Sports Roundup
Ștefan Baciu, 08.07.2019, 12:10
Kevin Rivera Serrano of Costa Rica
won the 2019 edition of the bike race hosted by Sibiu, which ended on Sunday
with a stage measuring 169.5 km. Aged 21, Serrano won the race with a 17 second
lead over runner up Daniel Munoz Giraldo of Columbia, his team mate at Andoni
Giocattoli Sidermec, while Croatia’s Radoslav Rogina came in third with a
39-second difference. The best-ranked Romanian athlete was Serghei Tvetcov, who
came in 5th. A total of 114 competitors took part in a time trial
and a 4-stage race that totaled 690 km.
FC Viitorul Constanta won the
Romanian Supercup for the first time after defeating CFR Cluj on Saturday
1-nil, in a match venued in Ploiesti. Andrei Artean scored the winning goal
minutes before full time with a superb shot 30 meters off goal. FC Viitorul won
the Romanian Cup in 2019, after winning 2-1 against Astra Giurgiu. The Romanian
Supercup marks the debut of the 2019-2020 football season. The first round in
the domestic championship is scheduled to kick off on July 12.
(Translated by V. Palcu)