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In an exciting finish, Bryan Salas (Team Costa Frut-Go Rigo Go), champion of the Vuelta a Nicaragua just a few weeks ago, won the fourth stage of the Vuelta a Costa Rica 2023, an undulating section of 172.2 kilometers between Liberia and Naranjo. The Colombian Juan Diego Alba (Movistar Best PC), with a great performance, finished 2nd. The Costa Rican cyclist took the victory ahead of the Colombian climber Juan Diego Alba (Movistar Best PC)

British cyclist Mark Cavendish, a rider who has the most victories on the list of active professional cyclists with 165 wins, is the first star confirmed for the fourth edition of the Tour Colombia 2.1, which will be held from February 6 to 11. 2024, between the departments of Boyacá and Cundinamarca. Cavendish (May 21, 1985), who has 34 stage victories in the Tour de France, 17 in the Giro d’Italia and three in the

The 7C Economy Lacoinex team was forceful in the team time trial of the Tour of Costa Rica, held this Monday between Bagaces, Liberia and Curubandé over 41.2 kilometers, stopping the timer at 52 minutes and 19 seconds, which ratified the leadership of Donovan Ramírez. The current national champion of the specialty spared no effort to impose time on his opponents, beating the Colono Bikestation Kölbi by 1 minute and 10 seconds and the Movistar

The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar will compete in the 2024 Giro d’Italia. The transalpine race itself has announced it through its social networks. The UAE Team Emirates rider will thus completely change his own campaign to try to win the pink jersey. In an unexpected change of events, the Corsa Rosa has announced news that, without a doubt, will change the development of the 2024 cycling season. Pogacar, after two years finishing second in the Tour

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

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

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),

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,

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

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.