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With his victory this Sunday in the second stage, held over 160.5 kilometers between the district of Cañas and the city of Liberia, Donovan Ramírez (7C – Economy – Lacoinex) became the new leader of the Tour of Costa Rica. The Costa Rican Ramírez, who marked the difference over the favorites in the final 12 kilometers, surpassed by a few seconds his compatriot Luis Esteban Murillo (CMC-Prefabricados San Carlos) and the Guatemalan José David Canastuj
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The director of the Bogotá Sports Institute, Blanca Durán, announced in the RCN Antena 2 Sports Center program, the award to build a new velodrome for the capital of the republic that must be delivered at the end of 2025. The work will begin in the first months of next 2024 and will be located in the populous town of Kennedy, next to a high-performance center and more precisely in the so-called Gibraltar Park, with
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This Saturday, Costa Rican Pablo Luis Mudarra (BCT – Arroz Ezio – Team Montoya) was the winner of the first stage of the Vuelta a Costa Rica 2023, which was held between the province of Heredia and the district of Cañas over a distance of 151, 5 kilometers. In the end, Mudarra was the strongest in the break ahead of his compatriots: Sergio Arias (Colono Bikestation Kölbi) and Francisco Rojas (7C – Economy – Lacoinex),
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The UCI (International Cycling Union) announced the World Tour competition calendar for 2024, which will be similar to what has been carried out in recent seasons, although the big modification will be the holding of the Paris Olympic Games. As usual, within the competitions there will be three three-week races: Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España. In addition to the five monuments of one day: Milan – San Remo, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Paris Roubaix,
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Ahead of the 2024 season, the UCI has announced plans to crack down on riders’ brake lever positions. Aiming inwards to gain aerodynamics will be much more regulated. “Placing the levers with an extreme inclination limits the braking capacity of cyclists and constitutes a modification of the product beyond its intended use,” explains the UCI in a statement. “This type of placement will be restricted in 2024. In 2025, a new regulation will come into
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Lance Armstrong, once known as one of the all-time cycling greats, has seen his reputation and prestige in the sport ruined since he finally admitted to taking EPO when he was in his prime to win the Tour de France. France. But how did the American get away with it for so long? Armstrong has recently opened up about doping and his drug use. He did it on the Club Random podcast with Bill Maher.
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The WorldTour teams continue to prepare everything for the next season and the presentation of their uniforms is one of the most anticipated moments for the followers of these international cycling squads. Precisely, this Wednesday, December 13, it was the turn of the Ineos Grenadiers team, which unveiled its new sports clothing through a video that it published on its social networks and that has the Colombian Egan Bernal as one of its protagonists. “Ineos
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The Aztec squad of Canel’s Pro Cycling declined to attend the Vuelta Costa Rica, as reported by the Costa Rican Cycling Federation (FECOCI), which continues to finalize the details for the contest that will begin on December 16 until the 25th. As learned, the Aztec team told the organizers that three of their main climbers are not in good health and do not have more runners ready for the return. Oscar Herrero, vice president of
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The formidable Colombian road racer, Miguel Ángel “Supermán” López, who is provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI), was surprised on his vacation with an anti-doping control in Disney, United States, at the hotel where he is staying with his family . The rider from Boyacá told what happened, because the officials of the International Cycling Union (UCI) looked for him to take a doping control test without prior notice. The beetle reacted to
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This Tuesday, Paris-Nice presented its route for the 2024 edition (March 3-10) on a route that becomes more relevant if possible since the next Tour de France will pass through several sections that are part of the route of ‘The Race of the Sol’ on the way to the grand finale in Nice. The Paris-Nice 2024 will begin with a stage with several elevations in the 157.7 kilometers of route starting and finishing in Les
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