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The Colombian Cycling Federation and the Colombian Olympic Committee were notified this Friday June 28 by the International Cycling Union (UCI) on the allocation of a quota in BMX Freestyle for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, one of the last modalities to close its nomination process. This historic classification for the South American country was achieved thanks to the process that the twins Queen Saray and Lizsurley Villegas have been advancing under the guidance of

This Thursday morning, two days before the start of the 2024 Tour de France, Visma – Lease a Bike announced their revolutionary new “control room” that they will use at the Grande Boucle. However, following that presentation, it has come to light that the UCI has begun investigating that new addition to the Dutch team’s work. “The International Cycling Union (UCI) has been informed of the recent announcement regarding the use of a “control room”

The 111th edition of the Tour de France will have 11 riders from the Americas, distributed in four Colombians, three Americans and an equal number of Canadians, as well as an Ecuadorian. They will receive a lot of attention from their rivals and the press, as some of them may climb the coveted podium at the end of the race. In the Gallic round will take part 22 teams and 176 cyclists among which there

Egan Bernal was made official this Monday as head of the British squad Ineos-Grenadiers for the Tour de France 2024 that will start next Saturday, June 29 in Florence (Italy). Bernal will share the captaincy of the English squad with Spaniard Carlos Rodríguez and Welshman Geraint Thomas in a clear commitment of the English-based squad to play their best cards in a Grand Boucle that will have as clear favorites the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar and

Panama is getting ready to receive the most anticipated cycling event of the year: the Gran Fondo Ocean to Ocean Panama 2024, which will take place on June 30. Thousands of cycling enthusiasts, both amateurs and professionals, will join in this exciting journey that will give them the unique opportunity to cross the country from coast to coast, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in a single day. Crossing the 3 emblematic bridges of our

Despite Kenneth Tencio’s efforts to obtain the Olympic ticket, he did not manage to get it, as he confirmed after the conclusion of the BMX Freestyle Olympic Qualification Series in Budapest, an event in which six riders finished with direct Olympic places, from France, Great Britain, United States, Brazil and Croatia. With this, the places for the 2022 World Championships, where Kenneth Tencio had a ninth place option, were assigned to Japan and Argentina. The

In a timed finish, Rodrigo Contreras (Nu Colombia) emerged victorious in the final stage and won the Tour of Colombia UCI 2.2 title on Sunday after the ninth and final stage, a 17.3-kilometer individual time trial between the EPM Intelligent Building in Medellín and the 2nd category prize at Alto de Las Palmas. The time trial was won by Contreras with a time of 40:53. The duel was with Diego Camargo (Forte Petrolike – Androni

This Sunday ended the Pan American Track Cycling Championship, which was held for the second consecutive year in the velodrome of the National Sports Village (VIDENA), in Lima, Peru, where the Colombian Junior Team excelled and revalidated the title obtained last year. A total of 28 medals were won, 18 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze, which allowed the national team to once again take first place in the general medal standings, where only Chile

In a spectacular battle of climbers, Yesid Pira (Alcaldía de Manizales-100 huevos-Gobernación de Caldas) won the eighth stage of the 74th edition of the Tour of Colombia, which took place over 144.3 kilometers between Supía and Alto de Minas, one of the hardest mountain passes in the country and the world. The rider from Boyaca, 24 years old, won the fraction after 3 hours, 42 minutes and 29 seconds. In second place was leader Rodrigo

In a new leg-breaking day, Adrián Bustamante won the seventh stage of the Tour of Colombia 2024 starting in Pereira and finishing in Riosucio over 155.3 kilometers, with an uphill finish. The rider from Boyaca rounded off a spectacular performance of the squad directed by Luis Alfonso Cely, where his riders won their fifth victory in the race. Bustamante was escorted by the solid leader Rodrigo Contreras (Nu Colombia), who consolidated the first position in