It had to be one of the best MTB cyclists in Spain who ended the tyranny of Josep Betalú,

winner of the last four editions of the Titan Desert

.

The Cantabrian won the 2020 edition, especially because it had to be played in Almería - instead of its usual location in Morocco, due to the coronavirus pandemic - and marked by the November weather.

Mantecón was in top form after finishing ninth in the recent XCM World Championship and he had a spectacular day-to-day battle with Betalú.

The duel was finally taken by the rider of the Polish team Kross Racing Team, who led the general with 13 hours, 58 minutes and 56 seconds, and escorted on the podium by Betalú himself, second to 44 seconds, and

David Arroyo from

Talavera

, third to 9 minutes and 46 seconds.

The Titan Desert 2020, a mountain bike event scheduled for March in Morocco and which the health crisis forced to move to November and the province of Almería, will be remembered, in addition to this fact, for having had the presence of the five-time champion of the Tour France's

Miguel Indurain

, who finished 42nd overall.

In the fifth and final stage, between

Tabernas and Retamar-El Toyo (Almería)

, Betalú from Tarragona attacked Mantecón, although the Cantabrian World Cup managed the race very well and was not surprised.

Both cyclists crossed the finish line together and with

Jesús del Nero

as a companion and, in the end, the winner of this last stage in the sprint with a time of 2 hours, 14 minutes and 15 seconds.

"I came to enjoy the experience. The race format is different from what I am used to in the

Olympic cross country

, a discipline of 1h 20 'on a totally curb circuit, where it is impossible to get out. Here is a totally different race, everything with navigation, following the GPS, you must have a lot of experience not to get off the track ", analyzed the winner.

In the women's category,

Claudia Galicia from

Barcelona

was the great dominator and in the latter closed her full of victories in this fifteenth edition, which has meant her retirement as a professional cyclist.

The champion added a total time of 15 hours, 51 minutes and 28 seconds, followed by Girona's Sílvia Roura, second at 46 minutes and 16 seconds, and by another Catalan runner, Ramona Gabriel from Lleida, third at 56 minutes and 25 seconds

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