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QUITO. The Ecuadorian national team Byron Guamá will be part of the Team Movistar Ecuador team, which will participate in the 54th edition of the Táchira Cycling Tour, to be held from January 11th in 8 stages and not in the 10th as was their tradition. As it was known, the cut of the phases to be disputed was due to a request from the Ministry of Sports of Venezuela, sponsor of the test, for

HAVANA. The president of the Cuban Cycling Federation, José Manuel Peláez, expressed on behalf of the entity his regret for the death of José Ramón Fernández Álvarez, who until a few months ago presided over the National Olympic Committee of Cuba. Peláez, who also chairs the Pan-American Cycling Confederation, points out in his message of condolences that “José Ramón Fernández was a fervent promoter of Cuban sport, and a demonstration of this is his crucial

SAN CRISTÓBAL, VENEZUELA. Eight teams from Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Italy will contest the 54th edition of the Vuelta al Táchira by bicycle, which since January 11 will travel through 19 of the 29 municipalities of the Venezuelan state. The organizers announced on Thursday that Movistar Team and Team Saitel of Ecuador have confirmed their participation to date; the Italian Androni Giocattolli; the Saufel of Chile, and the Colombians JB Ropa Deportiva, GW Shimano, Fundación

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HAVANA. On Thursday, the prominent activist and Cuban coach, Eugenio González Álvarez, died of respiratory arrest at the age of 56. Eugenio, whom his teammates called “El Flaco”, was a tireless promoter of cycling in the Havana municipality of East Havana, since he entered the world of this sport at the beginning of 1991. The velodrome Reinaldo Paseiro and the preparation areas of young cyclists in the territory had in Eugenio a tenacious worker, always

SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA. On December 5, 1981, the Mendoza Remigio Saavedra grabbed his bike and began a journey that nobody had ever made: he was convinced that he was able to unite Mendoza and Federal Capital in the same day. He did it in 18 hours and 45 minutes, but the most impressive thing is that he was 70 years old at the time of the feat. That is why that legendary day was chosen

TÁCHIRA, VENEZUELA. The situation of the means of communication and the search for advertising support to carry ten stages forced the directors of the ATC to release the course a few days of the test that raises the curtain of the once Giant Fair of America The wait is over, the lovers of the sport of the cranks and the followers of the Vuelta al Táchira already know the official route of the multicolored caravan

Cycling is as rooted in America as football and baseball. It is known that the use of bicycles in this part of the world is growing – not only as a means of transport – but also as an essential tool for physical exercise and individual transport. José Manuel Peláez For José “Pepe” Peláez cycling is consubstantial to his life since he devoted himself to this sport. It is endorsed by the half century dedicated

SAN JOSE. Costa Rican cyclist Bryan Salas was crowned champion of the 54th edition of the Tour of Costa Rica, while his maximum rival of the event, the Colombian Diego Cano, finished in third place. The last stage disputed this Tuesday consisted of a flat circuit of 99.5 kilometers in the city of Heredia (center), considered as a “ride of victory”, in which the cyclists best placed in the overall calmly complied the course .

SAN JOSE. Cold, rain, wet road, curves and mountain, in a day of high tension in which it was necessary to risk before what will be the decisive double ascent to the hill of Death in the two stages that come. The appointment between Guápiles and Goicoechea that had a longer route than what the technical guide said ended with another exhibition by Román Villalobos (Canel’s Specialized), who got his second win in a row