The criterium series picked up a brisk pace at the start of the 23rd year, and continues on Tuesday at Lopatárná.
The winners of the second race of the series in the Men’s Elite category.
| Photo: GL/Tomáš Tesař
One race every week. At the start of the 23rd edition, the Giant criterion league picked up pace, and on Tuesday the cyclists will see the third act of the series. Grand Prix Inkomo – air conditioning technology traditionally starts at 5:30 p.m. in the SKP Rapid complex in Pilsen’s Doubravka. The winner of the last race, Maximilian Kerl, will appear in the black and gold jersey of the series leader. In second place, four points behind the young cyclocrosser from Chrást u Pilsen in the services of the Auto Škoda Mladá Boleslav team, is the defending champion of the league, Spartan Richard Habermann. Jan Řehoř from the ACS Development team is in third place.
The upcoming Grand Prix, again billed as a 55-lap criterium for Elite men and juniors (women and Masters over 40 drive fewer laps) with points scored in each circuit, with the first two riders on the tape scoring two and one points respectively, may again bend
Among the women, the winner of the two previous races, the young professional Kristýna Burlová from Přeštice (Lifeplus Wahoo), reigns supreme. The jersey of the best rider in the Masters category will be worn by multiple league winner Martin Boubal (CTW Cycling). Another part of the competition for the most active rider of the month Bageterie Boulevard Prestige will also start in May.
Current standings of the Giant League – Men Elite (after the 2nd race): 1. Kerl (Autoškoda Mladá Boleslav) 48 p., 2. Habermann (AC Sparta) 44, 3. Řehoř (ACS Development) 40.
