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GUATEMALA. San Cristóbal Totonicapán became the stage where the 19 Women’s Tour to Guatemala took dramatic tones for the day of Saturday and Sunday. The Guatemalan Gabriela Soto, of the Mexican team Swapit Agolico, had a great competition. He figured in the first three places of the intermediate prizes disputed this day: Flying Goals and Mountain Prizes. Despite not winning the stage, the Guatemalan Soto managed to position herself very well in the individual general

LA PAZ. “I think it has everything, I have not seen a track that has a villa like this, with the hotel, the sports center, a large airport (in the city). It’s the best I’ve seen in many places I’ve visited, “said Randy Shafer, the technician in charge of evaluations of the International Cycling Union (UCI), after his inspection of the velodrome at the Center for Training and Sports Training (Cefed) of La Tamborada The

GUATEMALA. The second stage, run between Pamezabal – El Novillero – Pamezabal, in Santa Lucía Utatlán, Sololá; had a clear dominance, the Mexican Ariadna Gutierrez. The only escape of the day was Gutiérrez, who took off from the peloton a few minutes after the start of the competition. Ariadna achieved a difference of 2 minutes and 25 seconds over the peloton during the 99-kilometer course, and won all the points in dispute. The Mexican swept

GUATEMALA. Cuba won in the sprint and together with Mexico they made the first places of the first stage of the Women’s Vuelta. The winner was Cuban Arlenis Sierra, who clocked a time of 3:24:19 hours. With a complicated start due to situations related to traffic, this day began the 19th edition of the International Women’s Cycling Tour 2019. The competition that had its exit (controlled) in the central park of Villa Nueva occurred more

GUATEMALA. As of today, a total of 17 teams, between nationals and foreigners, will dispute the 19th edition of the Women’s Tour to Guatemala, qualified with a 2.2 degree by the International Cycling Union (UCI), which will have a total distance of 462.3 kilometers. There will be 13 foreign representatives and 4 Guatemalans who will gather 98 cyclists and who will shoot in the departments of Escuintla, Sololá, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapán, Chimaltenango and Guatemala City. The

QUITO. The victory of Richard Carapaz in the hundredth second edition of the Giro d’Italia makes all eyes settle on Ecuador. The carchense cyclist said that there is no cycling in the country, but his claim is not entirely true. International media highlights that in the country there are at least six young cyclists who can transcend in the future. The specialized medium Cycling International published a note called: “Six Ecuadorians who go after the

CITY OF PANAMA. The II Clásica a la Juventud in Panama concluded, which ran from Friday to Sunday in the province of Chiriqui. (Aurelio Ortiz / Press Panamanian Federation of Cycling) RESULTS CHILDISH. PRE-YOUTH. 1. Jiménez, Josué (Rali School) 1:04:04 2. Salas, Josué (Hotel Ciudad De David – Carriotur Accipal) 1:04:04 3. Pitti, José (Rali School) 1:04:04 GENERAL INDIVIDUAL CLASSIFICATION. 1. Salas, Josué (Hotel Ciudad De David – Carriotur Accipal) 4:52:54 2. Martínez, Axcel (Inversiones

COCHABAMBA. Cochabamba will host the Pan American Cycling Elite Championship, from September 2 to 9. The Pan-American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), the Ministry of Sports and the Bolivian Federation of Cycling made the signing of an agreement that makes possible the “Pan-American Cycling Elite Cochabamba 2019”, scoring event for the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020. In the event, which took place at the Center for Training and Sports Training (Cefed) of Cochabamba, participated José Manuel Peláez,

MEXICO. The Mexican Daniela Campuzano came in first place in the Czech Cup of Mountain Bike UCI C1, which took place in the town of Zadov, in the Czech Republic, as part of the preparation for the Pan American Games Lima 2019. After the seventh place achieved the day before in the Trophy Maja Woszczowska in Poland and after traveling five hours for the fair on Sunday, the Hidalgo outnumbered her adversaries, which was in

HAVANA. The Pan-American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), in the voice of its president, José Manuel Peláez, expressed his joy and pride for the triumph of the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz in the Giro d’Italia, which ended on Sunday. “The triumph of Richard Caparaz ratifies that in this part of the world there is a spring of excellent runners, of great talent and with great desires to succeed”, points out Peláez’s message. Later, also vice president of the