In the Queen of the Classic RCN 2025, Diego Camargo won alone after overcoming a fall in the descent and took over the general classification.
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In Manizalesunder a cold drizzine and after tame the highest road in Colombia, Diego Camargo (Team Medellín) He raised his arms as winner of the sixth stage of the classic RCN 2025. The victory, achieved alone, also handed him the yellow shirt, after a coup of authority in the High of siphon. Wilson Peña He was second in the day and in the general classification, while José Misael Uriánuntil today, he gave up several minutes and lost command of the race.
The morning had begun with a generous sun in Venadillo, Tolima, where the squad took the departure of the 168.1 kilometers Rumbo to Manizales. The stage was marked in red in all the route books: it was the queen, with the imposing rise to siphon (4,149 meters above sea level) as supreme judge. After the controlled exit, the first bonuses encouraged the dot hunters: Leison Maca He left his mark again, adding enough to reaffirm himself in the classifications of flying goals and special sprints.
Tribute in the 40 years of Armero's tragedy
But the tone of the day changed soon. At 40 kilometers, the race stopped to pay tribute loaded with memory: the squad entered into silence Gunsmiththe people marked forever by the tragedy of 1985when the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz caused a mud aviation that buried more than 20.000 personas.
In the streets of the municipality, today reduced to ruins and memories, the cyclists delivered a flower as a symbol of life and respect. The mayor of Guayabal Armero, Mauricio Cuéllarand the bishop of the Diocese of Lebanon, Monsignor José Luis Henao, led the ceremony. A collective prayer gave the day a solemn tone before the lot reopened the stopwatch.
The mountain made the natural selection
The leak, which already rolled more than four minutes of advantage, reactivated the competition. The mountain began after overcoming the Tolimense region and entering the department of Caldas. From there the race was transformed: the heat was left behind, the cold air entered the scene and the coffee landscape became a moor. It was then that the favorites appeared. Diego Camargo He threw the first serious blow and opened the way alone. After him, he reacted Wilson Peñawhile Javier Jamaica He tried to hold the step, but ended up off the day.
The siphon, with its endless ramps and the fog covering everything, was the scene of a natural selection. Camargo was firm, Peña pressed from behind and the others began to give in. Rodrigo Contreras and Yeison Reyes They did not have expected legs, while the leader, José Misael Urián, was cut in a third group with Didier Chaparro and Jonathan Restrepo, more than five minutes. The day of Gloria in Ibagué was already left behind him: the mountain dictated another sentence.
Camargo crowned in the lead with a minute of advantage. Peña maintained the persecution, always 20 or 30 seconds, but never managed to neutralize it. Further back, Contreras, Yesid Pira and Estiven García survived in a persecution group, far from the prominence.
The 49 -kilometer decrease to Manizales was an extra test of nerves and technique: the mist reduced visibility to less than 80 meters, the Wet road demanded absolute concentration.
13 kilometers from finish, the tension increased: Camargo suffered a fall in a curvehitting and entangling the chain of his bicycle. The scare could change everything, but the Boyacense reacted coldly, rose immediately and resumed the way. Peña smelled the opportunity, but failed to approach enough.
Finally, Camargo entered Manizales alone with an advantage of 43 seconds that not only assured the stage triumph, but also the leadership of the general. Peña, second in the day, is consolidated as its closest rival. Further back, the favorites who did not resist the siphon accumulated losses that could be definitive in their aspirations.
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