Aitor Martínez, silver medal in the junior event of the European cycling competitions

The Spanish cyclist Aitor Martínez achieved this Saturday the silver medal in the men’s junior road test in the European cycling championships, which are held in Ljubliana (Slovenia) until October 7.

The gold medal went to the Norwegian Elias Dybing who arrived alone and completed the 110.5 km of the route with a time of 2h42.40 seconds, with an advantage of ten seconds over Martinez.

For most of the route the Slovenian Gal Stare He was at the front of the race, having more than a minute of difference over the peloton.

37 kilometers from the finish line he appeared Benjamin Novalthe world champion who debuted the rainbow jersey, accelerated on the climb and reduced the peloton to six riders and left the difference with Stare at twenty seconds.

However, Aitor MartínezNoval’s teammate, launched an attack on the Slovenian chasing group 23 kilometers from the finish line and two groups were formed led by both Spaniards, Martínez’s at twenty seconds and Noval’s at twenty-seven.

Crossing the finish line to compete in the fifth and final lap of the route made the classification take a turn when the group led by the Spanish Aitor Martínez caught Gal Stare with 22 kilometers to go.

It was then that the Belgian Maks Olenik accelerated in the front group, they extended the lead to forty-two seconds, Martínez assumed the leading role and removed several runners from the fight for the medals, including Gal Stare and Benjamín Noval in the peloton at fifty seconds.

12 kilometers away the Norwegian appeared Elias Dybing who attacked and from that moment on he rode alone for much of the route, 20 seconds behind, a group of 5 with Aitor Martínez, 35 seconds behind a Dutch duo and behind him Benjamin Noval.

In the last five seconds Dybing led the race with a lead of thirty seconds and crossed the finish line after 2h42.40 seconds while Aitor Martínez launched the attack and rescued a silver medal just ten seconds later and with the same time, in third place came the Dutchman Jop Van Den Biggelaar.

For his part, the world champion Benjamín Noval left empty-handed and came in sixteenth place.