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A circuit in the Middle of the World monument (Quito) was the scene in which the Colombian Robinson Chalapud became champion of the 2022 edition of the Tour of Ecuador. The local Santiago Montenegro won the last stage and Chalapud confirmed his title by crossing third at the finish line. The eighth and final stage of the Tour of Ecuador was held on Saturday, in a circuit that began and ended at the Middle of

Surprising locals and strangers, Jaime Chacón (Team Medellín-EPM) won the seventh and penultimate stage of the Tour of Ecuador 2022, after being the strongest in the day’s break, after traveling 132 kilometers, between Cayambe and Quito. Everything is a matter of time, for Robinson Chalapud to lift the title of the general classification. Chacón, a 21-year-old Colombian runner, appeared on the last meters and crossed the finish line first, with a time of 3:33:11 hours.

We share the chronicle published by the site www.crciclismo.com, dedicated to whoever was a promoter, director, former presidents of FECOCI and vice president of COPACI, who passed away on November 18, 2022 in his homeland. Pedal high Glauco! It is a very sad day for Costa Rican cycling, one of the great pioneers of our sport died, Glauco Pinto Rodríguez leaves us body and soul, but his legacy will be indelible. They spent 78 years

In another mountainous day, Santiago Montenegro (Movistar Best PC) asserted his status as a climber and took his second partial victory in the Tour of Ecuador, which this Thursday played the sixth stage, after traveling 180 kilometers, between the towns of San Gabriel and Cayambe. The Ecuadorian cyclist, champion in 2020, won the duel against Robinson Chalapud, who remains a solid leader and is excited about the title of the Ecuadorian round with two days

This Saturday, November 19, the second date of the UCI Track Champions League will take place, the event that brings together the best 72 track cyclists in the world and which will be held at the Berlin velodrome, in Germany, in which Latin America will be present with the Colombians Martha Bayona, Kevin Santiago Quintero and Santiago Ramírez. It will be the second date of the contest that began last weekend with the stop in

The broken fifth stage of the Tour of Ecuador ended with the victory of the local Elvis Cotacachi, while the overall leader, the Colombian Robinson Chalapud, arrived at the top of the peloton and kept the yellow jersey, just three days from the end. The segment was completed on a 117-kilometer route between Tufiño and Tulcán, near the border with Colombia. The journey had a second-category port, followed by one out of category (70 km

In another finale going up, the Ecuadorian Santiago Montenegro (Movistar-Best PC) won the fourth stage of the Tour of Ecuador 2022, a mountainous 153.4-kilometer journey that began in Otavalo and ended in San Gabriel. The Colombian Robinson Chalapud (Team Banco Guayaquil) maintained the lead without setbacks. The champion of the 2020 edition entered escorted by the Nariño beetle, leader of the event, who has been completing an extraordinary career. In third position came his compatriot

The moment of truth arrives for Egan Bernal. Almost 10 months have passed since the terrible accident of him training in Colombia. He has spent days of much suffering and got back on a bike to compete last August in what has been considered a true miracle. He has received support from the fans and his teammates, but the most difficult challenge remains for him, that of competing again with the best. Egan has already

The United States ratified its universal power in BMX Freestyle, by adding gold through Hannah Roberts in the women’s category and silver to Justin Dowell’s neck among men, during the 2022 World Urban Cycling Championships, which took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The American Hannah Roberts retained her crown at this level by winning the test with 87.20 points, after beating the Swiss Nikita Ducarroz, who added 84.70, and the Czech Iveta Miculycová,

The foreign dominance continued in the Vuelta al Ecuador 2022. This time the victory corresponded to the Colombian Juan Diego Hoyos (Team Corratec América), who won the second stage by winning the final sprint, but could not take the lead of the individual general to the Mexican Ignacio de Jesús Prado (Canel´s-Zerouno). The rider from Caldas took the victory in the second longest fraction of the Ecuadorian round, after traveling 203.6 kilometers between El Empalme