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Advances in the technologies used in road cycling tend to be very subtle from year to year, and it is only when several years have passed and we look back that we become aware of how much bikes have changed. Looking ahead to 2025 there are several trends that we could see if we look at what manufacturers have been presenting in the final part of the year. The road bike market seems to follow

Ecuadorian Jhonatan Narvaez has shown a clear evolution in recent years at INEOS Grenadiers and has become a quality puncheur, beating Tadej Pogacar outright in the opening stage of this year’s Giro d’Italia. However, now with UAE Team Emirates XRG he hopes to gain freedom in the cobbled classics and battle with the likes of Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert. “I would like to win more and I dream of winning a

Cycling stole the show on the fourth day of the Cali Fair, where Santiago Buitrago and Diana Peñuela were victorious in the cycling circuit that was disputed through the streets of the capital of Valle del Cauca, in an event called Cali Grand Prix 2024 and organized by the Jarlinson Pantano Foundation. The Bogota-born cyclist won in the elite category and succeeded Sergio Higuita, winner of the last edition in 2021. In second position came

The 193rd Congress of the International Cycling Union (UCI), held in September of this year 2024 in Zurich, Switzerland, defined the next venues of the 16 world championships from 2025 to 2030, in which America will have a leading role with Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, chosen to host the universal track event for juniors in 2028. The Congress brought together representatives of 119 UCI member National Federations from the five continents, who were able to

At the beginning of December, Remco Evenepoel suffered a bad accident while training. The Belgian set off all the alarm bells after crashing into the open door of a postal truck. The injuries sustained in the crash have left the Soudal Quick-Step star out for several months. Recently, Evenepoel has spoken about his recovery. The double Olympic champion has definitively confirmed his absence from the Giro d’Italia 2025. He has also revealed the race in

The ever-widening gap between the super teams that dominate the peloton and hoard the best riders and the large middle class who have to make do with the crumbs they leave behind continues to draw criticism. Inequality continues to grow in cycling. We see it with mega-structures such as UAE Team Emirates-XRG, Visma-Lease a Bike or Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe that, at the stroke of a cheque, no longer hoard the best riders in the world, making

The announcement of the route of the Vuelta a España 2025 has been on everyone’s lips in recent days. Since the 21 stages were presented, opinions about it have multiplied, especially with a certain favoritism towards Tadej Pogacar. In fact, the figure of Javier Guillén, director of La Vuelta, has been criticized more than praised. The main reason for these criticisms revolves around the idea that it will be a “monotonous” race, clearly oriented towards

In a new exhibition, Mathieu van der Poel has just taken an overwhelming victory at the CX World Cup in Zonhoven. In the women’s race, his teammate Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado took the win with a decisive attack. The CX World Cup in Zonhoven brought the expected debut of Mathieu van der Poel in the cyclocross season. A race that was expected to be exciting due to the toughness of the course, but in which

The 7C Economy rider from Palmares, Luis Daniel Oses, was crowned champion this Sunday, December 22 of the Tour of Costa Rica Telecable 2024 with a time of 36:27:15 after ten stages that took place in the seven provinces of the country since Friday, December 13. Oses took the lead from the second day of competition and held throughout the race the leader’s jersey that made him this Sunday the first Costa Rican champion of

The ninth stage of the Tour of Costa Rica 2024 was won by Santiago Montenegro (Movistar Best PC). The Ecuadorian was the strongest of the breakaway and achieved the victory, after riding 106.8 kilometers around Naranjo. The 26-year-old South American rider, who achieved his first victory of the year, won the duel with Guatemalan Sergio Chumil (Guatemala National Team), who came in second with the same time as the winner. Daniel Bonilla, from Colono Bikestation