The Spanish Sebastián Mora (Villarreal, 33 years old), who came as leader of the UCI Track Champions League to the last test held this Saturday at the Olympic velodrome in London, he had to settle for runner-up by finishing behind American Gavin Hoover, who took the title.
The Castellón, World Scratch Champion in London 2016, He started as a favorite in the last round of the competition after the suspension of the final round originally scheduled in Tel Aviv Due to the current restrictions to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, although after being sanctioned at the scratch, the final victory was much complicated.
Said sanction made him finish in fifteenth position, which forced him to win the Elimination and wait for a failure from Hoover to win the Champions League. In the end, the Spanish cyclist achieved 102 points, five less than those obtained by Hoover (107).
In third position was the New Zealander Corbin Strong, with a total of 93 points.
The UCI Track Champions League is a recently created league format competition. There is a men’s league and a women’s league, these are divided into a Sprint Championship and an endurance championship. Each league is made up of 18 riders, who compete in 5 rounds to be champions.
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