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Images of high-speed crashes have become all too common in professional cycling. The Itzulia 2024 was just the latest example of a worrying pattern: massive crashes on technical descents, where a mistake or a simple impulse to overtake can turn into a tragedy. In this context, a simple but powerful idea is beginning to gain ground among riders: limiting gear ratios to reduce speed at critical moments. One of the great promoters of this proposal

Punta del Este will host the Pan American Championship of individual time trial and road to be held between Tuesday, April 22 and Sunday, April 27. The event, which gathers the best riders of the continent, will be held in Uruguay for the second time. The event will be held on the Lorenzo Batlle Pacheco promenade, where competitions will be held for the junior, under-23 and elite categories, in both the men’s and women’s categories.

The Tour of Uruguay 2025, the oldest stage race of the continent, continued this Saturday with its penultimate stage that went from Santa Lucia to Maldonado with a distance of 164.7 kilometers and the winner was Anderson Maldonado who, in addition, took the leader’s jersey the day before the end, with 17 seconds of advantage over the Brazilian Vinícius Rangel. The competitor of the Club Náutico de Boca del Cufré crossed the finish line first

There are less than 100 days to go before the most ambitious edition of the Tour de France Women’s 2025 kicks off on July 26. At least that’s what race organizer Franck Perque has promised. For the first time in its history, the women’s race will have its Grand Depart in the Breton region of Morbihan. The 2025 edition will have nine stages, one more than in previous years, highlighting the growth and ambition of

This Friday the eighth stage of the 80th edition of the traditional Tour of Uruguay, a stage race organized by the Uruguayan Cycling Federation, was run and after 175.8 kilometers Leonel Rodríguez won. The competitor of the Club Ciclista Cerro Largo, after a great final sprint, crossed the finish line in Trinidad, capital of Flores, in a time of four hours, seven minutes and 29 seconds. The podium was completed by Roderyck Asconeguy, from Club

With the return of weight marks to the spotlight and the advent of lighter bikes, the UCI’s 6.8 kg limit for racing bikes is back on the table and bringing back the debate we had years ago about whether it’s an appropriate limit or whether technology allows lighter bikes to be made while still remaining reliable. Let’s go back about a decade. Before aerodynamics, disc brakes or internal cable routing dominated virtually every bike design

This Thursday the seventh stage of the Tour of Uruguay 2025 was disputed, leaving from Agraciada with arrival in Durazno over 192.7 kilometers and where the Brazilian Gabriel Metzger won the duel to the Venezuelan Winston Maestre in the oldest stage race in America. The ACRD Cycling Team rider crossed the finish line in a time of five hours, three minutes and 45 seconds. Next to him came the Venezuelan Maestre, from the Venezuelan national

Colombian cyclist Edison Alejandro Callejas was the protagonist this Thursday when he won the third stage of the Giro d’Abruzzo 2025 in Italy, which was highlighted by the main digital pages of the European sports media. Callejas, a 24 year-old rider from Bogota who rides for the modest Petrolike team, achieved an epic victory, being his first win in a race of this category. Great victory for Edison Callejas The Bogota native won the queen

This Wednesday the sixth stage of the 80th edition of the traditional Tour of Uruguay, a stage race organized by the Uruguayan Cycling Federation, was run and after 196.3 kilometers between Mercedes and Carmelo the Brazilian Magno do Prado Nazaret won. The ACRD Cycling Team competitor from his country, three-time winner of this Vuelta Ciclista (2012, 2017 and 2018), crossed the finish line in the department of Colonia in a time of four hours, 20

The French region of Haute-Savoie will become the epicenter of world cycling between August and September 2027, when it will host the second unified edition of the UCI World Cup. After the resounding success of the first edition held in Glasgow in 2023, the International Cycling Union (UCI) intends to go even further, with an event that will bring together 20 disciplines in 12 venues, promising to be the most ambitious event in cycling history.