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The President of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), José Manuel Peláez, issued this congratulatory message for the new year, in which he reviews the main activities and results of American cyclists and federations. We publish it in its entirety. The last hours of 2022 are always to be spent with family and friends, although the world of cycling also requires spending it, many times, training and preparing for a competition. It is also time

Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra will start her second season with the prestigious Movistar team in the Costa de Almería Women Sport 2023 one-day race, on January 29. Arlenis, recently awarded among the ten most outstanding athletes in Cuba in 2022 and as the best hired, continues in the selection of 15 cyclists led by Annemiek van Vleuten, Olympic and world champion, and first in the universal ranking. The 30-year-old Manzanillera excelled in 2022 individually and

With a press meeting held in the Cruce de Los Andes Hall, of the Civic Center, yesterday the 39th edition of the Tour of San Juan was presented, the UCI PRO-Series category competition, which is the highest level that It will be held in America, and will feature several of the best cyclists in the world peloton, the same ones who will be the protagonists of epic days in the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de

Only 17 days remain for the 2023 Tour of Táchira by bicycle, an event that has raised the expectation of national and international cycling fans, as it is scheduled to be held from January 15 to 22. Recently, after the request for equipment and communicators before the long transfer between the cities of Barinas and Mérida, it was agreed between the Ministry of Sports, the State Government and the Tachirense Sports Institute, the specific change

Cyclist Teniel Campbell and runner Jereem Richards were named 2022 Sportsmen of the Year by the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) when the organization held its year-end Awards Ceremony on December 28. Campbell, who made her Olympic debut in 2021, won gold at the Caribbean Road Elite Championships in the Dominican Republic in October. At the 2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Peru, Campbell won multiple medals, including a gold medal in the

Following the publication of the lists of teams entered by the International Cycling Union (UCI) for the 2023 season, the UCI announces several modifications to “Part 2 – Road Races” of the UCI Regulations, which will enter into force on 1 January 2023. At the end of the three-year cycle, at the end of which the UCI WorldTour licenses were awarded to the teams, the various players involved in professional men’s road cycling expressed a

The Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal went to the operating room again. This time, however, the operation to which the Colombian, winner of the 2019 Tour de France and the 2021 Giro d’Italia, underwent, was much calmer than the one that occurred in the recent past, especially after the accident that saw him involved on January 24, 2022. In fact, the Ineos runner underwent an operation on his nose, a septorhinoplasty, to remedy a problem that

The interest in participating in the II Challenger Escambray de Mountain Bike 2023, scheduled from January 18 to 23, grows in terms of participants and teams after the call appeared in the Los Manigüeros Facebook group. 35 riders are officially registered, including several medalists in different categories during the first edition held earlier this year. Others have shown interest, including several foreigners. The current champion, Ludisnelis Fleitas from the capital, leader of the national mountain

Colombia once again dominated the Tour of Costa Rica, this time through Marco Tulio Suesca (Movistar-Best PC), who became champion of the 56th edition of the Costa Rican round after retaining the lead on the tenth and final day, a short section of 99 kilometers disputed in the city of Heredia. The last Colombian victory dated back to 2012, on that occasion the winner was Óscar Sánchez from Caldas. The Boyacá cyclist passed the last

The board of the Táchira Lottery officially presented its list of cyclists, with which it will participate in the 59th Tour of Táchira, next January, a contest with a wide call and tradition within the cycling tours of America. Marcos Albarrán, president of the Táchira Lottery, began by thanking Táchira Governor Freddy Bernal for his support for the participation of the lottery entity in the entity’s most important cycling event. Likewise, he thanked his colleagues