Alfonso Cabello expands his legend and wins his 8th Kilometer Time Trial World Championship in Apeldoorn
The Spanish Paralympic cycling team has started the season brilliantly Track World Championship which will be held until next Sunday in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn. Alfonso Cabello has revalidated his title of world champion of the Kilometer Time Trial in the C5 class, raising his rainbow in the discipline to 8, while another legend like Ricardo Ten He achieved bronze in the same event after fracturing his collarbone less than two months ago.
Hair He concluded the qualifying in 2nd position with a record of 1:05.205 that invited one to dream, only surpassed by the Belgian Verschaeren. In the final Cabello gave his rivals no options, being the only cyclist to go under 1:04, stopping the clock at a sensational 1:03.536 compared to the Belgian’s 1:05.087. In this way, the Andalusian cyclist wins his 8th World Championship in his favorite event, where he has won in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2025 and 2026; a feat within the reach of very few athletes.
Ricardo Ten, bronze after a record recovery
In the qualifying round, the Valencian already showed great pedal stroke, setting a time of 1:20.443 that left him in 5th place, saving his best for the final. Already in the medal dispute, Ten managed to lower his qualifying record by 5 seconds to stop the clock at 1:15.092, which earned him the bronze medal. A medal with a special flavor given the little time that the award-winning Spanish cyclist has had to prepare for the big event of the year on the track after his recent surgery for his clavicle fracture.
Another of the outstanding performances of the day came from the tandem composed of Imanol Arriortua and Noel Martínwho finished the pursuit qualifying in 5th place. The national couple stopped the clock at 4:09.095, less than a second away from the 4th place that gave them access to fight in the final for bronze.
Eduardo Santas5th in the C3 speed qualifying with a time of 12.051, has also competed at a high level to reach the semifinals, where he was second in his series, staying one step away from the final.
In addition, they also competed today in the kilometer time trial Pablo Jaramillo (MC5), 15th with a time of 1:08.420; Ander Albizu (MC5), 25th with a time of 1:13.665; Isabel Yinghua Hernandez (WC5), 12th after stopping the clock at 1:19.212; and Julio Enrique Bermejo (MC4), 16th with a time of 1:13.142. Maurce Eckhard For his part, he finished in 12th position in the C2 class scratch.
