French EOSkate World Team skater NOLAN BEDDIAF and Navarre A.D. San Juan skater MAITE ANCÍN have won the second stage of the P2P between Pamplona and Puente La Reina, reediting both their last year's triumph in the race. Both also won the overall classification of the race, which this year included a first stage between Zubiri and Pamplona of 21.7 kilometers. Beddiaf was fifth yesterday and Maite Ancín, first.
The race was marked by the conditions of the road, wet almost all the way, which has not prevented the pace of the skaters has been dizzying. In fact, Beddiaf reached the finish line in 1 hour and 6 minutes, only 3 minutes slower than the record of the race. His teammate Martin Ferrie and Patxi Peula from Vitoria were the protagonists of the first 15 kilometers of the race, when they escaped up to Cizur and made a good stretch of the race alone. Peula was the first to cross the flying finish line in Ororbia. At the 20th kilometer a group of 13 skaters absorbed Peula while Ferrie insisted on the breakaway. The cause was known a few minutes later: his teammate Nolan Beddiaf jumped on the way to Belascoáin together with another French rider, Jimmy Jouette, becoming from that moment on the top favorite to win the race. Climbing the Orendáin pass, Beddiaf increased the pace, staying alone at the head of the race and skidding to the finish line at Puente La Reina in first place to take the win.
Beddiaf also won the Ciriza flying finish and the Premio de Montaña. The second classified in Puente La Reina was Patxi Peula and the third was the Colombian Álex Cuajavante in a sprint of five riders who entered the finish line 15 seconds behind Beddiaf.