British rider Oscar Onley (dsm-firmenich PostNL) won Saturday’s fifth stage of the Tour Down Under 2024, the final day with a finish on the famous hill of Willunga. The hilly day was 129.3 kilometers long. The young English talent, 21 years old, was the strongest on the final climb, defeating his compatriot Stephen Williams (Israel – Premier Tech) and Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez (INEOS Grenadiers), who finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal –
Venezuelan cyclist Luis Mora, of the Ángeles Hernández Foundation team, won Saturday the seventh and penultimate stage of the Tour of Táchira, which continues to be led by Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo, of the Mexican Petrolike. The day consisted of a challenging stretch of 140.9 kilometers that included the Colombian city of Cúcuta, on the border with Venezuela, which today’s winner rode in a time of 3 hours 56 minutes and 34 seconds. After the winner,
19 January, 2024
Isaac del Toro continues to lead the Tour Down Under
The fourth stage of the Santos Tour Down Under 2024 brought a new victory for Sam Welsford (Bora-Hansgrohe). The Australian, who celebrated his birthday in the best way, was the fastest in the sprint, in a 136.2-kilometer fraction disputed between Murray Bridge and Port Elliot. Mexico’s Isaac del Toro (UAE team Emirates) held on to the lead. Welsford, who won his third victory in the Australian round, this time just beat the Eritrean Biniam Girmay
19 January, 2024
Tour of Táchira: Yurgen Ramírez wins in Borotá and Jonathan Caicedo consolidates his leadership
In an upward finish, Yurgen Ramírez (Vnezuela País Futuro) took the victory in the sixth stage of the Tour of Táchira 2004 with the finish in Borotá. The Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo (Team Petrolike – Androni Giocatolli) remains the leader with two days to go. The Venezuelan rider took advantage of his climbing skills and won comfortably ahead of the Colombian Alejandro Osorio (GW Erco Shimano) and the Venezuelan Jimmi Briceño (Trujillo Governorate), second and third
The Altius Awards highlighted the best in Colombian sports in 2023. The cyclist Kevin Quintero was exalted as the athlete of the year. The eleventh edition of this prestigious award was celebrated this Thursday, January 18, with the presence of the best exponents of Colombian Olympic sport from last season, with 19 statuettes that highlighted 14 athletes and other events that marked a year full of sporting achievements. . With the presence of the best
An interesting battle between the climbers took place in the fifth stage of the Tour of Táchira 2024, where the Venezuelan Juan Ruiz (Trujillo Governorate) took victory in La Grita, after traveling 134.4 kilometers starting in La Tendida. Last year’s runner-up surpassed the leader of the race, the Ecuadorian Jonathan Caicedo (Team Petrolike – Androni Giocatolli) and Nelson Camargo (Trujillo Governorate). The best beetle was Edgar Andrés Pinzón from Boyacá (GW Erco Shimano), entering in
Ecuadorian cycling continues to show its references and this January 17, Jonathan Caicedo won the fourth stage of the Tour of Táchira and is ranked as the leader of the general standings defending the colors of the Mexican team Petrolike. Caicedo, with four days remaining that will end on January 21, recovered after having lost time days ago due to mechanical damage and closed today’s stage alone. The Carchense traveled 120.6 kilometers between Tovar and
The great Australian sprinter Sam Welsford (Bora-Hansgrohe) scored an impeccable victory in the third stage of the Tour Down Under 2024, which covered 145.3 kilometers from his departure in Tea Tree Gully, to his arrival in Campbelltown. The Australian, who won his second victory in the Australian round, was the fastest in the sprint, just beating the Italian Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers) and the British Daniel McLay (Arkéa – B&B Hotels), 2nd and 3rd. respectively.
16 January, 2024
Isaac del Toro wins the second stage of the Tour Down Under
The great Mexican talent, Isaac Del Toro, has honored his professional debut with the UAE Team Emirates with a stupendous victory in the second stage of the Tour Down Under 2024. Last year’s Tour de l’Avenir champion managed to surprise a peloton reduced with an attack in the final kilometer on a route of more than 141.6 kilometers between Norwood and Lobethal. The 20-year-old manito rider, who finished third in the criterium prior to the
In a great performance, Fernando Briceño (Team La Guacamaya Indet Trujillo) won the third stage of the Tour of Táchira 2024, after covering a distance of 125.7 kilometers over mostly flat terrain, from San Juan de Colón to La Tendida. The 33-year-old Venezuelan cyclist, who escaped in the early stages of the day, won ahead of his teammate Yorman Fuentes and his compatriot Jesús Goyo (MU Training – País Futuro). “Grateful to all the teammates