casi robo de bici a hermida, que acaba 3º en italia

Hermida has been third in Nals (Italy), in one of the races of the Marlene Sunshine Race.

The leader of the Multivan-Merida has had to manage a difficult situation this morning. Some teams, including José’s, have found that their bikes had been stolen during the night. Hermida had his bike in the hotel room and he was lucky keep it, though it has meant some problems for the whole squad. "What happened today was a big problem. We have all had to help each other in order to save the situation. Gunn Rita has used my bike in order to take part in the women race. She has finished in fourth place, but just 15 minutes before the men’s start. Our team mechanics have checked and cleaned my bike and we have adjusted it to my needs. From there, direct to the starting grid without warming up. What a show", says the man from Puigcerdà.

Still, José has prooved how talented he is and has been able to survive to the first half hour of racing: "I was dead. It felt as if my legs were going to explode and I had doubts whether to quit. I have been able to manage the situation and kept racing". José has been the whole race about 15-20 seconds back from the leading duo formed by Fontana and Álvarez. He has finished the race just a few seconds back, after feeling better and better as laps went by, in a very tough and demanding course. "I'm happy with how I was able to finish today. I could not warm up at all, but still I could stay very close to the leaders, although with no chances to win", comments the Spanish Champion.Next race for José will be the second World Cup, in Houffalize, a place where he has been already able to win.

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Le roban las bicis en italia a varios equipos entre ellos al multivan mèrida , pero hermida guardaba su bici en la habitaciòn del hotel. Tuvo que dejarle su bici a gunn rita para que la usase en la prueba de las chicas y terminò 4ª ,pero sòlo 15 minutos antes que comenzara hermida con los chicos , tuvieron que limpiar y revisar la bici y tuvo que salir sin calentar ,al final hermida terminò 3º detràs de fontana y alvarez.Esta es la puerta ignìfuga rota que usaron para acceder al almacèn de bici.

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Sunshine Cup Nals: Fontana and Lechner victorious

Cannondale's Marco Fontana won the UCI C1 Sunshine Cup cross country race in Nals on April 1, 2012. He was closely followed by Ivan Alvarez (Giant Italia), with Jose Antonio Hermida (Multivan-Merida) in third.Manuel Fumic led the race in the beginning and he even managed to open up a small gap on Marco Fontana and Ivan Alvarez. However, the duo Fontana/Alvarez soon took over the lead and built up a small gap on the chaser Fumic in the fourth of seven laps. In the meantime, Hermida came forward and joined Fumic, but the distance between Hermida and Fumic and Fontana and Alvarez was never greater than 15 seconds.

In the final lap, Fontana opened up a small gap on Alvarez on the final climb and powered away to victory. Alvarez came in five seconds back, while Hermida crossed the finish line third, 13 seconds behind the winner. Fumic slipped in the final lap and lost the connection with Hermida, but he managed to hold on to fourth (+1:08). Swiss Thomas Litscher came in more than two minutes behind Fumic in fifth.

After a long neck-and-neck battle with Austrian Lisi Osl (Ghost Factory Racing), local favorite Eva Lechner (Colnago Südtirol) won the elite women's race in Nals, crossing the finish line 8 seconds faster than Lechner. Nathalie Schneitter (Colnago Südtirol) came in third (+1:36) and ahead of Gunn-Rita Dahle-Flesjaa (Multivan-Merida, +2:12). Adelheid Morath rounded out the top five (+2:31).

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