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The Teo Capriles velodrome has been remodeled to host the 2023 Alba Games of Venezuela. This space, which will house the disciplines of cycling and skating, passed the tests and is in optimal condition for the event that will take place from 21 to 29 of April. The Minister for Youth and Sports of Venezuela, Mervin Maldonado, mentioned the new accommodation areas for athletes, which are integrated into the velodrome and are 95% complete. “Works

With an exciting finale, the eighth stage of the 2023 Cycling Tour was developed, which was won by the Brazilian Igor Molina from UniFunvic (03:41:18) and allowed the third victory for the team that came from Brazil to play this new edition of the competence. Rocha received this Friday the eighth day of the event, called the Centennial of the Uruguayan Olympic Committee, in which the main protagonists were Molina and Matías Presa from Cerro

A study carried out by researchers at the University of Bath (United Kingdom) has shown that reducing the use of social networks improves our well-being and reduces levels of depression and anxiety. The authors concluded that these were the benefits of not using social networks for a week, the period of time that was analyzed in the study. It’s hard to find someone who is completely oblivious to social media. More or less we have

The Uruguay Cycling Tour arrived in Melo this Thursday and completed its seventh stage with important news for Uruguayan cycling: Roderyck Asconseguy, from Villa Teresa, went on to command the general classification and took control of the classification with three stages to go before the final, which represents a great leap to get closer to the final triumph. The seventh stage of the Uruguay Cycling Tour left as a balance changes in the individual general

This Saturday, April 8, the Peruvian capital will host the South American BMX Freestyle Championship, which will take place at the Costa Verde circuit in San Miguel. The Peruvian National Cycling Sports Federation (FDPC) will be in charge of the event. In addition to the local delegation, the representatives of Chile, Venezuela, Brazil, Costa Rica and Canada have confirmed their participation in the competition, in the Elite category, in the male and female modalities. Among

For the second time Panama will become the headquarters of the Central American Road Cycling Championship, a competition that brings together the best cyclists in the region and that will take place from April 14 to 16, in a 7.5-kilometer closed circuit on the Cinta Coastal 3. As a country we are preparing to receive the Elite and Under 23 male and female teams from Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize, which

The Uruguayan Cycling Tour has defined its great favorites after the fifth stage, which was held in two sections: Mercedes – Paysandú in the morning and an individual time trial in the capital of Sanducera in the afternoon. Now the new leader is the one who did it first: the Brazilian André Gohr. The competitor from Brazil’s Funvic won the time trial with a time of 30:33 minutes and is the new wearer of the

The Colombian bicyclist Sharid Fayad Mercado was crowned Junior champion in the BMX competitions, held over the weekend in Rock Hill, United States, in tests belonging to the UCI calendar, with an important participation of the best American and continental riders. The talented rider from Barranquilla also stood out in the elite category of the contest itself, by qualifying for the two finals, in which she achieved fifth place on the first day and fourth

The fourth stage of the 78th edition of the Uruguay Cycling Tour was canceled this Monday, April 3, after a fall occurred with several affected members of the main peloton, on the day that was planned to unite the cities of Mercedes and Trinidad. That great fall that occurred after the second packing caused the competition’s health system to collapse and, despite the good will of the doctors and nurses present, it became impossible to

The Argentine Federation of Track and Road Cycling (FACPyR) resolved to sanction the Mendocina Cycling Association with two years, as a result of the events that occurred in the last Argentine Championship held in Mendoza. On the last weekend of March 2023, Mendoza hosted the Argentino de Ruta and the elite peloton event ended in a national scandal, when two Argentine champions were crowned after various failures on the route, with the Mendocina Cycling Association