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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

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:

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

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.