The International Cycling Union (UCI), confirmed to the Mexican Cycling Federation and the Mexican Olympic Committee, that our country has a place in the women’s time trial, which will be occupied by the cyclist Yareli Acevedo Mendoza, national champion of individual time trial, who will take the departure in Japanese lands. “I am super happy, I was waiting for the award of the time in the Conade nationals that was finally postponed for a few
The Panamerican Cycling Confederation (COPACI) received with astonishing regret on July 7 the news about the assassination of the president of Haiti Jovenel Moise, who was killed in his own residence by a command that is still under investigation. President Moise always had intentions to support sport for his country, and especially with cycling he made an important approach, when in 2019 he received the president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), David Lappertient and
Nelson Soto (Colombia Tierra de Atletas-GW) became the first leader of the Vuelta al Tolima, with his victory this Thursday in the first fraction that took place between the towns of Buenos Aires and Chaparral over a distance of 128 kilometers. The Barranquilla sprinter who returns to the competition after the injury suffered in the last Tour of Colombia, surpassed in a remarkable final packaging the National Champion of Route Sub 23 Esteban Guerrero and
After surviving the breakaway and after starring in a brilliant and courageous solo action in the final ten kilometers, the German Nils Politt (Bora Hansgrohe) took the victory this Thursday in stage twelve of the Tour de France, without changes occurring within of the individual general classification, in which two Latinos appear in the top four. Politt, who was part of the day’s escape made up of thirteen men, reached the goal alone, beating by
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The Tour of Tolima begins this Thursday
This Thursday in Ibagué the 2021 edition of the Vuelta al Tolima, in Colombia, begins, a competition that will take place between July 8 and 11, with the presence of the main male and female squads of the national squad, for the dispute four-stage high-demand. The recently crowned National Road Champion Aristobulo Cala (Sundark Arawak) and the defending champion Aldemar Reyes (EPM Scott) head the list of great stars participating in the Tolima round, in
The Belgian champion Wout van Aert (Team Jumbo-Visma) was confirmed as one of the best cyclists of the moment after winning this Wednesday in the 11th stage, in which the Colombian Rigoberto Urán (EF Education – Nippo) and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos-Grenadiers) took a big step to finish on the podium in Paris, after ascending to second and fourth place in the individual overall. Van Aert, who escaped with a group at the beginning
The Colombian cyclist Nairo Quintana has had a nice touch with the cook of his Arkea Samsic team, Françoise Deneckere, whom they consider within the team, a mother for them. That gesture has gone viral and shows that Quintana is a true leader. A true leader of a cycling team, he doesn’t just have to think about the results and the road. He should not only be interested in being physically ready, mentally speaking; Apart
The Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI) announced this Monday the 82 places for track cycling at the I Junior Pan American Games, to be held in Cali, Colombia (from November 25 to December 5), which were delivered in the just concluded Pan American Championship in Lima, Peru. Of the 14 countries that secured places at the VIDENA velodrome, three did so with the maximum number of riders possible (14): Colombia, due to its status as
After nine stages, the first rest day of the Tour de France 2021 also left time to talk with several of the leading names of the race until today, among them the Colombians Rigoberto Urán (third in the individual general) and Nairo Quintana (leader of the mountain); and the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz. Urán: “There is a lot left, you have to go day by day, this ends in Paris” Rigoberto Urán gave a positive assessment
Three news were reported by the riders of America in the ninth stage of the Tour de France: Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic) is the new leader of the mountain classification; another Colombian Rigoberto Urán (EF Education Nippo) advanced to third place in the individual overall; while the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (Ineos-Grenadiers) entered seventh today and climbed to the fifth step of the tournament. Ben O’Connor (Ag2r-Citröen) was left with a sensational solo victory this Sunday,