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The British continental team Saint Piran has had to admit that it used in some races during the 2022 season generic Chinese bikes that did not have any type of UCI homologation for use in competition, an aspect that the team avoided by applying false homologation stickers to those bikes. The British team has explained that in order to do so without causing the suspicion of the judges, it falsified the identifying logo that all

The organizers of the Volta a Catalunya have announced another high finish for the 2025 edition of the race. It is the mountain of Montserrat, which will witness a finish for the third time in its history after those of 1960 and 1995 in the celebration of the Millennium of the Monastery. This will be one of the most emblematic stages in the history of the Catalan race, one of the most prestigious in Spain

Just a few weeks ago, during the Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, Mauricio Vargas, President of the Colombian Cycling Federation, received for his high contributions to world cycling the UCI symbol necklace from David Lappartient, head of the International Cycling Union, while José Peláez, President of COPACI, presented him with a parchment. Lappartient spoke to the audience accepting his “poor knowledge of the Spanish language”, but said that “In this case it is about

The formidable Colombian rutero, Rigoberto Urán, Olympic road runner-up in London 2012, announced that he will retire as a professional cyclist at the end of this season, during a recent interview with the Podcast El Arranque, of the newspaper El Colombiano. In addition to his successful career in international cycling, the ‘Toro de Urrao’, who has established himself as one of the most media figures in the national arena, revealed that he plans to venture

Although the Grand Depart of the 2026 Vuelta a España is already known to be held in Monaco, surprisingly the Grand Depart of the 2025 edition remained a mystery… until now. As revealed by the Italian media La Repubblica, the start of La Vuelta will take place next year in the Piedmont region. The 80th edition of the race will start in Venaria Reale, a municipality located in the city of Turin, and will remain

Everything is ready for the Tour of Guatemala 2024 and the national and foreign teams confirmed their participation for the most awaited tour of the national sport, which is part of the America Tour of the International Cycling Union (UCI) as part of the international cycling season and will be held from Friday, October 25 to Sunday, November 3, 2024. The cyclists are in the final stages of their preparation and need to finalize the

With the 2024 road cycling season practically over, the teams are already starting to think about the 2025 campaign, which has the peculiarity of being the second time that the World Tour licenses will expire. Only the best 18 teams on the international calendar will manage, on the one hand, to maintain the category and, on the other, to move up to it from the Pro Tour. Let’s take a look at how the picture

The rider from Antioquia Walter Vargas added another international title to his extensive track record, lifting the overall champion trophy of the Tour of Venezuela 2024. The Team Medellin-EPM rider took advantage of his excellent conditions in the individual time trial where he became leader to be crowned this Sunday as the new king of the Venezuelan Tour, which had not been won by a Colombian since 2007. The rider from Paisa took the lead

The Costa Rican Gabriel Rojas, of the 7C Economy Lacoinex, became the first cyclist of that country to win the Tour of Panama, at the same time that the chiricano Franklin Archibold won the sixth and last stage disputed today Sunday in the Cinta Costera 3, in Panama City. Rojas registered in the six stages run 10 hours 43 minutes and 22 seconds, escorted by his fellow countrymen Joseph Ramirez (Accipal Rally Costa Rica) at

In an exciting finish, Cristian Camilo Tobar (Team Saitel) won he seventh stage of the Vuelta Venezuela 2024, after covering a distance of 131.4 kilometers over mostly flat terrain, in a circuit in Valencia. The cyclist from Nariño, 28 years old, who was part of the breakaway of the day, won ahead of Venezuelan Samuel Quintero (Alicanto Consulting Group-Lotería del Táchira) and Ecuadorian Alejandro Pita (Team Saitel), who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In the