30 June, 2021
Colombian routes to the Tokyo Olympics defined
The national route coach Carlos Mario Jaramillo announced the five men and a lady who will compete for Colombia in the long distance road events and the men’s time trial of the Tokyo Olympic Games. The Silver medalist in London 2012, Rigoberto Urán (EF Education Nippo) heads the men’s roster, in which the names of; Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic), Esteban Chaves, Sergio Higuita (EF Education Nippo) and Daniel Martínez (INEOS Grenadiers) who will be in
The president of the Pan American Cycling Confederation, José Manuel Peláez, sent a congratulatory message to Colombia as the winning country of the Pan American Track Cycling Championship, while recognizing the Peruvian Cycling Federation for the excellent organization of the event, in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic. In a post published on his official Facebook page, the leader had words of praise for the work performed by the Colombian athletes, who obtained 15 golds,
Mexican cyclists close the Pan American Track with gold. The first shift was for university student Yareli Acevedo Mendoza in the Points race, in which she had an exceptional close that led her to become Pan American Champion. Yareli was very motivated after she this Monday she also won a gold medal at Madison. She now she left Canadian Maggie Coles-Lyster in second place and Barbadian representative Joseph Amber in bronze. “I felt tired from
As if to assert itself as one of the cycling powers of America, Mexico snatched two titles from Colombia on the penultimate date of the Elite Pan American Cycling Championship, which is based at the VIDENA velodrome in Lima, capital of Peru, with an excellent organization. The Victoria Velasco-Yareli Acevedo binomial with 73 points took the crown in the difficult test of the Madison, while in the second box was the Colombian couple Jessica Parra-Yesi
The Ecuadorian rider Richard Carapaz (Ineos-Grenadiers) dodged all the falls, helped his teammates and arrived thirteenth in the third stage of the Tour de France, with which he moved to third place in the general classification 31 seconds behind leader Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix). The Ecuadorian finished with a smile a dramatic day in the race, run over 182.9 flat kilometers between Lorient and Pontivy, won by Belgian Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix), and in which
With an enviable sporting form, Colombian cyclists did not miss any of the titles in dispute on the third day of the Pan American Track Cycling Championship, thereby consolidating themselves at the top of the medal table with eleven crowns in 13 events. held. The always supersonic speed test for women, the well-known Martha Bayona covered a competition without defeats, until she won for the gold against the Mexican Yuli Verdugo, who could not win
The second stage of the 2021 Tour de France reserved the triumph of the Dutch Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix) after 183 kilometers between Perros-Guirec and Muro de Brittany, while five riders from America advanced among the top 18 of the individual general standings and remain news in the first days. Van der Poel took advantage of the first offensive action in the final climb to the Wall of Britain, executed by Nairo Quintana
26 June, 2021
Akil Campbell broke Colombian dominance on the second round of the Pan American cycling (+ Results)
With an excellent shot from back to front with one lap to go, Trinidadian Akil Campbell took the scratch gold and in this way was the only one who could snatch a title from the powerful Colombian squad on the second competitive day of the Pan American Cycling that it is celebrated in Lima, Peru. Campbell made a very intelligent race and floated for the 15 kilometers until in the penultimate lap of the VIDENA
26 June, 2021
Sergio Higuita, the best for America in noisy opening of the Tour de France (+ fall video)
Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck Quick Step) was left with a deserved and fight victory this Saturday in the initial stage of the Tour de France, disputed over a distance of 197 kilometers between Brest and Landerneau, where the best for America was the eighth place of the Colombian Sergio Higuita (EF Education – Nippo), while a massive reckless knockdown by a fan stole the biggest headlines. The reigning World Road Champion became the first to wear
The Colombian dominance became palpable with three titles on the first day of the Pan American Track Championship, which is based at the Velodrome of the National Sports Village (VIDENA), in Lima, Peru, where this Friday the first tickets were also distributed to the Youth Pan American Games. Podium scratch (f) The distribution of the medals began with the scratch for women, a 10-kilometer race in which 12 riders fought from the beginning for the