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Panama City.- The road test for juniors, in the men’s sector, classified as one of the most exciting competitions of the Pan American Cycling Championship, as it had a bit of everything: leaks, jerks, strenuous route and a final decided by photofinish , in which the Ecuadorian Kevin Navas hung the gold, escorted by the Colombian Juan David Urán and the Cuban Carlos Daniel Montes de Oca. The 115.2-kilometer route through the Corredor del Norte

Panama City.- The last name Londoño was once again the protagonist in the Pan American Road Championship, only this time the roles of the time trial, junior category, were reversed, and Angie surpassed Juliana in the road test, held over 64 kilometers in a circuit that continues to punish the riders for the constant swings. This time Angie climbed to the top of the podium with a sprint that she won in the last meters,

Panama City.- More than 55 years ago, Héctor Fermín Marcos Gutiérrez made a transcendental decision. He went from third baseman in the Cabaiguán baseball team to a cyclist by mistake. After his retirement as a cyclist in 1980 he would coach future sprinters for a year, but would then entrust all his talents to the studio to become International Commissioner in 1989. For this complex and magical work of enforcing with excellence what is established

Panama City.- The President of the International Cycling Union (UCI), David Lappartient, led the Exchange Platform carried out by specialists from the sports entity that he directs for federations and coaches of the national federations of Latin America, as part of the Pan American Championship of Road Cycling, which is held in this city until Sunday April 23. The topics on this occasion revolved around online registration (Data Ride), safety on race routes, the UCI

Panama City.- If someone wanted a better ending for the time trials of the Pan American Cycling Championship, they found it on the second date of the event, when the Colombian Walter Vargas beat him by a second! to his teammate Miguel Ángel “Supermán” López, the most followed figure in this fair, who will surely never forget this April 19, 2023. Divided into two sleeves by the number of riders and the length of the

Panama City.- In a Constituent General Assembly, chaired by David Lappartient, head of the International Cycling Union (UCI), the Iberian Cycling Union was formally constituted on April 18, headed by the Cuban José Manuel Peláez, current president as well as the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI). The new sports entity brings together all the Ibero-American countries of Iberian origin, and the Spanish or Portuguese-speaking African and Asian nations affiliated with the UCI, which currently number

Panama City.- The 37th Pan American road cycling championship opened this April 18 for the first time in Central America. But one of the most iconic figures of the contest since her first gold medal in 2006, the American Amber Neben, arrived smiling and ready to continue making history for her at her 48th birthday, on February 15. It is said easy, but pedaling at that age and especially after almost 30 years of her

Panama City.- The Colombians Juliana Londoño and Robinson Rincón were the first winners of the Pan American Road Cycling Championship. From their junior category they had to resist intense sun, quite strong wind and a beautiful circuit, but hard and full of ups and downs on the Gonzalillo – Pedregal Highway (Vía Panamá Norte). However, none of that daunted them. Juliana contributed the first gold for her nation by covering the 12.8 kilometers of the

Panama City.- With his leisurely walk and wrapped in the gray hairs of wisdom and experience, the Cuban José Manuel Peláez is the head of the Pan American Road Cycling Championship, which from April 18 to 23 arrives for the first time in a Central American nation. He is seen in the corridors of the El Panama hotel talking with federations, coaches and riders. In this 37th edition there are several particularities and novelties, but

Panama.- With a call for the Pan American Road Championship to serve to unite our national federations in pursuit of a stronger cycling in America, José Peláez, President of the Pan American Cycling Confederation (COPACI), left open the Technical Congress of the competition on Panamanian soil, where 320 cyclists from 31 countries arrived. The nations that have already registered at least one name to participate in any of the events called are Anguilla, Argentina, Aruba,