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CARACAS. Creole cycling this weekend provided a new ticket for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, after Venezuela added the necessary points to take over the quota in what was the qualifying closure of the International Cycling Union (UCI). In the process that took place between October 22, 2018 and that lasted until October 27 of this year, Venezuela ranked 41st with a total of 947 points. And it is that according to the regulations governing

HAVANA. Cuba must have an event on the world circuit, said Frenchman David Lappartient, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI), visiting this capital on the occasion of the Congress of the Caribbean Confederation and the area tournament in the road mode . Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, it has to host an international competition, we must create the conditions for it to take place, the UCI wants to support it, Lappartient

BOGOTÁ. On Sunday, the participation of the Colombia Manzana Postobón National Team, which was representing the country in the Track World Cup that took place in Minsk, Belarus, ended. The coffee delegation, made up of Martha Bayona, Juliana Gaviria, Kevin Quintero and Santiago Ramírez, left a good feeling for the next World Cup series. The most important result of the Colombia Manto Postobón National Team, was achieved by the Santander woman Martha Bayona in the

HAVANA. Cuba copied the awards podium of the women’s individual route of the XIX Caribbean Cycling Championship, after the victory of Heidy Praderas in the final sprint. Podium Road Elite Men Praderas (2:18:07 hours), of the professional club Astana Women´s Team, surpassed the compatriot Iraida Garcia (2:18:07), Pan-American monarch in 2016, and then also entered the local Idaris Cervantes (2: 23.12), in an unprecedented performance in this regional lid. I am very happy for this

HAVANA. Bermudian cyclists Kaden Hopkins and Caitlin Conyers, were crowned on Saturday as the first holders of the Caribbean Road Championship, which opened its competitive activities in the Havana Malecon, in the presence of the president of the International Cycling Union, David Lappartient, and his counterpart in the Americas, José Manuel Peláez. Medalists in women’s time trial Hopkins traveled the 33.6 kilometers of the circuit in 45 minutes, 16 seconds and 629 thousandths, to outdo

HAVANA. Competitors from more than 20 countries will star in this weekend in the Havana Malecon the 19th Caribbean Road Cycling Championship, dedicated to the 500th anniversary of the Cuban capital. At nine o’clock in the morning today the 22.8 km (km) time trial race for ladies will start and, at 10, the 34.2 km race for men, in both cases with elite and sub 23 year old bikers. The tour will be in a

GUATEMALA CITY. Guatemalan rider Manuel Rodas won his second Tour of Guatemala with a 28-second lead over teammate Alfredo Ajpacajá and 2 minutes and 59 seconds over Colombian Yeison Rincón, fifth placed. The final circuit of 140 kilometers, which consisted of 8 laps in the Peripheral of Guatemala City, was a national holiday for Guatemalans, who again saw their hero Manuel Rodas climb to the top of the podium in a test that until 2017

GUATEMALA CITY. The Guatemalan Julio Padilla won on Thursday the ninth stage of the return to Guatemala, the second in his private account, by winning the Colombian Bryan Gomez, but Manuel Rodas is already emerging as the winner of the competition. After disputing the nearly 125 kilometers that separate Pamezabal from El Camán, in Patzicía, Padilla first stepped on the podium with a time of 2 hours, 51 minutes and 26 seconds, the same as

HAVANA. The first three days of November will be pure road cycling in the Havana Malecon, with the celebration of the XIX Caribbean Championship, which was confirmed by the head of the International Cycling Union (UCI), David Lappartient; while 25 nations and about 115 riders appear already registered. The event is framed within the activities of Havana for the 500 years of its foundation, hence the lovers of this discipline can go to the main

GUATEMALA CITY. The Guatemalan cyclist Mardoqueo Vásquez was consecrated in the eighth stage of the Tour of Guatemala (Piedra María Tecún), while Manuel Rodas remains the leader and dreams of consecrating himself. This Wednesday’s stage left Momostenango and ended at the María Tecún Stone Summit (122 kilometers). On the basis of sacrifice the riders passed a test that was known as one of the most difficult obstacles of the 59th edition of the Tour. Mordecai,