Cycling News : Mariana Pajon eases to victory in the Women's Elite race

Double Olympic Champion Mariana Pajon laid down her marker ahead of Tokyo 2020, taking a dominant win in the Women's Elite final at round three of the UCI World Cup Supercross on Saturday (29th May). Pajon lit up the overcast Bogota skies by leading the race from the start and rarely coming under any significant pressure to take the gold medal in a time of 36.474 seconds. With the Olympic rankings set to be determined after these back to back meetings in the Colombian capital, the pressure was really on but Pajon didn't disappoint her home crowd. Her compatriot Gabriela Bolle Carillo took silver ahead of Russia's Natalia Afremova, as Pajon proves that she's hitting form just in time to defend her title on the biggest stage of them all. to take a dominant win in the Women's Elite final. Her compatriot Gabriela Bolle Carillo took silver ahead of Russia's Natalia Afremova