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Whitney Allison of Colorado and Griffin Easter of Utah emerged victorious at the eight-day Transcordilleras Colombia Rally, winning the self-supported women’s and men’s categories. The race began August 11 on the eastern side of Colombia in Paipa and covered 985km across three ranges of the Andes mountains, finishing in Santa Fé de Antioquia, just north of Medellín, on August 18.
Allison racked up seven stage wins across the eight days, while Easter used his consistency with a week of second-place stage finishes to secure his overall title. 2022 Big Sugar Gravel men’s winner Russell Finsterwald was a favourite in the men’s division, but pulled out due to illness on stage 5.
Allison spoke to Cyclingnews before her journey, and said the endurance event an addition to her schedule as a way to “turn my world upside down a little”.
“I’ve been racing professionally since 2013, on the road originally, and then moved over to gravel after the pandemic, like everybody else. This just seemed like a good opportunity that’d be something totally different, learning something new about myself,” she said.
Allison, who has been part of the Life Time Grand Prix and finished…
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