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In another finish for sprinters, Fabio Jakobsen (Soudal-Quick Step) won the second stage of the Tour of San Juan 2023 in a close sprint, after traveling 206.9 kilometers between Villa San Agustín and San José de Jáchal; while the Irishman Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) saved the lead and continues to command the overall. The 26-year-old Dutch sprinter appeared over the last few meters and crossed the finish line first, with a time of 4:22:23″. Jakobsen surpassed

Sam Bennett (Bora Hansgrohe) won the first stage of the Tour of San Juan 2023 this Sunday, beating Michael Morkov (Quick Step) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Premier Tech) in the final sprint, second and third, respectively, after 143.9 kilometers travel. The Irish rider also kept the leader’s jersey in this way. Bennett, 32, achieved the first victory of the season, the 60th of his personal career and that smile meant his return to success five months

For the first time in his career, the Venezuelan cyclist José Alarcón (Ángeles Hernández Foundation) established himself as champion of the Tour of Táchira 2023, whose version 58 concluded this Sunday with the partial victory of Manuel ‘Gato’ Medina (Pegasus-La Guaira). Alarcón finished this last segment at the JJ Mora Velodrome in San Cristóbal as leader after a stage of 117.3 km and eight days of competition with the positive return to Colombian lands after

In the third consecutive mountainous day, the Venezuelan José Alarcón (Team Fundación Ángeles Hernández Cycling) took the victory of the penultimate stage of the Tour of Táchira 2023, which he won alone after a fraction of 137 kilometers, which had passage through territory Colombian, starting in Ureña and ending in the famous Cerro del Cristo Rey. The renowned Venezuelan rider took the victory ahead of his compatriot Yimmi Briceño (Gobernación de Trujillo) and the Colombian

This Saturday the third and final stages of the Vueltas a San Juan were lived in the Women’s and Junior categories, which left the triumphs in the general classification to Magali Balmaceda and Fabrizzio Crozzolo, respectively. In a tremendous comeback after a fall and riding injured, the San Juan cyclist Magali Balmaceda was able to recover enough time to become the women’s Vuelta a San Juan champion in what was a very close competition in

The Venezuelan cyclist Yonder Godoy achieved victory today in the queen stage of the 58th edition of the Tour of Táchira, in a day of 132.5 kilometers with the mountain as the main protagonist, since the caravan started from La Fría (127 m .) and ended at Casa del Padre (2,320 m.). With a time of 3 hours and 58 minutes, Godoy won the climb to Casa del Padre (1st Category Award with 24.2 km

With great popular support and before the expected 39th edition of the Vuelta a San Juan, this Friday the second phase of the women’s and junior contest took place in San Juan territory, won by Mercedes Fadiga and Román Gorocito, respectively. Mercedes “Mechi” Fadiga (Ladies Power) was left with an exhausting stage in which a lot of wind prevailed. However, the young rider was able to succeed and climb to the top of the podium,

The Venezuelan athlete José Alarcón, from the Fundación Ángeles Hernández team, comfortably won the fifth stage of the Vuelta al Táchira by Bicycle this Thursday and became the general leader of the race after overcoming the demanding mountain day between the towns of La Tendida and La Grita (Táchira). Alarcón, who defeated his compatriot Juan Ruiz (Government of Trujillo), covered 134.4 kilometers and more than 2,200 meters of accumulated positive elevation gain, which was his

The British team Ineos Grenadiers is already in Argentine territory ready to start its participation in the International Tour of San Juan, a world-class race on the UCI cycling calendar in America with seven top-class teams. The English squad goes with a South American quartet made up of three Colombians: Egan Bernal, Daniel Felipe Martínez and Brandon Rivera, as well as the Ecuadorian Jhonnatan Narváez. The list is completed by the Italians Filippo Ganna and

A great battle took place on the fourth day of the Vuelta al Táchira 2023, which left Yonathan Miguel Eugenio (Cycling from Politachira) as the winner. The Venezuelan, who has been running in Colombia for several years, took the victory, after traveling 133.1 kilometers between the towns of Lagunilla and Mérida, which ended up in a bumpy terrain. The young 24-year-old rider was the strongest in the final ascent to take a great victory, in