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The Italian driver won the first stage of the Vuelta in Venezuela
CARACAS .- The Italian driver Matteo Malucelli, of the Androni Giocattoli team, won the first stage of the 55th edition of the Venezuela Vuelta, which was raced on a 96-kilometer circuit in Maracaibo, Zulia state.
Malucelli traveled the trip in 2 hours, 16 minutes and 38 seconds. The winner was escorted by his teammate, Marco Benfatto, while Orluis Aular, of the Star Gusto team from Yaracuy, came third, both with the same time as the winner.
"This is an important victory because it allows you to immediately put the shirt of the leader that commits you to continue to win stages.It is very nice to start to triumph through the work of all the Team that supported me for this purpose, it was a circuit at very high temperatures, but that did not affect me much because in Italy we prepared ourselves in situations similar to come here. "The goal for tomorrow (today) is to go out and look for the second leg," said the victorious runner at the Panorama newspaper
Malucelli, who showed great mastery for l & # 39; Take away from end to end, put the yellow leader's shirt once and for all. of the general individual clbadification. In the second place appears Marco Benfatto, at 4 seconds and in the third Orluis Aular, 6 seconds behind the leader.
In the overall sprint standings, Colombian Mauro Rojas was ridden first with 6 points, followed by Peruvians Robinson Ruiz with 5 and José Briceño with 4.
The second leg of the Vuelta a Venezuela will begin today Friday at 10 am from the town of Cabimas with a road to Valera, Trujillo state.
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