The 2022 Pan American Road and Track Para-cycling Championship will take place from March 16 to 20 in Maringá, Brazil, and will be a historic event, as it is the first Para-cycling continental event in the Americas. This event will award points as a continental event in the UCI world ranking and its points will also be added to the qualification points of the participants for the Parapan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023
18 January, 2022
Tour of Táchira: Third time was the charm for Xavier Quevedo
The sprinter Xavier Quevedo reported the first Venezuelan victory in the 57th edition of the Tour of Táchira by bicycle, after crossing first, ahead of his compatriot Daniel Abreu and the Colombian Juan Espinel, at the end of the third stage, a section of 131.8 kilometers between Socopó (circuit) and Barinitas, which resulted in a change of leadership in the general classification. Quevedo took advantage of a field that he knows very well, since his
On a rainy and very eventful day, Dusan Rajovic (Team Corratec) took revenge and won the second stage of the Tour of Táchira, which included a total route of 149.9 kilometers starting at Hacienda Los Almendros and ending at Plaza from Ciudad Bolivia in the state of Barinas. The Serbian entered the finish line in first place after beating Colombian Johan Colón (Orgullo Paisa), Venezuelan Xavier Quevedo (Venezuela País Futuro) and Puerto Rican Ricky Morales
Colombian cyclist Johan Colón became the first leader of the Tour of Táchira 2022, after winning the final sprint of the inaugural stage, played on a circuit between Táriba and San Cristóbal over 13.9 kilometers. Colón, an accomplished sprinter who accumulates victories in the main events of the Colombian calendar, had more than enough in a final package in which, with his exceptional effort, he beat Serbian Dusan Rajovic (Corratec) and Venezuelan Xavier Quevedo (Venezuela
The international cycling season will begin in the last days of January and the main figures are preparing to achieve their goals with the three Grand Tours in sight. Despite the fact that the Giro d’Italia, the first major of the year, will start on May 6 and before that there is another series of races that could cause crashes, injuries or changes to the calendars, the teams outline their leaders for the Giro, Tour
With the presence of 36 Colombian riders, the 57th edition of the Tour of Táchira will take place. Pending official confirmation by the organization, the Colombian representation will be the third largest in the last five years. The largest presence of ‘beetles’ in the last ten years was in 2019 with 42 runners. The Colombian advanced team of the Pro Teams is led by Drone Hopper-Androni, which will include Didier Merchán, Juan Diego Alba and
Colombian Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic), winner of the 2014 Giro d’Italia and the 2016 Vuelta, will start the 2022 season at the Tour de Provence, proof that he won in 2020, and confirmed his presence at the Volta a Catalunya. According to Yvon Ledanois, director of the French team, Quintana “will start the 2022 season with a classic program that was a complete success for him two seasons ago when he joined the Arkea Samsic
The queen event of cycling in Venezuela, the Tour of Táchira, begins this Sunday, January 16 with the local Roniel Campos in search of the triple championship, while the participation of eleven foreign teams was confirmed, in what opens the International Cycling Union season in America. “We hope that this 2022 will be repeated and I trust that it will be like that,” Campos, 28, a member of the Deportivo Táchira team, told the press.
13 January, 2022
President of Copaci congratulates Egan Bernal on his birthday
With an invitation to participate in the centennial celebration of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), the head of this entity, José Manuel Peláez, congratulated Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal, who turned 25 on January 13 and is today considered the best road cyclist on our continent and one of the highest in the world. In his message on the official page, Peláez recalls the times that he has been able to greet him and recalls
13 January, 2022
Mountain Bike Challenger Escambray ready to start
More than 60 contestants will animate the First Escambray Mountain Bike Challenger scheduled for the 21st to the 23rd of this month. The event includes a journey through that impressive mountain range with a paradisiacal final destination in Playa Ancón, in the province of Sancti Spíritus. The Manigüeros group is its creator with the support of the sports management of that territory and its cycling commission together with the companies of Campismo Popular and Gaviota