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In an exciting finish, Karen Lorena Villamizar (Pato Bike BMC Team) won the opening stage of the 2025 Women’s Tour of Guatemala, which kicked off with a 92-kilometer stage around the municipality of Santa Apolonia, in the department of Chimaltenango. The Colombian cyclist, who achieved her first victory of the season, was the strongest in the final, supported by two riders from the Macizo-Banrural team: her compatriot Camila Valbuena and Guatemalan Gabriela Soto, who crossed

The Colombian track cycling team was a star on Wednesday, winning the women’s omnium and men’s sprint events at the Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games. Colombian Luciana Osorio earned 134 points after the 64 laps of the women’s omnium and took gold. Argentina’s Julieta Benedetti took silver with 131 points, and Chile’s Javiera Garrido won bronze with 121 points. With this result, Luciana earned a direct spot at the Lima 2027 Pan American Games.

On the first day of track cycling finals at the Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Colombia and Chile reaped the greatest rewards, each claiming two titles. Colombia dominated the men’s and women’s team sprint, while Chile dominated the men’s and women’s team pursuit. The trio of Francisco Jaramillo, Nicolás Olivera, and John Beltrán won the men’s team sprint with a time of 44.788 seconds, beating the Mexican team of Jafet López, Etan Nuño, and

Just days before the second half of the 2025 season kicks off, the organization is already working on next year’s XCO World Cup calendar, which will have a historic start in Asia and a close in the Americas, according to initial reports. The draft plans for the 2026 season to feature nine XCC/XCO rounds in total, compared to the ten in the 2025 calendar. The start is scheduled for May 1-3 in PyeongChang, South Korea,

After a fantastic cycling battle with dramatic overtones, the Tour of Colombia 2025 a concluded this Sunday in the capital of the Republic. Rodrigo Contreras (Nu Colombia) from Cundinamarca defended his lead like a lion and reclaimed his title as champion of the UCI calendar race. Contreras, who took the lead in the third stage finishing in Toquilla, was able to respond to multiple attacks from his main rival, Diego Camargo, to defend his first

In an unprecedented and demanding finish, Sebastián Castaño (Team Sistecrédito) emerged victorious in the second stage of the Tour of Colombia 2025, contested between Yopal and the Alto del Porvenir, covering 152.7 kilometers. The Antioquian rider was the strongest in the final kilometers, taking a great victory ahead of Yeison Reyes (Orgullo Paisa) from Boyacá and Javier Jamaica (NU Colombia) from Bogotá. Castaño was brilliant in the final stages to seize the lead from his

Dutchman Swenne Delano edged out Jonathan Guatibonza in the first stage of the 2025 Tour of Guadeloupe, held this Saturday between the towns of Les Abymes and Saint-François, over a 160-kilometer route. Boyacá-born sprinter Jhonatan Guatibonza (Nu Colombia) finished second, while 21-year-old Frenchman Lucas Mainguenaud rounded out the podium with a massive sprint that prevented him from moving the race leader’s jersey. Regarding the overall standings, Bermudian Kaden Hopkins (Uni Sport Lamentinois) maintained his lead

In a high-speed finish, Wilmar Paredes (Team Medellín-EPM) took the victory this Friday in the first stage of the Toir of Colombia 2025, which ran through the outskirts of Yopal over a distance of 206 kilometers. The Antioquian cyclist narrowly beat his fellow countrymen Cristián Vélez (GW Erco Shimano) and Alejandro Osorio (Orgullo Paisa), who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. The most important race on the national calendar kicked off with 161 cyclists, who took

The International Cycling Union (UCI) updated its world rankings this week, following the conclusion of the second major of the season, the 2025 Tour de France; and the newly crowned champion of the competition, Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, leads the list by a wide margin. The ranking, which takes into account results in all UCI races over the past 52 weeks, remains led by Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who remains at the top of the world

National federations officially announced the rosters that will represent them in Road, Track, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, and MTB at the Asunción 2025 Junior Pan American Games, which will be held from August 9 to 23 in the Paraguayan capital. Fourteen nations secured places on the track, with the largest number of places going to Colombia (14), Canada (13), the United States (11), and Mexico (11). Rounding out the qualifiers are Argentina, Venezuela, Cuba, Trinidad