• Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
• Sports
• 03 / 25 / 2012

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Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra finished second earning a silver medal on Wednesday 21 at the Grand Prix GSB (Grand Saint Bernard) held in El Salvador.
Sierra, Guadalajara 2011 Pan-American monarch, completed the 100 miles just 30 seconds apart in the local Evelyn Garcia (3:00.34 hours), one of the main hopes of the country in the face of the five rings concert next summer in the British capital, said the official event website.

The shift, which closes a series of three races started on 16, gave some 269 points (80, 56, 32, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 7, 6, 5 and 3) to the first 12 riders, valid to qualify for the ticket to the event in London.
This result, obtained by the young West Indian runner, we add the seventh-place finish in the opening day at the Grand Prix El Salvador, and the fifth leading Cycling Tour of this country, dominated by Brazil Clemilda Fernandes.

In this rotation, which consisted of six stages, the Granma also won the second seat for points (13), dominated by his department coequipera Yumari Gonzalez (14), while also Cuban Dalila Rodriguez (10) was in sixth place.

As if that were not enough, Sierra was ranked fourth among the climbers, with seven points, and sixth in the regularity (10), results that contributed to the selection of the Greater Antilles concluded in the fifth place team, led by section Italian cast Pink BE Koreas.

The other representatives who completed the route agreed to this date were Yeima Torres (24), Marlies Mejias (31) and Rodriguez (44).

Then the first 12 positions of the Grand Prix GSB:

A. - Evelyn Garcia, BE Pink Koreas (3:00.34 hours) 80 points
2. - Arlenis Sierra, Cuba (+00.30 seconds) 56
3. - Alena Amialiusik, BE Koreas Pink (+00.30) 32
4. - Tatiana Gurdezo, Italy (+00.31) 24
5. - Fernanda Da Silva, Brazil (+00.32) 20
6. - Pia Sundstedt, GSB Ressort & Spa Thule (+00.32) 16
7. - Sarcha Olena, Ukraine (+00.32) 12
8. - Rossella Ratto, Italy (+00.40) 8
9. - Noemi Cantele, BE Koreas Pink (+01.01) 7
10. - Diana Peñuela, Colombia (+01.14) 6
11. - Clemilda Fernandes, Brazil (+01.42) 5
12. - Veronica Leal, GSB Ressort & Spa Thule (+01.42) 3