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SAN JOSE. Cold, rain, wet road, curves and mountain, in a day of high tension in which it was necessary to risk before what will be the decisive double ascent to the hill of Death in the two stages that come. The appointment between Guápiles and Goicoechea that had a longer route than what the technical guide said ended with another exhibition by Román Villalobos (Canel’s Specialized), who got his second win in a row

Dear COPACI Federations, After meeting many of you during the COPACI Seminar in Panama, I allow myself to send the information published on the website about coaches training courses: As you can see on the website and in the attached document, there are several courses level 1 & 2 and level 3_Diploma. As you know, if you want to send some of their coaches through the Federation, can request Solidarity Aid of the UCI (information

HAVANA. This Friday saw the sixth stage of the 54th edition of the Tour of Costa Rica, in which Román Villalobos (Canel’s Specialized) was the winner in a single day, with a day and a finish in Paraíso of 93 kilometers. The segment was held in mountain terrain, favorable to the Colombian Diego Cano, leader in the individual general classification. Four riders were in charge of leading the getaway among which were the Colombian Oscar

LONDRINA, BRAZIL. Born in Petrópolis, the cyclist Henrique Avancini, current world champion of Mountain Bike (XCM) and second in the XCO World Ranking of MTB, returned to history by winning two categories of the Olympic Brazil Prize, organized by the National Olympic Committee. Avancini had an epic season in 2018. This 29-year-old athlete started the season with third place in the Cape Epic, considered the most important ultramarathon on the planet. In July, he conquered

SAN JOSE. The Costa Rican cyclist Daniel Bonilla of the Nestlé 7C team left the stage 5 of the Vuelta a Costa Rica that took place today between Esparza and Grecia and had a distance of 100 kilometers. In general, the Colombian Diego Cano continues as the leader of the competition, while in the second position is Bryan Salas. This Friday will be the sixth stage with a distance of 106 kilometers with finish and

SAN JOSE. A member of the U-23 National Team of Costa Rica was pleasantly surprised in the fourth stage of the turn to the tica, to triumph after the 139.2 kilometers between Nicoya and Esparza, with a time of 3:14:58. The design Sebastian Moya became the first national to put his signature to a start of this edition, quite an achievement for him, who felt that the triumph was his and that was going to

SAN JUAN. Although the next one will be the 37th edition, it will only be the third international category. In 2017, Nibali, Boonen, Gaviria, Rui Costa and Bauke Mollema, in the end the winner, were the stars; again Nibali, Gaviria and Majka were in 2018; for 2019 the list of stars grows with the presence of, in addition to Gaviria, a fixed in Argentina, Peter Sagan, Nairo Quintana, Mark Cavendish, Julian Alaphilippe, Tiesj Benoot and

MEXICO. Upon her return from Europe, Sinaloan cyclist Yareli Salazar was happy to have signed with the professional team Kasajo Astana, one of the 10 best in the world and stipulated to compete both on the track and on the road. Yarelí competed in October in the second World Cup of Track Cyclist in Canada and took the podium in second place, said that with that result and those of Berlin and London, ended his

AREQUIPA, PERU. In the city of Mollendo (Arequipa) the last two dates of this pedal sport were developed in which cyclists from different Departments participated. This event had the endorsement of the Peruvian cycling federation; It is appropriate to state that former cyclists of national trajectory participated. The first date consisted of a test against individual clock (Saturday) and the second route in line about 75 kms the terrain was the trajectory between the city

SAN CRISTÓBAL, TÁCHIRA. The next edition of the most important cycling competition in Venezuela, is in tune, in terms of organization and logistics, to lower the checkered flag and start the Vuelta al Táchira by Cycling 2019. With a definite date, from January 11 to 18 of next year, the Vuelta al Táchira 2019, category 2.1, is already starting to light up the cycling party in Venezuela, where a large number of regional, national and