Ricky Morales Ortiz won a historic medal for Puerto Rico on October 2, by winning the bronze medal in the Mountain Bike Cross Country Eliminator event of the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Championship, held in Barcelona, Spain. This is the first medal won by a Puerto Rican in a Cycling World Cup and the most outstanding feat of a Puerto Rican cyclist in history. Morales Ortiz – who competes professionally with the Corratec América
2 October, 2022
Mariana Pajón sweeps the eighth valid of the BMX World Cup
The Queen of BMX, Mariana Pajón, was once again the protagonist at the BMX World Cup, which was held in Bogotá. The Colombian biker once again showed all her class to consecrate herself as champion of the valid eighth and add another gold medal to her extensive list of winners. The Colombian triple Olympic medalist, who has been recovering little by little from the physical discomfort that has afflicted her in recent months, did not
The Ecuadorian cyclist Alfredo Campo climbed to the podium of Round 7 of the BMX World Cup, in the Elite category, which was held in Bogotá, Colombia, after placing third in a test led by the Frenchman Joris Daudet, while that the British Kye White was awarded the silver. The Azuayan athlete, who was already an Olympian at the Tokyo 2020 Games, expressed after this performance. “Happy, content and motivated, that’s how I’m leaving Colombia,
The Brazilians Raiza Goulao and Gustavo Xavier De Oliveira, in the Olympic cross country category of MTB, became the first champions of the South American giant in cycling at the XII Odesur Games, which took place at the Aguavista XCO Circuit, in Encarnación, alternate venue of this sports fair. Gustavo De Oliveira was the best with 1:29:56, and was escorted on the podium by his teammate José Gabriel Marques (1:30:29), while Colombian Fabio Castañeda finished
30 September, 2022
Asunción opens the XII South American Games this October 1
The wait is over, Asunción will host the XII edition of the South American Games from this October 1, whose inauguration is scheduled for the Defensores del Chaco stadium, with more than 6,000 athletes from 15 nations summoned for 34 sports. The South American Sports Organization will organize this event until next October 15, with a great deployment of security and with the support of nearly 4 thousand volunteers. During the official opening, 20,000 people
29 September, 2022
Daniel Felipe Martínez, the best Latino in the UCI-Route ranking
The International Cycling Union (UCI) updated its world ranking, after the Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia. The ranking, which takes into account the results in all the UCI races of the last twelve months, continues to be led by the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates); while the best Latino on the list is Colombian Daniel Felipe Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers) with 13th place. The classification in the first positions underwent substantial changes, since the
28 September, 2022
Gran Fondo Race this October 2 through the streets of Guadalajara
Cyclists from various parts of the country and the world, as well as cycling lovers in Jalisco, will meet on October 2, as part of the Gran Fondo, which for the first time will tour the streets of Guadalajara and Zapopan. The Gran Fondo began in Italy and from 2014 it expanded to other countries, including France, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia, as well as some in the American continent, such as the United States, Colombia, Argentina,
27 September, 2022
Brazilian Henrique Avancini ninth in the UCI-MTB Ranking, David Valero new number 1
The brilliant season of the Spaniard David Valero has just placed him at the top of the UCI Mountain Bike (MTB) ranking, in which one name remains in America: the Brazilian Henrique Avancini, ninth with 1,339 points, one place higher with the one that closed 2021. The 2018 MTB-Marathon world champion and double Pan-American monarch has had 29 races this year, of which he has won eight and has been on the podium in another
26 September, 2022
President of the UCI pronounces on the case of Nairo Quintana
The case of Nairo Quintana is already in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (TAS), in the midst of an appeal from the cyclist for having been disqualified from the 2022 Tour de France and a possible sanction, due to the presence of tramadol in two blood samples dry. Although said substance was not included in the list of prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (AMA), it has been known that it
25 September, 2022
The United States and Chile win gold in the sixth phase of the BMX World Cup in Bogotá
The golds of the American Cameron Wood in the elite category and the Chilean Mauricio Molina in the Sub 23, as well as the silvers of the northerners Alise Willoughby and Mckenzie Gayheart were the medals achieved by America in the sixth stop of the BMX Racing World Cup, disputed this Sunday, September 25 in Bogotá, Colombia. During the day at the “Carlos Ramírez” bike track, riders from 29 countries met and the biggest surprise
