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The American cyclist Lauren Stephens set a time of 2:51:05 hours and took the gold in road cycling for women, a competition for which 37 cyclists took the start and had to enter the heights of the San Cristóbal hill, which has 758 meters. above sea level. Stephens took the gold from the Cuban favorite Arlenis Sierra, Pan American champion of Lima 2019 and Guadalajara 2011, who finished fifth after failing to catch up with

Colombia marked the golden cross on the second day of track cycling of these XIX Pan American Games thanks to Martha Bayona’s title in the keirin; while Canada confirmed itself as the leader in the medal table with its second crown, this time in the women’s team pursuit. In the women’s keirin event, Martha Bayona took gold, defeating the Mexican Luz Gaxiola and the Jamaican Dahlia Palmer, silver and bronze, respectively. The other Colombian in

The Trinidadian cyclist Nicholas Paul, 24 years old, who carried his country’s flag at the opening of these XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023, already has three continental records in cycling and continues to be one of the figures that gives prestige to this sport at the Velodrome from Peñalolén. On the morning of this October 25, during the qualification round of the round of 16 in men’s individual speed, the Antillean cyclist, holder of

The first day of track cycling at the XIX Pan American Games left two clear winning teams in the team sprint: Mexico in the women’s team and Canada among the men’s; while Peru won the title in the exhausting omnium test with the Peruvian Néstor Ruiz. The Mexican team made up of Jessica Salazar, Yuli Verdugo and Daniela Gaxiola achieved a time of 47.960 seconds and finished in first place, ahead of their two neighboring

To ratify the favoritism with which she was burdened and honoring her scroll, the Colombian Mariana Pajón Londoño obtained the gold medal this Sunday at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games in the BMX Racing Cycling competition. The 32-year-old Colombian – silver medalist (in Tokyo 2020) and double Olympic gold medalist (in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016), nicknamed “The Queen of BMX” -, won on the Parque Peñalolén track with a time of

The Colombian Walter Vargas, with a devastating performance, took gold in the men’s road cycling time trial at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, beating the Ecuadorian star Richard Carapaz this Sunday, who won silver in his debut in the contest Also making his debut in these events, the 31-year-old coffee rider gave Colombia the first gold medal in the Chilean capital, with a time of 47:02.72 and an average speed of 51 km/h. In

The American Kristen Faulkner, sixth in the world in the time trial in 2022, comfortably won the event at the XIX Pan American Games, while the Cuban Arlenis Sierra finished with silver and the Chilean Aranza Villalón took the bronze. Faulkner, a Harvard graduate, Silicon Valley investor and professional runner for the UCI Women’s Continental Team Team Jayco–AlUla, needed a time of 25:45.38 to win the gold medal ahead of Sierra (26:07.11) and Villalón (26:07.28),

This Saturday, October 21, the third edition of the UCI Track Champions League, the event organized by the International Cycling Union that brought together the best 72 track cyclists in the world, began in Mallorca, Spain. Colombia was represented in the contest with Martha Bayona and Kevin Santiago Quintero, who managed to place second in the keirin, and the woman from Santander finished 3rd in the sprint. In the women’s division, Ellesse Andrews took the

During the morning of this Saturday, the first medal ceremony of the XIX Pan American Games Santiago 2023 took place, honors that went to the mountain bike riders, where the two titles were on the necks of Canadian riders: Gunnar Holmegrem among the men and Jennifer Jackson in the women’s branch. Holmgren (1:17:59) rubbed shoulders with the local hope, the 23-year-old Chilean, Martín Vidaurre, during the seven laps of the circuit (+0:53 seconds), and was

When the XIX Pan American Games begin this October 20 at the National Stadium in Santiago de Chile, six flag bearers from five nations will be cyclists, which makes our sport the fourth with the most names in this recognition to lead the parade of their respective countries. For Aruba, Shanayah Howll, from BMX Racing, carries the national banner; while Conor White will do it for Bermuda, one of his promises for the podium in