GUATEMALA CITY. The New Zealand cyclist Joel Yates won the second stage of the Tour of Guatemala on Thursday, while the Guatemalan Julio Padilla, who finished second, remains at the head of the individual general classification. Yates, a 21-year-old, crossed the finish line alone and with comfort to immediately become the first New Zealand cyclist to win a stage of the Tour of Guatemala. The fraction of this Thursday had a journey of 125.5 kilometers
For the pleasure of the master cycling community of our continent we already have available in our CALENDAR and RESULTS section the announcement for the MASTER Pan American Championship that we will be doing in Maringa. Brazil in December 2019. They can access directly from the link: Campeonato Continental / Continental Championship / Championnat Continental /MASTER
GUATEMALA CITY. The national cycling party is coming! Meet the 13 national teams that will participate and seek prominence throughout the 59th Cycling Tour of Guatemala 2019. There will be 105 cyclists representing 6 countries. For Guatemala, 5 departmental teams, 5 departmental associations and 3 capital teams will compete. On this occasion, the departments that will be represented in the Tour are: Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán, Baja Verapaz, Sacatepéquez, Chimaltenango, Sololá, San Marcos, Quiché and Guatemala. Here
21 October, 2019
XII CYCLING TOUR TO PERU: RONYNER NAVARRO, NEW CHAMPION
LIMA. The cyclist, Royner Navarro, was crowned this Sunday as champion of the XII Cycling Tour of Peru, whose fifth and final stage won Christian Ríos (PNS) with time of one hour, 25 minutes and 13 seconds. Navarro finished comfortably in the first position, ahead of Hugo Ruiz and Andy Limaylla, his companions in the final podium of awards. Jennyfer Ducuara took the title With a circuit through the streets of Lima, the Tour of
BOGOTÁ. The multiple world champion and double BMX Olympic gold medalist, Mariana Pajón Londoño, received the Best American Athlete of the Year award for the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) on Thursday, at the gala held in Doha , Qatar. The gold medal of the Pan American Games of Lima 2019, after almost a year of inactivity due to injury, was decisive in the election of the Colombian as the best in America, an
20 October, 2019
TOUR TO PERU: ROYNER NAVARRO, VIRTUAL CHAMPION
LIME. In a car in a difficult stage due to the route and complicated by meteorological reasons, Peruvian Royner Navarro, despite arriving second in the Stage, became the Leader of the General and virtual Champion of the XII Cycling Tour of Peru. Cyclists left from the Plaza de Armas de Tarma in full rain to drive at controlled speed to the town of Palca. To avoid the work areas of widening bridges along the way.
18 October, 2019
XII CYCLING TOUR TO PERU: BOLIVIAN JUAN COTUMBA WINS I STAGE
LIMA. Bolivian cyclist Juan Cotumba (Pio Rico) was awarded to the sprint the I Stage La Merced – Oxapampa – La Merced of the XII Cycling Tour of Peru, disputed today and organized by the Provincial Municipality of Lima, with a time without bonus of 3h 56 ’30 ”. The Symbolic Departure was held in the Plaza de Armas of La Merced with the presence of the Provincial Mayor of Chanchamayo, Mr. Eduardo Mariño Arquiñigo
18 October, 2019
BIRTHDAY ALL: 13 YEARS OF THE COPACI NEWSLETTER
This October 17 the Copaci Bulletin is birthday. Today exactly 13 years ago that first digital edition circulated, which barely came into view of a few states in the Americas and then grew to this day. The birth of the Copaci Bulletin came from the idea of the president of COPACI, José Manuel Peláez, which this writer immediately made his own, perhaps without even imagining that this modest official publication of the entity would last
17 October, 2019
TOUR OF FRANCE 2020: A NEW CALL FOR THE ‘ESCARABAJOS’
BOGOTÁ. The profile of the paths of the 107th edition of the Tour de France once again emphasizes the mountain, and unlike the great laps of recent years, the time trial will be a decisive factor but not precisely a long and flat stretch for specialists. The design of the 36 kilometers of the penultimate stage will decide the title in favor of the world’s most experienced climbers in the Planche des Belles Filles. The
GUATEMALA CITY. The government authorities decided to declare “Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nation” the event that every year receives the best cyclists in the country and America. Through Ministerial Agreement 373-2019 of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, it was decreed that “the Cycling Tour of Guatemala” is hereinafter Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Nation. This afternoon the protocol act is carried out, with the presence of the corresponding authorities. The Agreement emphasizes that