Luis Pinto won the first stage of the Vuelta a Venezuela 2026

The local cyclist Luis Pinto, representing the Mayor's Office of Valera/Confitería La Guacamaya squad, won the first stage of the 63rd Cycling Tour of Venezuela this Sunday, after winning the sprint on the 124-kilometer circuit along Bolivar Avenue in the capital Trujillo, which ran at a high pace of 39 Km/h.

Pinto used a time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 22 seconds; one second apart, the group led by Colombian Sebastián Castaño (Sistecredit Team) and Jeferson Ruiz (GW Erco Sportfitn) entered second and third place in the stage, respectively, the fourth place in the fast fraction went to Arlex Méndez from Lotería del Táchira and fifth was the Brazilian Bruno Martins from Localiza Meoo Swift in Brazil .

The first leader of the overall classification of the Vuelta a Venezuela is Luis Pinto, who has an overall race time of 3 hours 09 minutes 12 seconds. Two seconds away is Sebastián Castaño from Colombia's Sistecredit and his countryman Jeferson Ruiz is third, but defending the colors of the GW Erco Sportfitness at 7 seconds. The fourth place was crowned by Arlex Méndez, leader of the under-23, 9 seconds behind the leader and Bruno Martins from Rio de Janeiro, who was 11 seconds late.

As for the other classifications, the Colombian Sebastián Castaño of the Sistecredit is the leader of the fastest, while the mountain was in the hands of Gabriel Sousa of the Localiza Meoo Swift in Brazil.