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MONTEVIDEO. El ciclista colombiano Walter Vargas (Medellín) se ha enfundado el maillot de líder de la 76ª edición de la Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay tras imponerse este miércoles en la sexta etapa, una contrarreloj individual de 33,6 kilómetros con salida y llegada en la localidad de Melo. Vargas festejó su 27 cumpleaños siendo el más rápido en la cronometrada y, sobre su bicicleta Berria, aventajó en nada menos que 59 segundos al brasileño Cristian Egidio

BOGOTÁ. From May 1 to May 5, 12 cyclists of the elite categories, men, women and sub 23, will be representing the Colombia Manzana Postobón team in the Pan-American Championship that will take place in Pachuca, capital of the state of Hidalgo, located north of Mexico City at 2400 meters above sea level. The team led by Carlos Mario Jaramillo will face the continental appointment with a group of young talents among which stands out

HIDALGO, MEXICO. Four Hidalgo riders will be for the Mexican national team that will compete in the XXXIV Pan-American Road Cycling Championship, which will take place from April 29 to May 5 in Pachuca, confirmed the Mexican Cycling Federation. Francisco Lara Carvajal, from Ixmilquilpan, will see action in the elite category, along with René Corella, from Sonora; Jonathan Sandoval, from Jalisco, and the current national champion, Orlando Garibay. In the meantime, the poblanos Efrén Santos

MONTEVIDEO. El líder de la 76ª edición de la Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay, el argentino Nicolás Naranjo (A.C.A. Virgen de Fátima), se mostró intratable en la quinta etapa de la ronda internacional uruguaya, en la que sumó este martes su cuarta victoria parcial. Con un tiempo de 5 horas, 12 minutos y 2 segundos, Naranjo se impuso al sprint en la quinta etapa, que partió de Artigas y llegó a Tacuarembó tras un recorrido de

MEXICO. Belgian cyclist Victor Campenaerts beat the hour record on Tuesday, traveling 55.089 kilometers at the velocrome in Aguascalientes, central Mexico, to which he gave 221 laps. Campenaerts took advantage of the good conditions of the track, with little air pressure, and always remained in the proper partials to overcome the record of Briton Bradley Wiggins, who in 2015 made 54,526 kilometers in London. This Tuesday the Belgian needed little more than 10:57 minutes to

BOGOTÁ. Next Sunday, April 21, the national BMX team will travel to European territory to face the international tour of World Cups in England and Holland, appointments of vital importance to continue advancing in the goal of obtaining points for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 National coach Germán Medina has chosen a group of five pilots, led by the current Pan-American champion and Olympic double champion, Mariana Pajón, who will meet again with the high

HAVANA. We intend to compete in the Pan-American Road Cycling Championship with athletes under 23 years, in addition to the elite sextets, because the participation of the young people in the Vuelta a Martinica was frustrated, Jorge Luis Báez, head of national team coaches, told ACN . We had planned to participate in the Tour of Martinique, between days 18 and 21, but difficulties were faced for the visa of the five athletes and the

MADRID. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced this Monday that the Colombian cyclist Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo) has been controlled “non-negative” by erythropoietin (EPO) in a control carried out on February 26, out of competition. As detailed by the highest level of world cycling, the control was carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), an independent body appointed by the UCI itself in its strategy to combat doping in cycling. Erythroetin is a substance

BOGOTÁ. The Argentinian Nicolás Naranjo (Agrupación Virgen De Fátima), added his third victory of stage in the Vuelta a Uruguay and consolidated in the leadership that the test that lived his fourth day with total dominion of the continental currency Argentina. The fourth stage developed between Citapebi and Artigas on 149 kilometers, left once again as winner Naranjo, after 3 hours 47 minutes 51 seconds. Succeeding in the packaging, before his partner Nicolás Tivani and

MADRID. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) has announced this Monday that the Colombian cyclist Jarlinson Pantano (Trek-Segafredo) has been controlled “non-negative” by erythropoietin (EPO) in a control carried out on February 26, out of competition. As detailed by the highest level of world cycling, the control was carried out by the Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF), an independent body appointed by the UCI itself in its strategy to combat doping in cycling. Erythroetin is a substance