In an epic day that will go down in history, Edgar Cadena (Canel’s ZeroUno Mavic) won the seventh stage of the Vuelta a Colombia 2022, disputed between Mariquita and Alto del Vino over 140.4 kilometers; while the sub-23 runner Cristian Rico (Colombia Land of Athletes GW Shimano) saved the leadership of the individual general. The young Mexican runner won solo, entering the finish line with a time of 4 hours, 24 minutes and 25 seconds.
More than 500 participants from different countries and regions of Colombia gathered last weekend for the second round of the Mezuena Egan Bernal International Cup on the track of the Castillo Marroquín in Chía, where exciting moments were experienced during the development of the different competition sleeves with girls and boys of all ages. “We had participants from Mexico, Ecuador, commissioner from Argentina, girls and boys from various regions of the country. We also had
In an exhausting day, the longest of the 72nd edition of the Tour of Colombia, Juan Pablo Sossa (Team Boyacá Avanza) won the duel against the Guatemalans and won the sixth stage, which included a total route of 202.6 kilometers starting in Rionegro and ending in La Dorada. The youth from Boyacá entered the finish line in first place after beating Guatemalans José Canastuj (Alcaldía La Vega 4WD-Deluxe) and Alex Rony Julajuj (Alcaldía La Vega
Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz, who recently finished second in the Giro d’Italia, announced that he will skip the Tour de France to focus on the Tour of España, where he finished on the second step of the podium in 2020. Within the calendar that he had planned at the beginning of the year was to dispute two of the great tours and, after the effort made to win his second Giro, Carapaz has decided to
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