who despite being his first made a great run stopping the clock at 2h: 07:27.
Pepe Saez, who is also fighting for the podium in the category of Regional Cup veteran, finished the race in a time of 4 hours: 38:16.
Poli had to retire on the last leg of the race, in the absence of 3 miles to finish.
Regarding the classification of the Regional Cup Races mountain and in the absence of the last scoring round to be held in November in the mountains of Jumilla, the Athletic Club is consolidated in third place after the Path of Murcia and the Marathon Cartagena, followed and more than 300 points for the Masters Roller Club of La Union.
As for individual classification, Fulgencio Gallardo consolidates top position in the Veterans category, while Pepe Saez remains in sixth position just 15 points in the third.
For his part, Pedro Ruiz occupies the seventh position in senior category B.
In senior category A, Ignacio Campos up to fifth, while Hippolytus Alcaraz took the seventh place and Juan Francisco Sanchez, despite being unable to perform two Cup races, up to the tenth position.
The next meeting of the Mountain section Totana Athletics Club will be held on October 24, with the conclusion of the Regional Individual Championship and Mountain Club Races, to be held in the Sierra Minera de La Union and the Regional Park Calblanque, with a distance of 26 km and a cumulative altitude of 2700 meters.
Source: Club Atletismo Totana
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