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Portuguese Pinto wins Himalaya bicycle rally

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Press Trust of India Shimla
Last Updated : Oct 04 2013 | 1:25 AM IST
Portuguese sensation Luis Leao Pinto emerged overall winners at the 9th MTB Himalaya 2013, which concluded here today.
The World No. 9 grabbed the winner's trophy in the Open Men's Solo category clocking 17:33:21 while Purna Bahadur Pradhan (21:27:17) and Surendra Singh (21:42:16) finished second and third.
In the overall standings also, Luis Leao Pinto was followed by Purna Bahadur Pradhan while Surendra Singh was in third position.
The Portuguese clocked 25:46:02 to win the Masters Solo category while Van Belle Michael Mclean (27:43:22) and Luis Canto Moniz (29:14:46) were runners-up and second runners-up respectively.
Meanwhile, Laxmi Magar with a timing of 32:06:25 emerged winner in the Open Women's Solo category followed by Sowmya Urs (42:59:33) and Shital Vitthal Chavan (45:37:28) in the second and third respectively.

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First Published: Oct 04 2013 | 1:25 AM IST

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