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The Costa Rican Cycling Federation (Fecoci) explained that by 2024 they will advance the start date of the 58th Cycling Tour, an event that will take place from December 13 to 22, local media highlighted today. One of the reasons is that the final does not coincide with December 25, to achieve greater participation of foreign teams and riders, they allege. After an in-depth analysis we have decided to bring it forward, in the last

There are so many quality GC contenders in the Grand Tours, but only four of them are capable of attracting public interest to a race on their own. These are the well-known Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel. Not surprisingly, each of the four choose a different path to start the season. Evenepoel will be the first to put on the number, as the Belgian aims to add to his two Volta

2023 is close to ending and one of the most outstanding cyclists in Colombia and America was the double Olympic champion and multiple world medalist, Mariana Pajón, who achieved several achievements during the respective BMX competitions that she competed in. However, in recent days there have been reports of an alleged retirement date that this sports figure would have already defined. And several national media echoed this through some articles and publications that they also

Currently, 18 teams make up the World Tour, the highest cycling category. For 2024 there are striking changes in terms of sponsors, highlighting Jumbo, which is about to make history in 2023. This club became the first to win the three grand tours in the same season and, furthermore, with three different riders: Giro d’Italia with Roglic, Tour de France with Jonas Vingegaard and Vuelta a España with Sepp Kuss. However, as of December 31,

Juan Diego Alba from Boyacá won the title of the Vuelta a Costa Rica 2023, a competition that took place for ten days and ended on December 25, with the partial victory of local rider Gabriel Rojas. The Colombian climber took over the yellow jersey in the eighth stage and defended it without setbacks until La Aurora. The 26-year-old rider from Boyacá, from Movistar Best PC, won his first title in a UCI race. In

The UCI has been waging a war against Tramadol for years. The drug, an opioid analgesic, had been considered prohibited in the context of competitive activities organized by the International Cycling Union (UCI) since 2019. Since then, the substance has been in the sights of scientists and from January 1, 2024, it will become part of the list of prohibited substances by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The war in question seems to have borne fruit:

The ninth stage of the Vuelta a Costa Rica, starting and finishing in Paraíso, became the perfect setting for a cycling party on Christmas Eve, with Sebastián Moya’s attack less than 30 kilometers from the end and the direct duel between the favorites for the title: Juan Diego Alba (Movistar Best PC), Kevin Rivera (7C Economy Lacoinex) and Sergio Arias (Colono Bikestation Kölbi), The members of the red team proposed from the beginning with Jason

The duel of the three cyclocross tenors was left in the hands of Mathieu van der Poel. The world champion had a difficult start at the World Cup in Antwerpen, but he quickly recovered and immediately distanced himself from his rivals. The places of honor were completed by the Belgians Wout van Aert 2nd and Eli Iserbyt 3rd. While the British Tom Pidcock had to settle for 8th place. The organization was honored to welcome

Once again the escape does its thing! This time the Ecuadorian rider Richard Huera (Movistar Best PC) took the victory in the eighth stage of the Tour of Costa Rica 2023, an undulating section of 117.2 kilometers, which took place between Pérez Zeledón and Oreamuno. The South American cyclist emerged victorious, defeating the Costa Rican cyclist Kevin Rivera (7C – Economy – Lacoinex). While Juan Diego Alba (Movistar Best PC) from Boyacá came in 3rd

Comparing the 6 million euros that Tadej Pogacar pockets per season with the 225 million dollars that Al-Nassr of the Saudi Arabian league pays a player already in the twilight of his career like Cristiano Ronaldo may seem obscene. . But the world of cycling has the media impact it has and salaries in line with what the market dictates. In the latest ranking, names like Chris Froome disappear, whose supposed salary with Israel-PremierTech, estimated