MARINGÁ, BRAZIL. The last track day in the Pan American Cycling Master ended with excellent disputes in the time trial, keirin, scoring and elimination events. Despite the high competitive level, the fraternization climate marked the tests played on the track, among the representatives of Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, who showed a lot of respect for their adversaries. The day began with the individual time trial events, which crowned the first medalists. The 2019 Pan American
11 December, 2019
TESTS SPRINT AND SCRATCH ON SECOND DAY OF THE MASTER PAN AMERICAN
MARINGÁ, BRAZIL. The representations of Brazil and Argentina returned to dispute the first places in the Maringá Municipal Velodrome, on the second day of competition of the Pan American Track and Road Championship, which is played in this Brazilian town. The final duels in the speed events required a lot of effort from the competitors, who demonstrated great technical quality in all categories. In Master B, Brazilians Fábio Vaz Pinto, the champion, and Franklin Gomes
11 December, 2019
THE TOUR TO TÁCHIRA WILL HAVE TEN STAGES IN 2020
CARACAS. The president of the Venezuelan Cycling Federation, Eliezer Rojas, announced in a scoop through the radio program “Cycling Event” that the next edition of the Vuelta al Táchira, to be held from January 10 to 19, 2020, will have ten stages. “The Vuelta al Táchira goes with ten stages. In these days I had a meeting with the Minister of Sports Pedro Infante and that topic was touched on, being positive about the ten
11 December, 2019
BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA CONQUER FIRST MEDALS IN THE PAN AMERICAN MASTER
MARINGÁ, BRAZIL. Master cyclists from Brazil and Argentina opened the podium of the Pan American Championship that is held in Maringá, state of Paraná. On this second date the individual speed qualifying phases and the individual persecution stages were disputed. Between the first day, the Brazilian Franklin de Almeida (3min50s570) stood out, who won the gold against Andre Pulini (3min51s341) for less than a second of advantage. Leandro Reichemback (4min06s207) conquered bronze with the third
11 December, 2019
THE TOUR TO COSTA RICA CONFIRMS TRAVEL AND HOLLAND AND RUSSIA TEAMS
SAN JOSE. The Tour of Costa Rica, to be held between December 16 and 25, has confirmed a list of 15 teams, eight nationals and seven foreigners. The eight national teams that will participate in the 55th edition of the Tour of Costa Rica are: Pollos Don José – Multiple Corella, Truman Team Josefino, Tele Uno – Banco BCT, Team Costafrut – Billing CR, ASOCIGLOBO – Nestlé, Probike – Lufese – VQ Sport, El Colono
10 December, 2019
CANEL’S SPECIALIZED, PREPARED FOR THE RETURN TO COSTA RICA
MADRID. The Tour of Costa Rica-Education Union 2019, to be held from December 16 to 25, will have 7 foreign teams, including the renowned continental team Canel’s Specialized of Mexico, which, under the direction of Juan José Monsevais, will seek to achieve the title of the 55th edition of the most important cycling event in Costa Rica. Among the cyclists pre-registered for the test is the climber Óscar Sánchez, winner of Vuelta Costa Rica 2012.
MEXICO. The Jaliscan Jessica Salazar and the Sinaloan Daniela Gaxiola have not stopped confirming the good time they live, because this time both riders managed to be in the top 10 of the Track Cycling World Cup in Cambridge, New Zealand. It was within the individual speed test where both cyclists positioned themselves among the 10 best exponents of the world, with Jessica who was closer to the podium after winning the seventh position. To
9 December, 2019
ARANZA VILLALÓN, CHAMPION OF TOUR TO COLOMBIA FEMALE UCI 2.2
BOGOTÁ. The 24-year-old Chilean, Aranza Villalón (Avinal GW El Carmen) was crowned champion of the fourth edition of the UCI Women’s Tour of Colombia 2.2, after the 74-kilometer circuit played in the city of Pereira. Villalón responded to the demanding circuit that had 11 spins and consolidated its leadership to celebrate its second title in Colombia, after the recently achieved in the Women’s Tour. For its part, the winner of this last stage was the
8 December, 2019
NATIONAL TEAMS DEFINED FOR THE COSTA RICA TOUR – SEC 2019
SAN JOSE. La Vuelta Costa Rica – SEC: Education Union 2019 will have the participation of 8 national teams, which will fight stage by stage to obtain the title of champions. The return will be run with 15 teams: 8 national and 7 foreign, for a total of 105 cyclists. According to the National Ranking of points, the 8 national teams that will participate in the 55th edition of the Tour of Costa Rica are:
6 December, 2019
NATALIA MUÑOZ LIFTED HER ARMS IN ANSERMA AFTER THE VICTORY OF THE THIRD STAGE OF THE RETURN TO COLOMBIA FEMALE UCI 2.2
BOGOTÁ. Born in the department of Antioquia but formed cyclically in Risaralda, Natalia Muñoz (Pedalea Flowerpack) won this Thursday during the third stage of the Tour of Colombia Women UCI 2.2 that left Manizales and ended in Anserma after 124 kilometers of travel. The day was very moving. In the first kilometers the Bogota-born Lina Rojas (Evolution of the Andean Area Fem) was on the run, who got to have up to 40 seconds on