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The Tour of Táchira en Bicicleta 2024, an event that will be held between January 14 and 21 and opens the calendar of road races on our continent, will be directed by Brazilian commissioner Ladewig Iverson, appointed by the International Cycling Union ( UCI) for this new endeavor. José Gregorio Freites, president of the Tachirense Sports Institute and member of the organizing committee of the “Greatest of America”, expressed that good things are repeated, which

The Executive Committee of Panam Sports decided this January 3 to withdraw the venue of the 2027 Pan American Games from Barranquilla, Colombia. In a statement, the continental body indicated that the decision is due to breach of contract by the Colombian city. “The resolution has been taken after the countless breaches of the current contract,” Panam Sports reported in a statement without giving further details. “Panam Sports deeply regrets this situation, but the decision

Red Bull, the energy drink company, fully enters the world of cycling with the acquisition of 51% of the BORA-hansgrohe team structure. This operation has been confirmed by the Austrian competition authority and points to large sports sponsorship, such as Formula 1 or football. This Thursday, January 3, the website of the Austrian competition authority published a statement announcing Red Bull’s majority acquisition of 51% of ‘RD pro Cycling GmbH, the owner of the professional

The organization of the fourth edition of the Tour Colombia 2.1 continues to finalize the details for the return of the most important race in America to the international calendar of the International Cycling Union (UCI) for the 2024 season, which will take place from 6 to 11 February, and in which the participation of 156 cyclists representing 26 teams is expected. The international group that will travel the roads of Boyacá and Cundinamarca will

The sports director of Alpecin-Deceuninck, Christoph Roodhooft, told the secrets of the preseason of the Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, which, for the moment, represents full of victories, all of them overwhelming, in the cyclocross races that he has held and that aim to a memorable mud campaign. The lack of pressure and the last few months facing his preseason on the roads of Alicante have meant that Mathieu van der Poel is in the

The Ibero-American Community Trophy, awarded each year by the Higher Sports Council of Spain, fell this time to the Pan-American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), which was celebrating its centenary in 2022, as stated in the jury’s minutes. to be announced this December 27. As recognized by the jury, COPACI stood out in the section of best Ibero-American athlete, entity, club or institution in 2022 for its activities carried out as part of its 100 years of

The Costa Rican Cycling Federation (Fecoci) explained that by 2024 they will advance the start date of the 58th Cycling Tour, an event that will take place from December 13 to 22, local media highlighted today. One of the reasons is that the final does not coincide with December 25, to achieve greater participation of foreign teams and riders, they allege. After an in-depth analysis we have decided to bring it forward, in the last

There are so many quality GC contenders in the Grand Tours, but only four of them are capable of attracting public interest to a race on their own. These are the well-known Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel. Not surprisingly, each of the four choose a different path to start the season. Evenepoel will be the first to put on the number, as the Belgian aims to add to his two Volta

2023 is close to ending and one of the most outstanding cyclists in Colombia and America was the double Olympic champion and multiple world medalist, Mariana Pajón, who achieved several achievements during the respective BMX competitions that she competed in. However, in recent days there have been reports of an alleged retirement date that this sports figure would have already defined. And several national media echoed this through some articles and publications that they also