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Last year, Tadej Pogacar achieved the feat of winning the Giro-Tour double, a feat unmatched since Marco Pantani in 1998 and widely considered impossible given the demands of modern cycling. Now, a scientific study analyzing calorie expenditure in endurance athletes provides the key to why it is so incredibly difficult to achieve. A recent study published in the journal Current Biology suggests that calorie expenditure could be a significant limiting factor in the performance of

The Costa Verde Circuit in San Miguel was the epicenter of road cycling at the XX Bolivarian Games Ayacucho – Lima 2025, where Colombia topped the podium after winning two gold medals and one silver. Diana Carolina Peñuela Martínez won the women’s individual time trial with a time of 29:49.56, while her compatriot Lina Marcela Hernández Gómez took second place with a time of 30:03.22. In the men’s event, Walter Alejandro Vargas Alzate won the

Joseph Ramírez delivered another title to Costa Rica in the Vuelta Internacional a Chiriquí, winning the 45th edition, the Copa Telca, on Friday. The final stage was won by Dominican Alberto Ramos. Ramírez, of the Colono Bikestation Kolbi team, accumulated a time of 18 hours, 38 minutes, and 38 seconds. His teammates Alejandro Granados finished 37 seconds behind, and Sergio Arias finished 59 seconds back. The best-placed Panamanian in the general classification was Randish Abdul

The mountain biking events in the Olympic Cross Country discipline at the Lima-Ayacucho 2025 Bolivarian Games took place a few days ago, and Colombia won its first medals. The Colombian delegation earned two gold medals and one silver. Among the women, Ana María Roa took the gold medal, and Diana Pinilla from Boyacá won the silver, while the bronze went to Ecuador’s Michela Adrina Molina. In the men’s event, Colombian Iván Felipe López claimed the

The time trial stage held this Thursday saw Costa Rican Joseph Ramirez, of Colono Bikestation Kolbi, take the lead in the 2025 Tour of Chiriquí, Copa Telca. The 19.3-kilometer stage was won by Donovan Ramirez, also of Colono Bikestation Kolbi, with a time of 23 minutes and 27 seconds, beating his teammate Joseph Ramirez by 8 seconds and Jason Huertas, of ManzaTé-La Selva-Scott, by 30 seconds, who finished third. In the general classification, Joseph Ramirez

Paraguay, and specifically the modern velodrome in Asunción, officially confirmed as the venue for the 2028 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, continues its preparations two years in advance for the most important competition in this discipline worldwide. The event will take place in the Paraguayan capital and will feature the participation of the world’s best cyclists, positioning Paraguay as a key stage in the development of continental cycling. During the official announcement last September, the

The sixth stage of the 2025 Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Chiriquí, Copa Telca, has seen Costa Rican Alejandro Granados take the overall lead. The stage culminated this Wednesday at the legendary La Chancleta climb in Boquete. Granados takes over from his Colono Bikestation Kolbi teammate, Pablo Mudarra, after being part of a breakaway in the final 18 kilometers, crossing the finish line in 3 hours, 11 minutes, and 52 seconds. The route ran between David,

The growth of gravel cycling is unstoppable, and the UCI has decided to capitalize on this golden goose by expanding its Gravel World Series race circuit. Furthermore, these events will receive financial support from a new sponsor: tire manufacturer Panaracer, which will sponsor the UCI Gravel World Series through its GravelKing brand, the name of its range of tires for this discipline. The 45 events are spread across 32 countries, nine of them in the

In a dominant display on the road, the Costa Rican team Colono Bikestation Kölbi asserted their dominance by sweeping the first five positions in the fifth stage of the 45th edition of the Tour of Chiriquí in Panama. Like a true “red train,” the team’s riders—Sergio Arias, Alejandro Granados, Daniel Bonilla, Pablo Mudarra, and Joseph Ramírez—crossed the finish line together, as if it were a team time trial, after a 101-kilometer stage between the towns

The Acting President of the Paraguayan Cycling Federation, Bertha Hahn, held strategic meetings at the World Cycling Centre, including an audience with UCI President David Lappartient. The main objective is to propose to the governing body of world cycling the establishment of the first UCI Satellite Center in Paraguay. This would allow for the training of athletes and coaches to international standards, access to development programs, and position the country as a regional cycling hub.