1 July, 2022
Perfect Colombia on the Valledupar track: 6-6
More medals for the Colombian delegation at the Valledupar 2022 Bolivarian Games. Now also in Cali. The national track cycling team had another good day at the Alcides Nieto Patiño velodrome, where it won another three gold medals to reach six so far in the competition in this discipline. Marta Bayona, in the women’s speed, qualified for the final of the test after being in first place in the first qualifying round with 10.574 seconds.
The Colombian cyclist Mariana Pajón, triple Olympic medalist, confirmed her class and conquered this July 1 the women’s BMX of the XIX Bolivarian Games, which are held in Valledupar, Colombia. Pajón, runner-up under the five rings in Tokyo 2020 and gold in London 2012 and Rio 2016, beat Ecuadorian Doménica Azuero and Doménica Mora, silver and bronze medalists, respectively, in the final. The 30-year-old Colombian dominated the three heats with authority against six riders from
1 July, 2022
The Tour de France started: victory for Yves Lampaert and the best Latino was Daniel Martínez
The rainy start of the Tour de France with an individual time trial had Yves Lampaert as the surprise winner and the first leader, on a day in which the weather was decisive. Daniel Martínez was the best of the Latinos in action with the 33rd place. The 109th edition of the Tour de France started with a rainy individual time trial through the central streets of Copenhagen, over 13 kilometers away, theoretically flat, but
On this Thursday, the first three finals of the track cycling of the Valledupar 2022 Bolivarian Games were played and the Colombian cyclists took the three golds in dispute: team pursuit (m), team speed (f) and individual speed (m). The local team, which opened its participation in the Bolivarian Games at the Alcides Nieto Patiño velodrome, had a dream day taking not only the three gold medals in the three competitions played, but also a
The Colombian María José Salamanca and the Chilean Sebastián Miranda won the gold in the Olympic cross country events (XCO) of the Valledupar 2022 Bolivarian Games, when we entered the last week of this multiple event in which 11 nations of the continent participate. Colombia continued adding more medals, this time in the MTB competition, which was held in the surroundings of Cerro Santo Eccehomo de Valledupar. María José Salamanca was crowned the new Bolivarian
This Wednesday, the American team EF, presented the eight cyclists who will ride the Tour de France, among them, the Colombian Rigoberto Urán, who has been chosen as the leader of the squad for the competition that will take place between 1 and on July 24. In dialogue with the official page, the Antioquian reaffirmed the complexity of the competition and revealed some points necessary to perform at the maximum during the 21 days. Urán,
In a final for sprinters, the Argentinian Marcos Méndez took second place, behind the Italian Francesco Della Lunga (Colpack Ballan), in the first stage in line of the 30th Giro del Veneto, a fraction disputed over 149.1 kilometers in the historic route of the Giro dei Tre Ponti starting and finishing in San Donà di Piave (Venice). The 21-year-old Italian rider crossed the finish line first with a time of 3:28:18″ ahead of Argentinean Marcos
Team Arkéa-Samsic confirmed its roster for the 2022 Tour de France. The French squad is led by Colombian Nairo Quintana and Frenchman Warren Barguil. The Colombian will once again focus on the general classification of the great French round and will also be looking to clinch a stage victory in the mountains. The 32-year-old cyclist from Boyacá will face his ninth participation with ambitions in the general classification and some stage win. The last time
The cyclists Raiza Goulao and Henrique Avancini confirmed their favoritism, after winning the Short Track on Saturday (June 25), and added 110 points in the UCI Olympic and world rankings with their sights set on the Paris-2024 Olympic Games at the Michelin International Mountain Bike Cup in Araxá, Brazil. The cyclists who entered the track during the third and final day of the Araxá stage met the expectations of the fans, who filled the facilities
With an emotional performance until the final meters, Colombia won gold and silver through Aldemar Reyes and Rodrigo Contreras in the men’s route of the Bolivarian Games; while the Chilean Aranza Villalón was crowned among the ladies to contribute to her nation’s medal table in this multiple event. The Colombian beetles were not out of tune with the favoritism they brought for a test that was held on a 170.8-kilometre route. Reyes and Contreras continued