Hynek and Boundy win first Andalucia Bike Race

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Kristian Hynek and Pavel Boudny (Ceska Sporitelna-Specialized) won the general classification at the first edition of the Andalucia Bike Race on Friday. The Czech team won no stages, but their consistency, including two third places and four second places, paid off in the end.

"Today's stage was very hard. We suffered to reach the finish line in second position," said Hynek and Boudny. The pair finished second in the stage, behind Manuel Beltran Martinez and Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Sport-Bike). It was Beltran and Carrasco's second consecutive stage win.

The final stage proved a challenging one with cold and snowy conditions in the mountains of Jaén.

Alejandro Diaz De La Peña and Luis Leao Pinto (Hispano-Luso) claimed second place overall ahead of Martin Horák & Tomá? Vokrouhlík (BMC - Factor) in third. The Hispano-Luso team was also third in today's stage.

In the elite women's category, Kristine Nørgaard & Sally Bigham (Topeak-Ergon) swept all the stages and the overall. The battle of the day was for second place between Sandra Santanyes Murillo & Isabel Castro (Bicis Esteve) and Jennifer Smith & Kathy Sherwin (Alphine Oryhopedic). Finally, the Americans Smith and Sherwin got the upper hand, finishing ahead of the two Spaniards for the day.

In the mixed category, Cait Elliot & Josh Ibbett (Torq Performance MTB Team) won all the stages and the overall while Mads Boedker & Henrik Cohen (Danish Masters) did the same in the master's category.

During the week, racers completed six stages over 400km and passing through two provinces. 98 of 172 participants completed the event. At the finish, some where asking what they needed to do to sign up to return next year.

"Of course we will come back next year," said winners Hynek and Boudney when asked about their intentions.

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