The Spanish Erik Martorell qualified this Saturday fifth in the Omnium test of the Track Cycling World Championships, which are held at the velodrome in the French city of Roubaix.
The 23-year-old Martorell finished with 112 points, just nine of the 121 with which Italian Elia Viviani completed the podium.
In his first Omnium in a World Cup, the Barcelonan was tenth in the scratch test, fourth in the tempo test and sixth in the elimination test before facing the score, in which he took the fifth final place.
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The title went to the British Ethan Hayter, gold with 180 points, 56 of margin on the second, the New Zealander Aaron Gate (124), who was world champion in 2013. Curto was, just ahead of Martorell and with 117 points, the Portuguese Iuri Leitao.
Hayter was the European champion of this event in 2018 and a bronze medalist in the 2019 World Cups.
In addition, Tania Calvo from Vitoria improved the current Spanish homologated record of individual pursuit, located at 3: 38.574 by Leire Olaberría, after setting a record of 3: 38.003 that gave her thirteenth place in the final classification of the event.
The Tarragona Helena Casas was tenth in the 500 meters time trial after completing the test with a time of 35,337, while Juan Peralta fell in the round of 32 against Nick Wammes after having concluded the 200 meters of qualifying with a time from 10.004.
Finally, Eukene Larrarte and Ziortza Isasi could not complete the Madison after suffering a fall, which, although it did not have important consequences for them on a physical level, did significantly weigh down their options in the test, reports the RFEC.