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SAN JOSE. The 2019 edition of the Tour of Costa Rica undergoes two changes. One is the arrival of the first stage and another is the departure of the day of December 20. It runs from December 16 to 25, but the first day instead of ending in Cañas comes to Nicoya. That day leaves Heredia, for 201 kilometers. Through a press release, the Costa Rican Cycling Federation details that “we wish to express deep

BOGOTÁ. This Wednesday began the 35th edition of the Vuelta del Porvenir Casanare Bicentenario, a race organized by the Colombian Cycling Federation. The day started from Yopal and ended in Paz de Ariporo, after 95 kilometers of travel. The winner of the fraction and first leader of the competition was Óscar Sebastián Blanco (Bogotá Oso Sánchez – Kriege), who celebrated the sprint after two hours, 21 minutes and 55 seconds of race. Andrés Mancipe (Boyacá

LONDRINA, BRAZIL. The Brazilian Cycling Confederation (CBC) and the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI) are pleased to invite all countries of the American continent to participate in the Pan American Track and Road Master Cycling Championship, which will take place from 9 to 15 next December in the city of Maringá, Paraná. The call is endorsed by the rubric of José Manuel Peláez and Jose Luiz Vasconcellos, presidents of the Pan American Cycling Confederation and

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