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The Italian cyclist Vittoria Bussi broke the world hour record on October 13 by traveling 50,267 kilometers at the Bicentenario Velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and thus became the first woman to overcome the 50-kilometer barrier in this event. . With this result, she improved by more than a kilometer the previous universal record held by the Dutch Ellen van Dijk (49,254 kilometers), dated May 23, 2022. The peculiarity of now is that the Italian postponed

Mar del Plata.- The Olympic cycling champion Juan Curuchet suffered a violent robbery at his home in the rural jurisdiction of Batán, about 20 kilometers south of Mar del Plata, where criminals took him and his partner and robbed him of all kinds of valuable elements, including the medals achieved throughout almost three decades of sports career. The investigation underway by the prosecutor’s office specialized in Crimes against Property, headed by prosecutor Mariano Moyano, was

The Venezuelan Lilibeth Chacón (Clarus Merquimia Strongman) was awarded the first stage and the leadership of the Women’s Tour of Costa Rica Telecable, in a close duel against the Mexican Marcela Prieto and the Colombian Karen Villamizar (Pato Bike). The 113.4 kilometer route between San Isidro, Pérez Zeledón, Buenos Aires and Peñas Blancas, was completed in the midst of an exciting duel between nine foreigners who made up the leader of the race and the

The Women’s Cycling Tour of Costa Rica 2023 will start this October 12 with 13 teams, seven of them foreign, with representation from Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Panama and the United States that will travel the route in four stages. Clarus Merquimia Strongman, current champion of the Vuelta a Guatemala and the Vuelta a Colombia, heads the list of foreign squads that will grace the event, along with Roxo Racing from the United States, Pato Bike

One of the most anticipated cycling specialties will be the route, which includes the individual time trial and the route. For the first time in the Pan American Games there will be seven days between them, which will cause many riders to double up, among them the Cuban Arlenis Sierra, one of the stars of world cycling. The time trial will begin on the morning of October 22 in the Plaza de Armas of Isla

From this Thursday, October 12 to Sunday, October 15, Cusco will host the 2023 Pan American Downhill Championship, which will be organized by the Peruvian Cycling Federation on behalf of the Pan American Confederation of this sport. The competition in this modality will take place at the Eco Park Rahuanqui, in Huarocondo, Cusco, a circuit that presents all types of super technical obstacles at an altitude of 3,399 meters above sea level. In addition to

Four new members will be inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame on Oct. 28, 2023, in Bromont, QC, as part of Cycling Canada’s Annual Conference. Kelly-Ann Way and Lyne Bessette will be inducted as athletes, while Guy Morin and Eric Van Den Eynde will both be recognized for their achievements as builders. The Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame was created in 2015 to recognize outstanding achievement and contribution to the sport of cycling

With the blazing sun beating down on the racers from the start, the final race of the exciting 2023 Caribbean season, the Cayman Cup, took place on the challenging East End circuit in the Cayman Islands itself. The stage was set for a battle of sheer willpower and determination as local and international riders were ready to leave it all on the road. And they do it like that. Athletes navigated the twists and turns

The 2023 Santiago de Chile Pan American Games are ready to host the track cycling competition in both the men’s and women’s categories. This discipline has been part of this event since its inception (1951) and has been part of the Olympic program since 1896. The competition of this version will take place from October 24 to 27 at the Parque Peñalolén Velodrome, for which a total of 132 runners from 14 nations have qualified,

In a thrilling finale, Matej Mohoric impressively won the second edition of the Gravel World Championship. The Slovenian was crowned world champion in the Italian region of Veneto after a battle with Florian Vermeersch (silver) and Connor Swift (bronze), whom he managed to defeat in the final kilometers. Top seed Wout van Aert played second fiddle due to an unlucky day, but still finished eighth. After the starting signal it became a serious elimination race.