News

CARACAS. Everything is ready for this Wednesday, July 17, to start the Vuelta Ciclista a Venezuela, in which more than 120 riders from 10 Venezuelan and six international teams will participate. The first stage will start at Bolivar Avenue in Caracas, where vehicles will be restricted from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and will have a distance of 100 kilometers. The Vuelta Ciclista a Venezuela enters the scene one more year, an event inscribed in

BOGOTÁ. A list of 23 cyclists (in the course of the week will be defined the last man’s quota for track and route) are confirmed to represent the country in the next edition of the Pan American Games in Lima, which will take place on July 26 at August 11. The most important sporting event on the continent, will have for the first time five cycling modalities officially registered in the competition program, thanks to

HAVANA. The Pan-American Games Guadalajara-2011 catapulted the cyclist Arlenis Sierra towards the continental summit. In that fight, the Cuban woman, then 18 years old, starred in a memorable getaway in the female route, a specialty that she won by breaking any pre-competition prognosis. Eight years later, Granma has confirmed that this golden triumph was not the result of chance, as it established itself as an elite cyclist, among the best in the world, in high

MADRID. The Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won this Monday in Albi the 10th stage of the Tour de France, at the end of which the French Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) consolidated his yellow jersey after several favorites lost time because of the fans. The French Thibaut Pinot, who gave 1 minute and 40 seconds, went down in the last 40 kilometers, as well as other aspiring podiums like the Colombian Rigoberto Urán, the Danish

CHILOÉ, CHILE. The organization of the Vuelta a Chiloé received the approval of the International Cycling Union (UCI) of its two events for 2020. Chile will have the 2nd Cycling Tour to Chiloé (2.2) and the new 1st Grand Prize of Patagonia by Vuelta a Chiloé (1.2). The maximum organism communicated to the organizers of the “southernmost” cycling race on the planet, headed by Pablo Haeger and Sergio Gili, that the two races will be

CARACAS. Steven Haro, Sub 23 of Team Movistar – Ecuador, was the boss in the individual general classification of the Second Miranda International Cycling Tour, a route competition that compiled 652.8 kilometers divided into six stages. The winner of the sixth phase, a city circuit of 109.5 kilometers in Ocumare del Tuy, was Orluis Aular (National Team), who managed 2: 28.25. The criollo had already come to take the third stage. As for the general

GUATEMALA CITY. Cyclist Bryan Rios (Quiché Cycling Departmental Association) won the UCI Chaín 2019 Grand Prix, a 217-kilometer stage that ended in the Department of Escuintla, with 4 hours, 59 minutes and 47 seconds. The second box for Dorian Monterroso (Decorabaños) and the third for Julio Padilla (Deluxe Optics). In the first round route to Puerto Quetzal, 9 cyclists commanded the race, which included Abel Jocholá, Dilson Orozco, Pedro Lares, Alfredo Velásquez, Joslyn Chavarría, Santos

GUATEMALA CITY. Julián Yac of the Decorabaños team, is the UCI Guatemala 2019 Grand Prix Champion, was the best climber of the day, defeated with 3 hours, 45 minutes and 56 seconds for the 133 kilometers of race at the finish located in Patzún, Chimaltenango, second box for Celso Ajpacajá and third place, Walter Escobar. Six cyclists staged the escape that marked the first positions of the stage, Luis Lopez of Optics Deluxe, Edgar Torres

CARACAS. With a time of 2 hours 29 minutes and 24 seconds, Wilmer Bravo, of the Táchira Sports team, won the fourth stage of the Second Cycling Tour of Miranda, a race that traveled through the six municipalities of the Barlovento region in a stretch of 123 kilometers. Under an intense sun and with a very humid environment, the 120 cyclists from various states of the country, as well as from Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil,

HAVANA. The Cuban Arlenis Sierra, with 953 points in the world ranking of road cycling, continues as the best located in America, three weeks before the Pan American Games in Lima 2019, where she will aspire to the gold medal. The captain of the Astana Women’s Team, club of the international elite, is positioned in 13th place, after ascending two seats in the latest update of the ranking of the International Cycling Union. In front