The last segment was contested over 60 kilometers in Guatemala City and another Colombian, Milena Salcedo (Colombia Tierra de Atletas-GW) took the partial victory, which meant her second smile in this fair, as she had imposed herself in the second day. Supported by his great team Colombia Tierra de Atletas-GW, which won four of the five stages contested, Colmenares, who won the queen stage in Alto El Baúl, won the yellow shirt and left second
The Sinaloan cyclist Lizbeth Yareli Salazar Vázquez showed that running long races in Europe made her the best Mexican road, to the extent that this Saturday she got the long-awaited Olympic ticket to represent Mexico in Tokyo 2020. The competition, endorsed by the Mexican Cycling Federation (FEMECI), brought together the best cyclists in the country, in an extremely demanding route, which accommodated Yareli when it came to descending at almost 90 kilometers per hour and
The Colombian Erika Botero (Colnago CM Team) took over the fourth stage of the XX Women’s Tour of Guatemala, which had the starting signal at the viewpoint of Pamezabal, Santa Lucía Utatlán, Sololá, and which concluded in the village of San Juan Argueta, from the departmental head. After 85 kilometers traveled, and after being part of a group of 12 cyclists who escaped from the peloton, Botero crossed the finish line first, escorted by another
Rigoberto Urán (EF Education Nippo) took a magnificent victory this Saturday in the seventh and penultimate stage of the Tour de Suisse, an individual time trial of 23.2 kilometers for high-powered men, which was contested between Disentis Sedrun and Andermatt and allowed him to rise from fifth to second place in the general classification, which is still guarded by Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers). With his triumph in this crucial day on the clock, the
11 June, 2021
Lorena Colmenares reigned in the third stage and returns to the top in Vuelta a Guatemala
Yeni Lorena Colmenares (Colombia Land of Athletes), resumed this Friday the leadership of the individual general classification by winning the third stage of the XX International Women’s Tour of Guatemala, which began in the central park of Quetzaltenango and ended in El Baúl hill, located in the departmental head. Once again, the great dominance and strength of the Colombian squad prevailed, reaching the final climb with two of their riders until Lorena Colmenares attacked in
10 June, 2021
Carapaz dons the yellow jersey in the Tour de Suisse
Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (INEOS-Grenadiers) brought out all his quality and with a very intelligent race and a spectacular finish at the end he triumphed in the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland this Thursday, June 10, enough to wear yellow when just there are three competitive days left. The 175-kilometer journey between Gstaad and the top of Leukerbad, which included four mountain passes, began with a first escape in which the Dutchman Mathieu Van
This Thursday the runner Jeannie Milena Salcedo (Colombia Tierra de Atletas-GW) had a perfect performance when she won the three flying goals and the final sprint of the second stage, which earned her not only to climb the first place of the XX Women’s International Tour to Guatemala, but to point towards the final leadership of the fair. Over the 78 kilometers rolled by the peloton between Retalhuleu and Tecún, the veteran Colombian runner majors
9 June, 2021
A new doping case: UAE Team Colombia
On June 2, UAE Team Colombia reported, through a press release, that the Colombian cyclist Esteban Toro tested positive for doping and that, for this reason, he had terminated all sports activities within Colombia. “After receiving the notification of the adverse analytical result of the runner Esteban Toro, by the national and international authorities, he has made the decision to suspend the athlete’s employment relationship and put an end to all the sports activity of
A sprint with a flavor of Colombia was the final atmosphere of the first stage of the XX Women’s Tour of Guatemala, won by Yeny Colmenares (Colombia Tierra de Atletias GW-Shimano), who was escorted by two teammates from her own club Lina Hernández and Yeni Salcedo. They were the protagonists of a segment of 102.5 kilometers between Ciudad Vieja, Sacatepéquez and Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, nuanced according to some press reports by problems with open traffic
The Dutch Mathieu van der Poel took a new victory this Tuesday in the development of the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland, his second in a row in this edition, and assumed as the new leader of the race, in which the Latin Americans Richard Carapaz and Rigoberto Urán They are anchored in the top ten of the individual general. The day had a route of 182.1 kilometers between the towns of Lachen