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The latest meeting of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Management Committee held between June 10 and 12 introduced several changes to road races in order to improve cyclist safety, measures that reflect the recommendations of the new SafeR body. This body brings together representatives from across the cycling field and was set up by none other than Richard Plugge and Jim Ratcliffe, owners of Visma-Lease a Bike and INEOS Grenadiers respectively. A few months ago,

Overwhelming dominance of UAE Team Emirates at the Tour de Suisse 2024. This time the winning turn went to Portugal’s João Almeida, who won the short sixth stage that was shortened due to heavy snowfall in the Swiss Alps in recent weeks. The Portuguese rider came in 4 seconds ahead of teammate Adam Yates, who retained the leader’s jersey. Third came Danish Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl – Trek) at 9 seconds and fourth finished Colombian Egan

The Colombian Cycling Federation and its Technical Commission defined the three cyclists who will represent the country in road cycling at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. After the evaluation carried out by the Commission, the chosen cyclists were: Paula Patiño, who will compete in the long-distance race in what will be her second Olympic experience, after Tokyo 2020; Daniel Felipe Martínez, who will be competing in the time trial and in the long-distance, and Egan

Choosing the right size for your bike is vital to be able to enjoy it to the fullest without having to worry about possible future postural problems, but how do we know what size bike we need? Although the issue is important, you will now see that it is easy to solve. The key to choose the size of bike will be the height of our hip or inseam measurement. To take the measurement we

The third stage of the Tour de Suisse 2024 went to Thibau Nys. The 21-year-old Belgian won an uphill sprint after a particularly difficult finish after 161.7 kilometers between Steinmaur and Rüschlikon. The Lidl-Trek rider beat British rider Stephen Williams (Israel – Premier Tech) 2nd and Italian rider Alberto Bettiol (EF Education – EasyPost), who crossed the line third and, with the time bonuses gained, took over the leader’s yellow jersey. As for the Latin

The U.S. Cycling Federation has just announced its four riders for the Paris Olympics in the mountain bike event and there’s a surprise. Savilia Blunk and Riley Amos will make their Olympic debut while Haley Batten and Christopher Blevins will lead the team. With this selection the United States is betting on bringing a combination of youth and experience, with Haley Batten (26) and Savilia Blunk (25) for the women’s event and Chris Blevins (26)

Slovenian Primoz Roglic (Bora Hansgrohe) was proclaimed winner of the 76th edition of the Dauphiné at the end of the eighth and final stage between Thônes and Plateau des Glières, 160.6 kilometers, in which Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos) won after blowing the race on the last pass. “It’s a victory that comes very well to reinforce confidence. I think we have done a good team work, I have felt very good and I finish this race

In a sprint finish, Bryan Coquard won the first online stage of the Tour de Suisse 2024. The Frenchman beat Australian Michael Matthews (Team Jayco AlUla) and Belgian Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Dstny) in the bunch, after 177.3 kilometers between Vaduz and Regensdorf with 2,400 meters of elevation gain. In the general classification, Yves Lampaert (Soudal Quick-Step) kept the leader’s yellow jersey. The Belgian is escorted by the British Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers) and the

Dutch rider Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the first edition of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya women’s stage race, which ended Sunday in Barcelona with the victory of New Zealander Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance-Soudal) in the final sprint. Vos, triple world champion, started as the favorite and, although she missed the stage win against Wollaston in the sprints of the first and the last day, she left the race sentenced in the second stage

Panamanian cycling continues to dominate in our region and on this occasion it was Honduras, as host, faithful witness of the performance of our heroes of the asphalt, led by the cyclist Franklin Erasmo Archibold who won three gold medals in this Central American Road Championship 2024, which took place between June 6 and 9. After an extensive Sunday day, Panama won three more medals in this final day of competitions, for a total of