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Richard Carapaz, Ecuadorian cyclist for EF Education-EasyPost, will compete in the Vuelta a España 2024 from Saturday, August 17 with the goal of winning the general classification and keeping the leader’s red jersey. “After winning the King of the Mountains competition and an Alpine stage at the Tour de France, ‘Richie’ is going for victory in the Spanish grand tour,” the EF Education-EasyPost team confirmed in a press release. EF Education-EasyPost promises an “all-rounder” team

American Jennifer Valente retained her Olympic women’s omnium title after the Paris 2024 event at the Saint Quentin En Yvelines National Velodrome, where she won ahead of Poland’s Daria Pikulik and New Zealand’s Ally Wollaston. Jennifer Valente, who also won the gold medal in Tokyo 2020 and was double world champion in 2022 and 2023, this Sunday in Paris confirmed her superiority in the discipline retaining the title, from being first in scratch, second in

The countries of the Americas won a total of 221 medals in these Olympic Games. The United States was the most successful country with a total of 126 medals: 40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze, however, it is a historical fact, a total of 18 countries of the continent won medals, of which two entered the medal list for the first time in a ring event: Saint Lucia and Dominica. Here are the most

In a great performance, Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a Bike) once again tasted the sweetness of victory and was crowned champion of the Vuelta a Burgos 2024 by ratifying his leadership in the fifth and final day, an undulating stage of 156 kilometers starting in Frías and finishing in Condado de Treviño. The American overcame the last stage without major problems to finish on the top of the podium of the Spanish race, accompanied

Mexico’s Daniela Gaxiola qualified this Thursday for the final of the women’s keirin track cycling event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, where she finished sixth and won an Olympic diploma. Gaxiola was the only Latin American cyclist who arrived with options in the final event, the Mexican is positioned as one of the best six athletes in this discipline. “We knew that anything could happen, I wanted to be on the podium, but we

The United States women’s pursuit team won the gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games after beating New Zealand at the Saint Quentin National Velodrome in Yvelines. The American team of Jennifer Valente, Lily Williams, Chloe Dygert, road time trial bronze medalist, and Kristen Faulkner, Olympic road champion, defeated New Zealand, which included Ally Wollaston, Bryony Botha, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields. The Americans clocked 4:04.306 (58.942 kilometers per hour) to their rivals’ 4:04.306 (58.942). 

In a thrilling finish, American Kristen Faulkner won the women’s grand-distance race at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in an extraordinary and surprising manner on Sunday, climbing to the top of the podium to claim the gold medal. The places of honor were completed by Marianne Vos of the Netherlands and Lotte Kopecky of Belgium. Paula Patiño from Antioquia, Colombia’s only representative, finished 50th, 7:53 behind the winner. The 92 riders were presented with a

The ninth stage of the Tour of Portugal 2024 was won by Abner Gonzalez (Efapel Cycling), who was the strongest of the breakaway, after riding 170.8 kilometers between Maia and Mondim de Basto. The 23-year-old Puerto Rican rider, who achieved his first victory of the season, overtook Russian Artem Nych (Sabgal / Anicolor) and Spaniard David Delgado (Burgos – BH), who came in 2nd and 3rd, respectively. It was a hot day, with a busy

The historic Colombian cyclist and multiple medalist in Olympic Games, Mariana Pajón, could not advance to the final of the BMX event this Friday after finishing fifth in the first semifinal series, third in the second and seventh in the final to be out of the final of the tournament and without the possibility of fighting for her fourth medal in the Olympic Games. Pajón, 32, expressed her deep sadness for being left out of

Historic! Remco Evenepoel, who became the first rider to win both the time trial and the inline race at the Olympic Games in the same year, was crowned Olympic road champion at Paris 2024 on Saturday after a spectacular attacking move in the final phase of the race. Evenepoel, who was supported by Tiesj Benoot, Jasper Stuyven and Wout van Aert, rode solo in the final 13 kilometers of the race to take the gold