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The Castellanoleonese Sara Martín (Movistar Team) was proclaimed this Sunday in Granada Nueva Spanish cycling champion in the route testwhile the Catalan Paula Blasi (UAE Development Team) achieved the sub-23 national title.

Sara Martín was the best in a 121 -kilometer test and 2,134 meters of unevenness to win with a time of 3:25:52 A race that was marked by the high temperatures that cyclists had to suffer.

The Arandina appeared in the target line of Granada Capital with La Balear Mavi García (Jayco), the great favorite to the triumph when he is a five -time winner of this test and that he had to settle for second place when he was surpassed to the sprint in the final meters.

Completed the podium, being third, the Basque Pigeon ostolaza (Labor Kutxa), which defended its title last year and gave 1:13 with respect to Sara Martín and Mavi García by giving in to them in the final kilometers.

At the same time it was fourth the Catalan Mireia Benito (AG Insurance), which had been proclaimed on Friday champion of Spain of counterreloj, while fifth the Basque end ANE SANTESTEBAN (Kutxa Labor), who was the great cheerleader of the test by rolling a large part of her in the head alone and was harmed by a fall.

The Catalan Paula Blasi fulfilled the forecasts and was proclaimed champion of Spain sub23 of the route at the end of the sixth position of the general, to 1:37 of the winner.

The Spanish Cycling Championships of Granada are closed this Sunday afternoon with the dispute of the absolute male route test.