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The Costa Rican commissioner Randall Díaz Solís is one step away from becoming UCI International Commissioner after a process of almost two years where he has had to face evaluations, exams and complicated tasks both inside and outside the national territory. The process began in January 2020 and despite the situations that have arisen in the midst of the pandemic, Díaz has overcome obstacles and his passion for cycling has been his main reason for

After undergoing changes to the calendar due to covid-19 in 2021, this year the Tour of Tolima will be held on the usual dates. The women’s and men’s races will have a total of five stages. From March 2 and until the 6 of the same month, the Vuelta al Tolima will be held, in continuity with the national route calendar of the Colombian Cycling Federation. The race will be held for both men and

Olympian Nicholas Paul returns to competitive action, for the first time in 2022, at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Nations Cup in Glasgow, Scotland from April 21-24. Since his Olympic debut in Tokyo last year, Paul returned to his World Cycling Centre base in Switzerland and continues to put in time on the track in anticipation of another bumper year of events. Paul trains under the expert guidance of UCI coach Craig McLean. Strength and

On another outstanding day for Colombian mountain biking, the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic diplomat, Jhonnatan Botero, won the Puerto Rico MTB Cup this Sunday, an event endorsed by the UCI, which included the participation of several international level runners. The 29-year-old mountain biker from Antioquia won victory thanks to a devastating attack a few kilometers from the finish and won alone after a show of strength and experience. The Colombian completed the fraction after

César Albert Marte, from the capital, won the seventh and last stage of the Vuelta Ciclista Nacional Independencia, while fellow Dominican Ismael Sánchez won his fifth leader’s jersey in this tour, which concluded this Sunday with a closed circuit on Avenida de la Salud. César Marte, running for the Nicaraguan EDASA team, won the mass sprint after covering 90 kilometers in one hour, 57 minutes and 22 seconds, beating the Venezuelan (Fina Arroz-Banesco) and fellow

Las Tunas.- Juan Manuel Cabrera, from Sancti Spiritus who ran through the Cienfuegos Technical Center, became the champion of the Tour of Cuba in the eastern zone, which concluded this Sunday with the fifth stage between Holguín and this city in a splendid and flat working day. The 99.7 km section was dominated from start to finish by Kevin Vega from Havana, from the National Team (EN), who broke away from the peloton at the

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its partners Velosolutions and Red Bull are pleased to announce that the 2022 Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships will take place in Santiago (Chile) on 20 November 2022. After Lisbon (Portugal) last year, the Red Bull UCI Pump Track World Championships will celebrate their 5th edition in the Chilean capital where 70 riders from 20 countries are expected at the Sante Fe Bike Bark. The qualifying events

Puerto Plata.- The American Michael Hernández alone conquered the fifth stage of the XLIII Vuelta Ciclista Independencia Nacional run with the Samaná section to this coastal city, and in which the Colombian Brayan Gómez (Best Buddies Racing) kept the yellow jersey of leader of the general. Hernández (Best Buddies Racing) covered the 214 kilometers in 5:10:58 hours, with an average speed of 41.29 kilometers per hour, while Puerto Rican Ricky Morales (Corratec La Vega) and

A report issued by Mr. Ricardo Florez Contreras, in his capacity as COPACI delegate and President of the Pan American Mountain Bike Commission, on the first Pan American Downhill Championship, widely recognizes the excellent organization of Costa Rica in the celebration of the first Pan American Downhill Championship. In particular, the report highlights that the place of the competition (La Finca La Lucha) “is the ideal place for Mountain Bike events in any of its

The Colombian Brayan Gómez (Best Buddies Racing) achieved his second partial victory in the fourth stage of the XLIII Vuelta Ciclista Independencia Nacional, which ran over 178 kilometers from Santo Domingo to Samaná, with which he rose to the leadership of the individual general classification. Gómez beat the national road champion Augusto Sánchez Berigüete (Aero Cycling Team) in the sprint in the section they covered in 04:03:48 hours at an average of 43.56 kilometers per