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SAN JOSE. As announced by CR CYCLING days ago the El Globo Store Cycling Association (ASOCIGLOBO) was chosen as the dedicated one of the Vuelta Costa Rica 2019, as announced by FECOCI. The Association is also celebrating 40 years in cycling, officially starting in 1979, despite already sponsoring a team in 1978. The history of this association brings very pleasant memories, with its founder Jose Antonio Herrero (qdDg) and with Costa Rican cyclists such as

BOGOTÁ. If something was missing Milena Salcedo was to debut with victory in a Tour of Colombia Women. The Bogota team of the Colombia Manzana Postobon National Team had been close at the close of the third edition when it was overtaken by the Venezuelan Lilibeth Chacón, in the Sogamoso circuit. However, this Tuesday, at the opening of the most important race in the country for the women’s category, the capital took a blow of

SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA. Based on the premise that in places like South America where cycling needs further promotion, it is confirmed that the Vuelta de San Juan, the only one with the ProSeries category (second world level) to be held in these parts, the UCI (International Cycling Unionh) authorized the organization of the Vuelta a San Juan to expand its quota of national teams granting the possibility to cyclists in the region to compete with

HAVANA. The National Cycling Commissioner of Cuba, Pablo Arturo Campins, sent to the writing of the Copaci Bulletin, the competitive calendar of this sport for the new year 2020. The most outstanding event in the competitive program is the Tour of Cuba International, which according to the program will have its resurrection between February 18 and March 1, as it passes through all the provinces of the country. The revival of the Vuelta a Cuba

MEXICO. The cyclists Ignacio Prado and Yareli Salazar were among the top five in the omnium and scratch, within the third stage of the Track Cycling World Cup, in Hong Kong. Prado finished in fourth place with 118 points after a sum of 38 in scratch, 38 in tempo, 16 in elimination and 26 in points. The first box was for New Zealand’s Campebll Stewart with 142, followed by German Roger Kluge with 133 and

HONG KONG, CHINA. Germany and the Netherlands took off with gold medals on the third date of the Cycling World Cup that takes place in the Chinese city of Hong Kong, which distributes points for the World Championship in Berlin. The men’s and women’s teams in Germany took gold metals in the team chase and speed tests together, respectively; while Holland, current monarchs of the world, won gold in manly speed. While the locals Sarah

HAVANA. From the Cuban capital, the Magnanement Committee of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI) deeply regrets the physical departure of the Colombian UCI International Commissioner, Juan Eugenio Cano Arcila, who died a few hours ago in his native Medellín, at 60 years of age. The president of COPACI, José Manuel Peláez Rodríguez, upon hearing the sad news, expressed his deepest condolences to the relatives of Cano Arcila, his friends and the Colombian Cycling Federation.

CHIRIQUÍ, PANAMA. Archibold’s triumph returned the award to Panama, which had not won this trophy since 2017, when it was Carlos Samudio’s turn. In this edition, Samudio (Team Rali Claro) took second place in the global standings, followed by Jorge Castelblanco, teammate that Archibold. Peruvian cyclist Alain Quispe, meanwhile, won the last stage of the XXXIX Vuelta a Chiriquí 2019, in a package that crowned Franklin Archibold as general champion. (laestrella.com.pa)

SAN LUIS, ARGENTINA. Alberto Rodríguez Saá announced this midday the realization of the “Vuelta del Porvenir San Luis Internacional” to be held from February 26 to March 1, 2020 in San Luis. “We restart a path that we recognize that we are doing well and that we would like to do better because its benefits and benefits are already demonstrated,” said the president, after informing that the reason for the suspension of these events in

CHIRIQUÍ. The queen stage of the Vuelta Chiriquí had a lot of spectacle for the spectators, where there was a hard mountain and where the leader Archibold showed that the strongest cyclist of the Vuelta, winning stage and leaving his title ready for lack of a day for the closing, by Daniel Bonilla and Anthony Sánchez were the best Ticos. In total, the stage had 133 kilometers with two steering wheels and four demanding and