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Although the Soltec Team Iberoamerica, the team that currently represents the Costa Rican cyclist, had advanced the scoop a few weeks ago, the Costa Rican Cycling Federation (FECOCI) took its time to make the official announcement, confirming today that Milagro Mena Solano will be the Olympic representative of cycling in the next Olympic Games in Paris 2024. “Since January we have been working on the rider for the Olympic Games, from the Federation we made
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A total of 25 teams will be part of the 74th edition of the Tour of Colombia, which will be held from June 14 to 23, along 1,295 kilometers, between the departments of Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Tolima, Caldas, Risaralda, Valle and Antioquia. There will be 175 cyclists participating in the continental, brand and league teams, who will start in the 7.4 kilometers prologue, which will open the competitions in the municipality of Macanal, Boyacá, next Friday,
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The International Cycling Union (UCI) ruled on the case of Miguel Angel Lopez and suspended him for four years. The verdict of the UCI anti-doping tribunal, found evidence that the Colombian used the hormonal agent Menotropin during the Giro d’Italia 2022 and that he had it in his possession. The Colombian rider’s suspension will expire on July 24, 2027. The UCI anti-doping tribunal found Lopez guilty of an anti-doping rule violation, according to an International
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In a scenario of adrenaline and passion, one figure stands out among all: Mariana Pajón, a Colombian bicycle racer, the only one in the world to have three Olympic medals, the warrior of two wheels and a living legend of the sport. An athlete who in addition to her Olympic medals in London 2012 where she achieved recognition as the first Colombian to win an Olympic gold medal in BMX in the history of her
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The National Cycling Federation of Honduras confirmed this Tuesday that the Central American cycling festival will be held from June 6 to 9 in that nation, after receiving the support of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI) and the International Cycling Union (UCI). Although during the previous week, within the framework of the Pan American Road Championship in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, the information that the Central American Road Championship Honduras 2024 would be
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The MTB Cross Country World Cup returned over the weekend to one of the new cathedrals of mountain biking, Nove Mesto, in the Czech Republic, where the big winner was the Ineos Grenadiers team, with Pauline Ferrad-Prévot winning the women’s category and Thomas Pidcock winning the men’s. In the women’s race, French INEOS team super champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the race with relative ease, ahead of American Haley Batten (Specialized Factory Racing) and Swiss Alessandra
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Sao Paulo – The last gold medal disputed during the Pan American Road Cycling Championships was fought for and won until the end by the Venezuelan cyclist Leangel Linarez, in a day marked by rain and low temperatures, but with a festive atmosphere rarely seen in these competitions. Linarez won this Sunday the men’s elite long-distance race, of 199 kilometers, with a time of 4:17:48, followed by Red Walters from Granada, with 4:17:51 and the
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The first of the three grand tours concluded this Sunday, May 26, with a monumental finish in Rome, a replica of last year’s edition of the Giro d’Italia, now with the first crown of the insatiable Tadej Pogacar, from Slovenia, who his directors had to tie him down so that he would not attack too much or too soon, thinking about the next Tour de France. Stage 21 of the Giro d’Italia 2024 had a
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Sao Paulo – The United States added the second gold medal in the Pan American Cycling Championships, thanks to the speed and endurance of Lauren Stephens, who improved Tuesday’s silver medal in the individual time trial after riding the 104.2 kilometers of the road segment, with a time of 2:45:11 hours. The silver medal went to Brazil’s Wellyda Rodrigues, while the bronze went to Chile’s Catalina Soto, both with the same time as the winner,
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Tadej Pogacar finishes off his excellent Giro d’Italia 2024 with a new and more than predictable victory on the last mountainous day with only the triumphal ride through the streets of Rome to go. This was the sixth stage success with which the Slovenian certifies his first Giro d’Italia, a race that he will win as leader from the second day and with a tremendous forcefulness that leaves the second in the general classification almost
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