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One of the world cycling excellence competitions: the 2023 Tour de France, will have one of its champions, Egan Bernal. The Colombian won the 2019 edition and was confirmed by his Ineos Grenadiers squad to take the start this Saturday, July 1, with the first stage of 182 flat kilometers in Bilbao, Spain. “Returning to the Tour has always been an important goal for me. I am very excited to be able to relive every

In a finish full of climbs, Miguel Ángel ‘Superman’ López (Team Medellín-EPM) claimed victory in the eighth stage of the Vuelta a Colombia 2023 starting at La Pintada and finishing at Cañasgordas over 179.7 kilometers, passing four mountain prizes in the last kilometers. The Boyacá cyclist rounded off another spectacular task by first crowning the 3rd category climb, beating Oscar Fernández (EPM-GO RIGO GO) in the packing. Rodrigo Contreras (Colombia Potencia de la Vida –

Dr. Sian Allen, from the Auckland University of Technology and head of innovation at Lululemon, published on Twitter the Ranking of the “toughest sports in the world”. A ranking created by ESPN in 2018 that has been updated, the last time in November 2022. To configure it, they asked eight experts to rate the sports from 1 to 10 according to strength, speed, agility, flexibility or resistance, among other criteria. From this they obtained an

Four positive slopes marked the seventh stage of the Tour of Colombia 2023; and it is that this Friday, June 23, a fraction of 195.9 kilometers between Pereira and Manizales was completed, which, by the way, was the longest of the 73rd edition of the route; and Miguel Ángel “Supermán” López (Team Medellín) once again raised his arms of victory, this time after 5:12:17 hours of pedaling. Once again, as López said days ago, “everyone

Years ago, when Miguel Indurain dominated cycling, many generalist media cited the fact that his heart beat at rest at 28 beats per minute as a fact of the prodigious qualities of the Navarrese. A parameter that gives us a lot of information about the physical state of the cyclist. Train the heart and not just the legs Despite the fact that power training dominates the current paradigm, we are still seeing how professional cyclists

In a new mountainous day, Miguel Ángel López (Team Medellín-EPM) claimed victory in the sixth stage of the Vuelta a Colombia 2023 starting in La Virginia and finishing in Apía over 164.8 kilometers, with a rising finish. The Boyacá cyclist rounded off a spectacular task for the squad led by José Julián Velásquez, where his pupils made it 1-3 with ‘Supermán’ and Aldemar Reyes. Wilson Peña from Zipaquire (Team Sistecrédito) came in 2nd and took

In another mountainous finish, Miguel Ángel ‘Supermán’ López (Team Medellín-EPM) emerged victorious this Wednesday in the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Colombia 2023, which was held over 165.5 kilometers between Dosquebradas and Belalcázar. The Boyacá cyclist who went alone the last two kilometers of the race, was left with the victory ahead of Wilson Peña (Team Sistecredito) and Daniel Méndez (EPM-GO RIGO GO), 2nd and 3rd respectively. The escape of the day was led

In the third final for sprinters, Miguel Ángel ‘Supermán’ López (Team Medellín-EPM), spoiled the party for the sprinters and won the third online stage of the Tour of Colombia 2023, after traveling 105 kilometers around from Ibagué. The Boyacá cyclist prevailed in a mostly flat day with a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 30 seconds, behind came the Ecuadorian Byron Guamá (Movistar-Best PC) 2nd and Daniel Muñoz (EPM-GO RIGO GO) finished 3rd. Regarding

In a weekend full of competitions, the Pan American MTB Championship was held, in the Marathon (XCM) modality, in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Cabal, in Colombia, where the hosts Mónica Calderón and Juan Fernando Monroy prevailed, in the elite category. Calderón won the gold medal in the women’s section with 24 participants, while Monroy did it in the men’s branch with 76 runners. The event was attended by competitors from Ecuador, Brazil, Chile,

The Canadian national team retained the crown for countries in the Pan American Elite Track Cycling Championship, which concluded this Sunday at the Vicente Alejo Chancay velodrome, where they took another three gold medals at the end to add 11 and lead Mexico (6) and Colombia (3), second and third, respectively in the medal table. The golden trio for the northerners took place in the men’s Madison, the elimination race and the kilometer time trial,