It is the first UCI-C1 race of the season to be hampered by rain. Before the race, Ondrej Cink, Bartlomej Wawak and Thomas Litscher from the Kross Orlen Cycling Team, David Valero and Pablo Rodríguez (BH Templo Cafes), Gerardo Ulloa from Massi and Jofre Cullell from Primaflor-Mondraker were considered the big favorites.

Olympic bronze medalist David Valero sets a good pace from the start, but Cink and Litscher break away from the leading group on the first lap. The Swiss rider rides a few seconds ahead of Ulloa and Cink, followed by Valero, Campos and Frenchman Julien Trarieux.

In the difficult conditions, the race becomes a battle to get through without getting stranded with a defect. Litscher manages this very well and increases his gap to the pursuers.

Ulloa, still in second place and with a decent lead over Valero, suffers a puncture on the last lap and loses his chances of a podium finish.

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