Santander cyclist Martha Bayona keeps her pace steady in the UCI Track Champions League, which held its third round this Saturday, at the Saint Quentin En Yvelines National Velodrome, in Paris, France, on a day in which the cyclist is finished second in the sprint, the same position she now occupies in the overall speed test classification.
The woman from Santander had just taken first place in the general standings after opening dates in Mallorca, Spain and Berlin, Germany, so the eyes of the world awaited her participation at the French velodrome, which had been the scene of the last World Track Championship.
Martha had her most outstanding performance of the day in the sprint, where she managed to qualify for the final, after leading her respective heats in the first round and the semi-final. In this case she faced the world champion in charge of the specialty, the French Mathilde Gros, cyclist with whom she gave one of the best shows of the evening, finishing second, just 119 thousandths from the local (11.256). .
In the keirin, a race in which Bayona had just been first and second in Mallorca and Berlin respectively, the Colombian placed third in the first heat, a result that did not allow her to access the final.
With her performance on Saturday, Martha added eight and 17 points respectively, which allowed her to reach 74 points in the general sprint classification, and to place herself in second place, seven points behind Mathilde Gros, who leads the classification with 83. .
The fourth round and grand final of the UCI Track Champions League will take place on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 December, in competitions to be held at the Lee Valley Velodrome in London, UK.
