After running the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia, with a partial victory for the French Victor Lafay (Cofidis), the prestigious French coach Marc Madiot assured RCN Antena 2 that the Colombian Egan Bernal (INEOS Grenadiers) is his candidate to win this year the important fight, in which it is third in the individual general. Madiot, a prominent rider until 1994 and current manager of the Groupama-Francaise des Jeux team, to which the young Attila
15 May, 2021
Andrey Amador will go to his third Olympic Games
The most experienced and international cyclist from Costa Rica, Andrey Amador, was elected again to represent his country in the route of the Tokyo Olympic Games, according to the National Federation after the definition of coach Yurandir Leandro, who had to choose between Amador and Kevin Rivera. “After several weeks of being in contact with them, I have determined that the cyclist with the best current skills to represent the country in such a great
Only the American Asthon Lambie could reach the distant Asian continent through America to participate in the International Cycling Union Cup of Nations that took place this Friday, May 16. And the result showed that the effort and talent were worth it, as he led the individual pursuit test. In the four statutory kilometers, the Northerner developed his best pedaling and left the Germans Domenic Weinstein and Leon Rohde in second and third place, respectively.
Cuban cyclist Arlenis Sierra (A.R. Monex Women’s) surprised everyone this Friday with a spectacular final sprint to win the title of the Second Navarra Women´s Elite Classics, contested over 124.8 kilometers, with the start and finish in Pamplona, Spain. The media highlight that the 28-year-old Antillean dethroned the favorite, Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar Team), 2019 world road champion and winner of the Tour of Flanders and of last year’s two classics organized in Navarra, despite
Panam Sports, the Colombian Olympic Committee, the Valle del Cauca Government, the Mayor’s Office of Cali and the local organizing committee, agreed to postpone the I Youth Pan American Sports Games for a new date: November 25 to December 5, and they made it known. to all the Continental Federations. The decision is due to the fact that America is one of the continents most affected by covid-19, and although important vaccination processes have begun
Joe Dombrowski (UAE Team Emirates) claimed a spectacular stage victory this Tuesday on the fourth day of the Giro d’Italia, which was played under constant rain between Piacenza and Sestola over a distance of 187 kilometers. Alessandro de Marchi (Israel Start UP) is the new leader. Dombrowski, who was part of the surviving and fierce escape of the day, reached the goal alone with thirteen seconds of difference over his closest pursuer, the Italian Alessandro
As a shared pain José Manuel Peláez, President of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), described the death of Chilean cyclist Cristopher Mansilla by Covid-19 on May 10, as officially reported by the Ministry of Sports of the South American country. “There is news that shakes with pain and makes us reflect on the context that humanity lives these days,” Peláez began by saying in a post published on his official Facebook page, in which
Taco Van der Hoorn (Intermarché Wanty Gobert) celebrated on Monday a heroic and spectacular victory in the third stage of the Giro d’Italia, held this Monday over 190 kilometers between Biella and Canale, in which the Colombian Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) contributed America’s best performance with a partial seventh place. Van der Hoorn took the initiative to leave alone in the last fifteen kilometers, a distance in which he fought intensely and with great
The Olympic Games will be held in Tokyo, from July 23 to August 8, and for them Costa Rica already has five qualified athletes. The most interesting news is that four of those names come from cycling in its different forms. Kenneth Fabian Tencio Esquivel (BMX Freestyle) is assured of his participation due to the 18th position he occupies in the world ranking with 200 points, which will not move until the Olympic jousts. Those
If the Colombian Carolina Munévar seems to be clear about something, it is that the titles will never be lacking in her personal showcases. And so she ratified it this weekend with a golden double at the Paracycling World Cup, held in Ostend, Belgium. With her victory this Sunday in the long-distance test (route for the C2 Ladies category), the South American consolidated as the great Colombian figure in the first fair of the world