The long-awaited Annual Congress of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), in salute to the centenary of the entity, was successfully held this Monday, May 16, in the Los Morrillos de Santa Lucía Hall, in the Argentine city of San Juan, with the presence of the head of the International Cycling Union (UCI) David Lappartient and authorities from 27 national federations. The head of COPACI, José Manuel Peláez, began the day with a tribute to
The governor of the province of San Juan, Sergio Uñac, together with David Lappartient, president of the UCI and other presidents of the Pan American Cycling Federations and Confederations, paid a visit to the velodrome under construction located in Pocito. Upon arrival, the authorities were impressed by the magnitude of the work that has already reached 70% and praised its construction, the largest in America. The deputy director of Architecture of San Juan, Miguel Ángel
Emiliano Contreras, from San Juan, who premiered the title of Argentine champion just a month ago, became Pan American Champion in the Elite category road race, which served as a competitive closure to the fair held until this Sunday in San Juan, Argentina with the participation of 27 nations. Emiliano Contreras defined the competition in a heart-stopping sprint, breaking Sebastián Novoa (ECU) on the sentencing line. While Uruguay added another bronze from the hand of
AFulfilling the forecasts, Arlenis Sierra won the gold medal for the fourth time in a Pan American Road Championship, by beating all her rivals in the peloton this Sunday in San Juan, Argentina, after 91.5 kilometers of travel. The 29-year-old Cuban completed her fourth Pan American title in the elite category (2013, 2014 and 2018) in 2:21.30 hours, with which she will wear the continental champion jersey after her return to the Movistar club in
The Colombian Track Team added another medal in the Nations Cup, which takes place in Milton, Canada. Kevin Quintero won the gold medal at Keirin, which was played at the Mattamy Center. The podium of the test was completed by the Australian Matthew Richardson, who finished second and the third place went to the German Stefan Botticher. While the Colombian Santiago Morales had to settle for fourth position. The Valle del Cauca athlete won the
The sprinter from Antioquia, Nicolás Gómez, who has accumulated sprint definition victories in the Old Continent, prevailed in the definition in the platoon event of the Pan American Championship, Sub 23 category, which was played on Saturday afternoon in the province of San Juan. After completing 143 kilometers, Nicolás Gómez stopped the clocks in 3h 21m 55s, beating Panamanian Bredio Ruiz and Trans-Andean Vicente Rojas, who waited too long for an attack during the course
After handing out the first medals in the individual time trial (women’s, men’s Under 23 and men’s Elite) this Thursday, the Pan American Road Cycling Championships will continue this Saturday in San Juan, Argentina, with the online competition for men under 23 years of age . The test will begin and end at the San Juan Villicum Circuit, with an agreed start at 2:00 p.m. It will be 143 kilometers through the departments of Albardón,
The Colombian Andean Track team won two bronze medals on the second day of competition at the Milton UCI Nations Cup, which was held at the Mattamy National Cycling Center velodrome in Milton, Canada. The national team led by John Jaime González stood on the podium in the kilometer test, with Santiago Ramírez, and in the Sprint, with Martha Bayona, on the day that took place this Friday and in which our country continues to
The news cannot awaken more energy and joy. The former president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, José Mujica, a former federated cyclist, will participate next Monday, May 16, in the celebration of the centenary of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), which will be held in San Juan, Argentina, as culmination of the Pan American Road Championship. The bicycle makes people happier”, the great “Pepe Mujica” once said. And we couldn’t agree more, because
Colombian Rodrigo Contreras did not believe in the three Pan American gold medals of his teammate Walter Vargas in the men’s time trial and became the twelfth champion for his country in this event, which has been held since 1997 in the Pan American Road Championships. With the 46.6 kilometers of the ITT of the Men’s Elite, he closed the first day of the Pan American Championship that takes place in San Juan from Thursday