The Venezuelan and silver medalist in BMX at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Daniel Dhers won this Sunday, May 7, the gold medal in the FreeStyle Pan American BMX Cycling Championship. This competition was held for the first time on the BMX Freestyle Cycling track, located at the Comité Olímpico Paraguayo velodrome in Asunción, Paraguay. With this triumph, the Venezuelan marks the path towards the Olympic route that will be held in France in 2024.
In an uphill finish, the Colombian Miguel Ángel “Superman” López won the third stage this Saturday, the so-called “Queen” of the International Tour to Catamarca, a 99.8-kilometer mountainous section that began in Alijilán and ended in the Top of the Cuesta El Portezuelo. The rider from Boyacá from Team Medellín-EPM was the great winner of the day, beating his closest follower, his teammate Javier Jamaica, by more than a minute, while third came the leader
The Belgian Remco Evenepoel certified his status as top favorite for the final victory in the Giro d’Italia with a resounding victory in the time trial stage that kicked off this new edition of the race. For some media and specialists, Evenepoel’s law governs the Giro d’Italia from day one. On the other hand, the most disappointing thing, a priori, is that his greatest rival, the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, was 43 seconds behind the leader,
Samuel Quaranta (Italy National Team) gave him an Italian accent with his victory in the second stage of the International Tour to Catamarca 2023, run between Pomán and Huillapima, with an extension of 118 kilometers, in which the Ecuadorian Santiago Montenegro (Movistar BestPC) defended your leader shirt with brains and supreme effort. The escape from the segment was led by three cyclists: the Panamanian Bolivar Espinoza (Panama is Culture and Values), the Brazilian Alessandro Guimaraes
Transgender cyclist Austin Killips’ victory in the Gila Tour has sparked some criticism among several of her fellow cyclists and the UCI has decided to pick up the gauntlet to reopen the debate on the participation of these riders in women’s competitions. The highest regulatory body has announced that it will make a decision in August. Much has been made of transgender people in sport. A debate that is divided between those who defend the
Beyond the glory for winning the pink jersey and one of the three great stage tours, the 2023 Giro d’Italia, which is about to begin, has some juicy financial prizes that often represent an important extra than for the runners who achieve them for the assistants and mechanics of the teams, since it is tradition to distribute what they have achieved among all the members of the squads. Beyond the salaries received by the cyclists
In a downhill finish, the Ecuadorian Santiago Montenegro, from the Movistar BestPC team, pressed the pedals and secured the victory of the first segment of the Tour to Catamarca 2023, which is held on Argentine soil with the participation of some 129 riders. This first stage began and ended in the tourist village of El Rodeo with 184 kilometers of extension and began with a compact peloton, until the first flying goal came, conquered by
Everything is ready for Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, to also become the cycling capital of America, with the celebration of the Pan-American Track Cycling Championship, junior category, and BMX Freestyle, in the Park and Flatand modalities) , from May 7 to 14. Considered by some to be the best velodrome on the continent, it will host the Pan American Track Championship for juniors from May 9 to 14 in 11 events: team speed, team
With the presence of five teams from San Juan and the privilege of also having the champion of the International Tour of San Juan, Miguel Ángel “Supermán” López will begin this Wednesday the International Tour to Catamarca, in Argentina. This contest that will debut in the country is inserted in category 2.2 for the International Cycling Union. The initial day will begin with the presentation of the teams, while on Thursday the action will begin
The Brazilian Paola Reis was the only one who could repeat the victory in rounds three and four of the BMX Latin American Cycling Cup, held this weekend in Indaiatuba, Brazil, where the hosts won six of the eight titles in dispute. . This important continental competition is one of the events on the 2023 calendar that award points for the ranking that will define the representatives of Brazilian BMX at the 2024 Olympic Games.