Round 2 of the Spanish Cup in Pontevedra

CANYON//SRAM Generation will race the second race of the Spanish Cup this Sunday 27 March in Pontevedra. The teamโ€™s roster will be Ricarda Bauernfeind, Agua Marina Espinola Salinas, Alia Mansor and Llori Sharpe.

The 99km race has six laps and adds a 1.3km-long climb with an average of 6% on each of the two final laps.

Agua Marina says the team had a great start to the first of the Spanish Cup races last weekend in Beasain where Ricarda won the mountain classification and the U23 category.

โ€œWe enjoyed a nice race. The course last weekend was really good for me. It was challenging and technical and that also gave a lot of new experiences to our team which is what we are aiming for. Personally, I saw I need to work on my weaker point which is to be more explosive to follow the winning moves. It was a nice and successful weekend,โ€ describes Agua Marina.

โ€œSundayโ€™s race looks really nice. Six laps around Pontevedra with a climb on the last two. I believe it suits us and Iโ€™d like us to race smart and as a strong team unit. My goal is to make the winning move so that we have more numbers.โ€

Gran Premio Cidade de Pontevedra can be followed on Twitter with #CopaEspanaFemCofidis with a start time of 12:45CET. Updates will also be on Facebook here.

In other news, CANYON//SRAM Generation rider Valentine Nzayisenga was selected to represent Rwanda at this weekโ€™s Africa Continental Championship in Egypt and has already raced to fourth place in the womenโ€™s team time trial. Nzayisenga will compete in the womenโ€™s road race this weekend. Fatima Deborah Conteh yesterday won the Womenโ€™s Tour de Lunsar, the biggest road cycling race in Sierra Leone, for the second time in her career.

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