Sergio Higuita wins Colombian National Championships road race

BORA - hansgrohe's new signing Sergio Higuita has become the new Colombian road race champion today as he stormed to the win in the hilly circuit of Pereira, where earlier this week Daniel Martínez took the time-trial national championship.

The podium was completed by Yeison Rin´con and Esteban Chaves who were among the fastest in the chasing group of the 227 kilometer long race. The Colombian is now set to travel to Europe after a successful stint in Colombia where he will make his first stage-race appearance of the season at the Volta ao Algarve next week, before targeting the Ardennes classics later on in the spring after a set of races in Spain.