Egan Bernal was crowned the Colombian national road race champion for a second year in a row.
Bernal tackled the punchy 207km course in his home of Zipaquirá in style. Bernal and teammate Brandon Rivera - who won the time trial championships earlier in the week - worked well together throughout the race.
With 35km remaining, Rivera and Bernal were in the chasing group, 1:30 back on a solo leader, before Rivera managed to escape with two others.
On the short but steep Via de Pacho climb, Bernal was able to claw back time and overtook Rivera who retired from the race due to his efforts.
Bernal went off the front with Iva Sosa (Kern Pharma), Javier Jamaica (Nu Colombia) and Robinson Lopez (Erce-Sportfitness), before Sosa pushed on alone.
Soon after, Bernal demonstrated his strength and caught Sosa, with the pair working together.
Rising to the finish, Bernal kicked and easily outsprinted Sosa, giving him time to raise his arms and claim the title for the second year in a row.
Speaking afterwards, Bernal said:
“The emotion of racing here, in front of my people, is truly impressive.
“I have lots of mixed feelings today, Zipaquirá is my home, my origins, and competing here, riding several times through the climbs we did when we were children and watching all the people from Zipaquirá supporting me, cheering not only me but all riders, is something very beautiful and really tells a lot about Zipaquirá and Cundinamarca here at the Salt Cathedral.
“It’s going to be a great honour [to wear the jersey] again, a big responsibility and I will try to give my best.
“It was a very well fought race. At some point, I thought I wasn’t doing well, I felt everybody was very strong, everyone from the WorldTour was super strong.”