Nelismar Gà³mez will run the International Women's Vuelta a Formosa in Argentina
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- 21 Oct 2022
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The Venezuelan cyclist Nelismar Gómez will be present at the International Women's Vuelta a Formosa, which will take place between October 21 and 23 in the northeastern province of Argentina, in the cycling event that opens the calendar of the International Cycling Union (ICU).
Ariel Blanco, press officer of the Vuelta, informed the rider that she will present herself with her Venezuelan nationality (the only one among 102 competitors) and will be part of the Team Rower San Luis squad, one of the seven Argentine teams that will be present, together with the teams from Colombia, Italy, Paraguay and Uruguay, as well as teams from Spain, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay, for a total of 17 teams.
The sprinter, born 26 years ago in Nueva Esparta, silver medalist in the national Bike Marathon championship in September 2017 and champion of the First Valid National XCO MTB 2017, who migrated to Argentina in 2018 and resumed cycling competitions in January 2020, had the most important result of her career in April of this year, when she became champion of the Vuelta al Valle de Catamarca (Argentina), which will be recognized by the UCI in 2023 and will have a UCI 2.2 category.
For Nelismar, it would be his second UCI 2.2 category competition in 2022, after having participated, in February of this year, in the Vuelta del Porvenir in San Luis (Argentina), where he finished third in the first stage and ninth in the second stage. , to finish the competition in fifth place. Read More…
