The third segment of the Tour of Nicaragua featured Costa Rican Bryan Salas (Real Estelí), who won a stage contested between the American Embassy and El Crucero on a 132-kilometer route; while the Colombian Carlos Andrés Romero (Team Kilos) went on to command the individual overall. In an undulating day full of emotions, the Tico cyclist took the victory after winning head-to-head with Carlos Andrés Romero, who with his second place took the lead from
1 December, 2023
First teams confirmed for the New York Grand Prix
That New York will host a race on the International Cycling Union calendar will no longer be a dream, but a reality. The Big Apple will experience one of the most spectacular days on May 19, 2024 with the celebration of the New York City Grand Prix, category 1.2 of the UCI. Race organizer Uli Fluhme has revealed the first teams confirmed to take part in the big ‘Big Apple’ race and has sidestepped the
30 November, 2023
Néstor Rueda surprises the leader and wins the second stage of the Tour of Nicaragua
True to his style, Néstor Rueda (Team Edasa) won the second stage of the Tour of Nicaragua 2023 in a sprint. The rider from Zapatoca, Santander, surprised the Team Kilos riders in the last meters, taking a great victory. On another flat day, the Colombian runner took victory, after traveling 138 kilometers between Managua and the City of León. The Nicaraguan Argenis Vanegas of Team Kilos retained the lead of the race for a few
30 November, 2023
Tour de France reveals first three stages of 2025
The Tour de France has revealed this Thursday the route of the first stages of its 2025 edition on the occasion of the grand start of the Tour that will take place in the French city of Lille. The first stage will have a route of 185 kilometers starting and finishing in Lille-Métropole on a route with three hills, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Cassel and Mont Noir, but which will not prevent the stage and the first yellow
29 November, 2023
Argenis Vanegas starts with victory in the Tour of Nicaragua
In a final for sprinters, local runner Argenis Vanegas, from the Team Kilos team, was a prophet in his homeland by winning the first stage of the Tour of Nicaragua 2023, after traveling 145 kilometers around the municipality of Tipitapa, in the department of Managua. In the opening section of the Nicaraguan round, Team Kilos dominated by occupying the first four positions, among them the Colombian Carlos Andrés Romero, who finished in third position. At
29 November, 2023
Why hasn’t cyclocross caught on worldwide?
Cyclocross, that discipline that cyclists have used for decades to maintain their competitive activity during the winter and that in Belgium and the Netherlands acquires a true sporting entity, becoming almost a religion, outside of there does not seem to have the same impact. Despite the efforts of the International Cycling Union (UCI) to internationalize the discipline and that the World Cup events have good crowd numbers wherever they are held. A growth that has
The Colombian Nairo Quintana will ride for the first time in a team since the 2022 Tour de France and it will be in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2024 with Movistar Team, which will mean the return to competition in Spain, on roads where he has had success in the past. Quintana has ridden for Movistar from 2012 to 2019 and among his many victories is the general classification in the 2017 edition.
28 November, 2023
The Tour of Costa Rica 2023 confirms six countries and 10 stages
On Saturday, December 16, the 57th edition of the Vuelta Costa Rica Telecable 2023 will begin, the highest event in Costa Rican cycling for which teams from six countries have confirmed and which will have 10 stages, a total of 1,170 kilometers and will pass through six provinces of the national territory. As a striking aspect, in a statement to the press, the Costa Rican Cycling Federation (FECOCI) highlighted that this year the return will
27 November, 2023
Mariana Pajón ends her season and will prepare for Paris 2024
The bicycle rider Mariana Pajón is a world figure and everything that happens with her is news. The multiple champion won gold this weekend for Antioquia in the BMX time trial of the Colombian National Games, which are being held in the coffee region. That medal for Mariana and her department was much more than valuable; and she gained more strength because of the conditions in which she ran. Pajón, along with her team, made
27 November, 2023
World Tour cyclists’ minimum salaries rise
The International Cycling Union (UCI) continues to take advantage of this end of the season to make revisions to its rules and regulations. If a few days ago it updated the sanctions for infractions in the race, now the turn has come to the salaries received by cyclists belonging to World Tour teams, after the three-way agreement with the Association of Professional Cyclists and the International Team Association. Following negotiations between the UCI and representatives