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SAN JUAN. ARGENTINA. This weekend kicks off the Vuelta a San Juan, one of the most important stage races in the American continent. The Argentine event will gather many stars and some of the main teams of the international squad. From Sunday January 27 to Sunday February 3 will meet in the province of San Juan, west of Argentina, six WorldTour teams (Movistar Team, Emirates Team UAE, Lotto Soudal, BORA-hansgrohe, Team Dimension Data and Deceuninck-Quick

HAVANA. The best Cuban rider of the moment, Arlenis Sierra, finished in third overall at the Towards Zero Race Melbourne, a race disputed over 63 kilometers on a fast track in that Australian city. Sierra, 26 years old and leader of the Astana Womens Team, scored three of the five sprints of the race, including the fourth, in which she won. The several times Pan American champion was also sixth in the second and fourth

BOGOTÁ. The Colombian Cycling Federation announced on Wednesday the first Official List of Teams registered for the 2019 edition of the Tour Colombia. The list of 28 teams is headed by six squadrons of the World Tour with their respective Colombian stars, seven Continental Pro, twelve continental and three national teams, who complete a total of 168 riders (six per team). The Team Movistar with Nairo Quintana, Winner Anacona and Carlos Betancur; Team Sky with

MADRID. The Vuelta a San Juan in Argentina (January 27-February 3), since it received category 2.1 of the UCI in 2017, has found its place in the calendar as a starting point for several figures (in 2019 it will be the first career of Nairo Quintana or Julian Alaphilippe, for example). An appointment that is also helping the development of cycling in the South American country. “I think it is very positive that Argentina has

SAN JUAN, ARGENTINA. Teams Deceuninck – Quick Step (Belgium), Lotto Soudal (Belgium), UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) and BORA hansgrohe (Germany) arrived today in Argentina to participate, from next Sunday of the 37th. edition of the Vuelta a San Juan cycling. “We have a very strong team and a mind set on this competition, hoping to have a very good performance together,” said the Colombian Fernando Gaviaria, who from this year integrates the ranks

HAVANA. The fifth and penultimate stage of the UCI World Cycling Championships was held this weekend at the Olympic Velodrome in Cambridge, New Zealand, with the presence of a large number of the best specialists of this modality. For the American continent stood out the Canadian Allison Beveridge, medalist of silver in Omnium, his compatriots of the male chase quartet and the American male pairing in the specialty of Madison. The sixth and final stop

CARACAS. Venezuelan cyclist Jimmy Briceño (Alexander’s Investments) has been awarded the 54th edition of the Vuelta al Táchira by bike in his country after maintaining the lead in the eighth and final stage, a day of 115.2 kilometers played at the Santos circuit Rafael Bermúdez. Briceño, who faced the last day with 53 seconds of income on his most direct rival, had no opposition to finish at most something on the podium of the tachirense

CHRIST REY, VENEZUELA. Venezuelan cyclist Luis Mora (Bolivarian Government of Carabobo) has won the seventh and penultimate stage of the 54th edition of the Vuelta al Táchira en Bicicleta, a day of 112.3 kilometers disputed on Thursday between the Venezuelan town of Ureña -and the height of Cerro Cristo Rey. With a time of 3 hours, 12 minutes and 16 seconds, Mora prevailed in the arrival to the Cerro Cristo Rey in front of his

SAN CRISTÓBAL, VENEZUELA. Jimmy Briceño (Inversiones Alexander’s), conquered the sixth stage of the Vuelta Grande de América, crossing the finish line in Cordero, Andrés Bello municipality with a time of 4:26:55 hours, placing second in the general classification to 23 seconds of the leader Ronald González del Deportivo Táchira. The sixth day began with a circuit of two circuits on the freeway of La Fría, where the competitors implemented a strong pedaling, in a chapter

MADRID. The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced on Wednesday that it will ban the use of the analgesic Tramadol as of March 1 in all disciplines. The first violation will be resolved with a fine of 5,000 Swiss francs and the second with a five-month suspension. If there is a third, the penalty would go up to nine months. If two runners of the same team test positive for Tramadol in a period of