In a message published on his official Facebook page, the head of the Panamerican Cycling Confederation (COPACI), José Peláez, described the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz as a pride of this sport in America, after achieving third place in the individual general of the Tour de France, concluded this Sunday. Peláez recalled that the South American became the fifth Latin American to appear on a podium in the prestigious gala race, as he valued as an event
The Copaci made official this July 19, after the approval of the International Cycling Union, the celebration of the Pan American Road Cycling Championship, from August 12 to 15 in the Dominican Republic, where quotas will be distributed for the Youth Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia . According to the call, each delegation may attend with a maximum of 22 people, of them up to 18 athletes, distributed in six runners for the male
Sunday day without surprises. The last 108.4 kilometers of the 108th edition of the Tour de France went down in history on the Champs Elysees circuit, which left Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz on the podium, as the third best placed behind the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, two-time champion of this fair , and the Danish Jonas Vingegaard. The Ecuadorian, like the rest of the peloton, had enough to reach the finish line to secure third place, a
A series of health and physical setbacks in recent years raises questions about whether the two-time Colombian Olympic champion will be able to climb to the top of the podium in an extreme final of the women’s BMX in Tokyo 2020 after being crowned in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 . The South American suffered mononucleosis in April 2018 when she was running in France and stopped performing for a month. As if
Once the official registration procedures have been completed, the official page of the XXXII Tokyo Olympic Games shows America with an enviable presence in cycling competitions: 16 countries and 96 riders, figures that demonstrate the vitality and power of this sport in our continent. The highest figure appears in road cycling with 33 names, among them the well-known Richard Carapaz from Ecuador, Rigoberto Urán and Nairo Quintana from Colombia, as well as the Cuban Arlenis
Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz successfully defended his historic third place on the Tour de France podium, after finishing 23rd in the penultimate stage, a 30.8 km individual time trial, held this Saturday, July 17, 2021 between Libourne and Saint-Émilion. The ‘Locomotora del Carchi’ left at 10:15 in the morning and finished the route with 38:02 minutes, with which it practically secured its third place on the podium, because this Sunday it will only be dedicated
The penultimate day of the Tour de France will be with the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz defending his third place in the general classification of the competition. This Saturday, July 17, stage 20. The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar will defend his leadership and it will be one more step to win the Tour. According to the plan of the Tour organization, the “Locomotora del Carchi” will leave at 10:15 am and Pogacar will do it at the
Colombian cyclist Aristóbulo Cala made headlines a few weeks ago by winning the Colombian long-distance road championship. The problem is that a few days later it was known that the runner tested positive in an out-of-competition control: anabolic steroids. In the absence of a sentence, the case looks anything but good for Cala’s future. The truth is that there are several countries that need to make a very serious reflection on doping cases and on
The Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) came in third place on stage 18 of the Tour de France and again it was in a heads up in the last kilometer with the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates), leader of the race, which is now entering its last days, with just three pending stages to celebrate. The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar did not give concessions to his rivals this Thursday, July 15 and prevailed with the yellow
The Venezuelan cyclist Orluis Aular, 25, arrived this Thursday, July 15, in the city of Tokyo, Japan, where he will participate in the road cycling event of the Olympic Games, which will take place the day after the inauguration, that is to say, Saturday, July 24. The Yaracuyano rider who was made official by the Venezuelan Cycling Federation as the representative that will run on the men’s route, after on October 27, 2020, the deadline