What a surprise! The first stage of the Giro d’Italia 2024 was not won by Tadej Pogacar, but by Jhonatan Narvaez. The Ecuadorian was the only cyclist able to follow the Slovenian on the steep wall of San Vito and then beat him in a sprint, after 140 kilometers between Venaria Reale and Torino. The South American rider of Ineos Grenadiers kept his cool in the final bunch, reacted to Pogacar’s attack and managed to
The Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo (Petrolike) won Saturday the fourth stage and kept the yellow leader’s jersey, so he is one step away from becoming the champion of the Vuelta Ciclística Bantrab in Guatemala. The South American faced the difficult 105 kilometers, between the municipalities of Catarina and San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta, in the department of San Marcos, with enough power to prevent any new strategy of the army of more than 30 Colombians.
The third stage of the Vuelta a Bantrab 2024 was disputed and the Colombian beetles continue giving something to talk about in Guatemalan territory. This time the victory went to Rodrigo Contreras (Nu Colombia), after riding 101.8 kilometers between Momostenango and San Pedro Sacatepéquez. Contreras was the strongest in the final part and took the victory ahead of the solid leader, Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo (Forte Petrolike – Androni Giocattoli) and Javier Jamaica (Team Medellín-EPM), who
In an uphill finish, the Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo (Forte Petrolike – Androni Giocattoli) took the victory in the second fraction, after 173.5 kilometers between San Lucas Sacatepéquez and Totonicapán. In the final kilometers, Daniel Méndez (Nu Colombia) was crossed by a person, which caused him to fall and prevented him from reaching the lead. The experienced South American rider, 31 years old, was the strongest in the final part and crossed the finish line first,
It is undoubtedly the most spectacular and advanced bike to be seen on the velodrome boards. The Hope HB.T of British Cycling’s Olympic track team has just been presented in the definitive version that will be used by the British cyclists at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, a machine that leaves no one indifferent. The new version of the Hope HB.T, in which they have counted, once again, with the intimate collaboration with Lotus,
30 April, 2024
From climate to artificial intelligence, the IOC is already thinking about the Olympic Games of the future
To adapt to environmental and technological challenges, the president of the International Olympic Committee does not rule out new scenarios, such as a Games in autumn (boreal), using artificial intelligence against doping or including eSports in the Olympic program. “We have never been so keen to organize the Games, twelve, sometimes 16 years in advance,” said Thomas Bach in an interview with the French AFP Agency, despite uncertainties about the biggest planetary sporting event beyond
29 April, 2024
Bronze for Sharyd Fayad in closing of the BMX World Cups
In Tulsa (United States), the sixth and last round of the BMX World Cups of the 2024 season was held on Sunday, where the most outstanding Colombian was Sharyd Fayad, third in the U23 category. In the sum of points after six stops, Carlos Ramirez and Mariana Pajon were the best Latinos. On Sunday in Tulsa (Oklahoma, United States), the sixth and last round of the BMX 2024 World Cup was held, a series of
The Tour de Romandie 2024 came to an end and Carlos Rodriguez of INEOS Grenadiers took the title after defending the lead in the final stage of 150.8 kilometers around the town of Vernier. The Spanish climber climbed to the top of the podium with Russia’s Aleksandr Vlasov and Germany’s Florian Lipowitz, both of BORA-hansgrohe. While Colombian Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) closed the top 10. As for the rest of the Colombian riders, Iván Ramiro
28 April, 2024
Frank van den Broek is Tour of Turkey champion
The eighth and last stage of the Tour of Turkey 2024 to be held in Istanbul ended neutralized due to bad weather conditions, so Frank van den Broek (DSM-Firmenich) was crowned champion and became the first Dutchman to win the Turkish round. The last day could not be disputed because a few minutes after the start, due to the state of the road because of the rain. The organization decided to neutralize the stage with
28 April, 2024
Mexican Isaac del Toro won the Vuelta a Asturias title
Mexican cyclist Isaac del Toro was crowned Sunday as champion of the 66th Vuelta a Asturias 2024, in a final stage that went from Benia de Onís and was won by his teammate, New Zealander Finn Fisher-Black (UAE Team Emirates). The last stage of the Vuelta a Asturias -the shortest of the three with 140 kilometers-, started with a breakaway of up to five riders, in which there were four Spaniards Txomin Juaristi (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Hugo