By Igor Grishin
In the final, fifth stage of the competition (83.1km) Alena Omelyusik finished 8th, just 3 seconds behind the winner: Lithuanian Inga Cilvinaite (1 hour, 50 minutes and 7 seconds). The last day’s cycling did not radically affect the positions of the leaders, with Alena taking second place overall and topping the two most prestigious individual nominations: mountain and sprint events.
Cycling for Astana BePink team in the Vuelta a El Salvador tournament, Alena won the first and second stages, and took second place three times: in the prologue, and third and fourth stages. This continues her success from earlier in the season, during the multi-stage Tour of Costa Rica race, in which she was third overall and won the mountain nomination. Ms. Omelyusik also won the Grand Prix el Salvador this year.
