On a day where the cold, the rain, and the withdrawal of 28 runners stole the biggest headlines, Fabio Duarte (Team Medellín) won the fifth stage of the 72 Tour of Colombia, while Cristian Rico (Colombia Tierra de Atletas ) went on to lead the general classification and is the third leader of the race. Duarte won his sixth stage of the Tour of Colombia in his career. The Colombian attacked on the last mountain
After a first test in Brazil, two races in Europe and several weeks of hiatus, a new appointment of the UCI XCC/XCO and DH World Cup arrives, which will be in Austria this weekend, at the Leogang circuit, one of the hardest and not very technical, as long as it doesn’t rain. After a break from testing in the World Cup and some important changes in terms of the cyclists who will start in Leogang,
The Colombian Óscar Quiroz (Colombia Tierra de Atletas) won this Monday alone in the fourth stage of the 72 Tour of Colombia and took over the leadership of the general classification of the race, after a segment in which almost all the classifications changed of the twist. Quiroz, 27 years old (born in Ipiales on July 3, 1994), national road champion in 2019, started from the lot and joined the escape of the day to
In another outstanding performance, Leonardo Páez (Soudal Lee Cougan International Team) achieved another victory in the European season on Italian territory in the Ortler Bike Marathon, which was held in the Trentino region this weekend. The boyacense cyclist took the victory with a time of 4:49.08 hours after traveling 111 kilometers. The two-time world champion beat Samuele Porro (Wilier Pirelli), the five-time Italian XCM champion, in an exciting sprint. The podium was completed by the
The competitions of the XIX Bolivarian Games Valledupar 2022 are approaching, which will be held from June 24 to July 5 in the capital of Césa, Bolivia, and which will have the participation of the entire continent, although the Colombian formation will be the most numerous with 33 names that will try to win the podiums. Five years ago, at the Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta, Colombia took first place in this discipline by adding
Luis Carlos Chía won his second victory this Sunday in the 72nd Tour of Colombia by winning the third stage, which ended in the northern city of Montería, although with the bad luck that when he let go of the handlebars to celebrate with his arms raised he ran over his wife who was taking photos. The couple, cyclist and photographer, went to the flat after which the leader of the race recovered, but his
With the titles of Santiago Santa Moreno among the juniors and Ana Sofía Cadavid in the U-23 category, the Colombian team dominated the first day of the South American BMX PKS Championship, held at the Costa Verde San Miguel Legacy Circuit, in Lima, Peru. Among the juniors, another Santiago, also from Colombia, but with the surname Barrero Hernández, won silver, while the Chilean Benjamin Bravo won bronze. It was a test in which four countries
The cyclist Nelson Soto (Colombia Land of Athletes) confirmed himself as one of the best sprinters of the 72 Tour of Colombia, by winning a very strong sprint that closed the second stage of the tour, run over 176.6 kilometers between Cartagena and Sincelejo, and in which Luis Carlos Chía (Supergiros Mayor’s Office of Manizales) maintained the leadership of the race. Soto (Colombia Land of Athletes), 27 years old, beat another sprinter Johan Colón (Orgullo
The Ibero-American agreement signed by the Panamanian Cycling Federation (FEPACI) and the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation is beginning to bear fruit and the first of these is the departure to Europe of the young promise of Panamanian cycling, Josué Jiménez, national road champion of 2021. Beyond the federative objective that walks towards education and values, FEPACI continues betting on the new promises of Panamanian cycling, and improving its form towards high performance, this time the
In a spectacular and closed ‘sprint’, Luis Carlos Chía (Supergiros Alcaldía de Manizales) won the first stage of the 72 Tour of Colombia 2022, after a 123.4-kilometre journey, which began in Barranquilla and ended in Cartagena with 176 competing cyclists. The Bogota sprinter won the opening day of the Colombian round with a time of 2 hours, 50 minutes and 08 seconds. Behind, in second place came Juan Alejandro Umba (Team Boyacá Avanza) and third