Alejandro Osorio became, surprisingly, the new national cycling route champion, after crowning his feat in the Plaza de Bolivar of Tunja after leaving Corrals and then 212 kilometers.
Osorio left in second place Sergio Higuita and with the bronze Egan Bernal, who had a great competition, cutting more than five minutes.
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His career
It was a cycling class. The big favorites were the World Tour (WT) riders, since this type of competition is made for them, but Osorio achieved the coveted gold at the age of 25.
And it was a lecture because the strategy of Luis Cely, the coach of the Erco Shimano team, It was simple, send men to attack, to seek victory from afar, that's how he won in 2019 with Oscar Quiroz.
He played like that, because the Bernals, Higuita, Nairo, Einer Rubio, Jesús David Peña, Esteban Chaves and Rigoberto Urán, those of the WT, it is difficult to beat them head to head.
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Almost from the start, Cely sent the champion Osorio into battle, Róbinson and Juan Carlos López and Edgar Pinzón, four of its cyclists. More than five minutes became the difference over the large group, who did not get upset.
No one paid attention to Osorio, no one stood out as the best cyclist at the start of the year in the country, since he had just won the Manizales Fair Circuit and a stage in the Vuela al Táchira.
Alone, with 61 km to go before the finish, when the difference exceeded four minutes, Brandon RiveraBernal, Higuita, Jhonatan Chaves and Kevin Castillo They pinched each other and began to cut back.
If what Osorio did in Tunja was monumental, what happened with Higuita and Bernal is something to frame. They shouldered the chase, reached the last lap 1 min 24 s behind and crossed the finish line just four seconds behind the winner, for gold and silver.
Who is Osorio?
It's not that he's a well-known runner. He was born in Carmen de Viboral on May 28, 1998 and in youth pedaling he stood out for being a complete rider.
In 2017 he signed with GW Shimano and he was there until 2020, when he signed his name with the Rural Bank of Spain, group in which he was until 2022, when he left for the World Tour.
It was unveiled in 2018 with the Colombia selection, as he was sixth in the Giro Ciclístico de Italia. That same year he ran the Tour de l'Avenir, in which he finished 28th, proof that he won
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In that event, he was the leader twice, which helped the European teams notice him.
Osorio was only with the team for three months Bahrain, who canceled the contract suddenly and surprisingly.
“Bahrain separates from Alejandro Osorio. Bahrain Victorious has terminated its agreement with Alejandro Osorio following multiple breaches of contract. The team wishes Alejandro the best for his future,” was the team's statement.
Milan Erzendirector of Bahrain Victorious, assured VeloNews that the Colombian rider breached the agreements by breaking the biosafety protocols by breaking the bubble against the COVID-19.
“It's not one thing, but from the beginning, he did a lot of wrong things and we can't accept that. He put riders and staff in difficult situations. Some things you can't accept. We have 100 people on our team and the rules are for everyone. We gave him a warning after a couple of things, but he did them again. So we decided to terminate the contract. It's more during races; he came out of the COVID bubble,” Erzen said.
The national road champion sued Bahrain and that caused him problems, because while the litigation was going on his case he could not compete, but he did continue training.
Sergio Higuita, Alejandro Osorio and Egan Bernal, podium of the Cycling Nationals.
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Under the command by Lui Cely, Osorio returned to the national concert and is one of the cards of GW Shimano, which had its 'August' on the roads of Boyacá, with a great strategy, which worked.
Afterwards, Osorio returned home to Colombia and arrived at GW Shimano, team that helped him in his early years.
This season, Osorio has won a stage in the Return to Táchira and finished 24th, and won the Manizales Fair Circuit.
For all of the above, Osorio's tears and happiness cannot be compared to anything. He has suffered off and on the bike, but his revenge has come, defeating a group of great stars led by Higuita and Egan, who were close to crowning his feat.
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