18 November, 2023
The UCI considers changing Paris-Roubaix and Flanders to October
The president of the International Cycling Union, David Lappartient, confirms that he agrees with the proposals of the One Cycling reform project that would bring international cycling a major reorganization of the WorldTour calendar. One of the main changes would be the celebration of Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders in the month of October, as was done in 2021. “The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to reorganize the calendar. The audiences were fantastic,” he commented
Each cyclist can choose his or her racing schedule depending on whether it best suits the route, if it is best suited to prepare for the following tests, or because he believes he has a chance to do well. But, logically, you can’t always choose which races you can compete in and which ones you can’t. The Belgian cyclocross and road cyclist, Thibau Nys decided not to compete in the Cyclocross World Cup in Dendermonde
16 November, 2023
The 2025 Tour de France will start from Lille
The organization of the Tour de France announced that Lille, the city in the north of France, will host the grand start in 2025 after four years, after the starts in 2022 in Copenhagen, in 2023 in Bilbao and with the start confirmed in Florence in 2024. Lille will be a major start of the Tour for the third time after the city hosted the starts of the French round in its 1960 and 1994
16 November, 2023
UCI sends Olympic Confirmation statement to FEPACI and the Panamanian Olympic Committee
This November 15, the International Cycling Union confirmed the countries that entered the Paris 2024 Olympic Games by World Ranking, in the sum of UCI points obtained during the 2023 season. Peter Van den Avele, UCI Road Director, informed the President of the Panamanian Cycling Federation, Vicente Carretero, of the quota achieved by the Panamanian team and the Country Project Panama is Culture and Continental Values, which makes it the only Panama’s sports team to
15 November, 2023
Giro d’Italia 2024 presented: reactions and stages
For the fourth time in history, the Giro d’Italia will start from Piedmont. This will happen on Saturday, May 4, 2024, with the departure of Venaria Reale l passing through the Superga hill 75 years after the Grande Torino tragedy. This was announced at the long-awaited presentation of the 2024 Giro d’Italia route (May 4 to 26). The 107th edition of the Corsa Rosa will have more than 3,200 kilometers and almost 43,000 meters of
15 November, 2023
Mordoqueo Vásquez favorite for the 62nd Cycling Tour of Guatemala
Local Mardoqueo Vázquez appears today as the wide favorite among 114 riders from 14 national and five foreign teams to take victory in the 62nd Vuelta Ciclística a Guatemala, scheduled between November 17 and 26. In the long-awaited sports festival, scheduled from tomorrow until the 26th, the 2020 and 2022 champion will seek to win the individual general classification for the third time, although his countryman Manuel Rodas returns, another key card. Vázquez, 28 years
14 November, 2023
What is the best time to train cycling? Afternoon or tomorrow?
There is no consensus on what is the best time to train or whether it is preferable to train in the morning or afternoon. In most cases, preferences are given by the customs of each person imposed by family and work obligations. However, there are differences that can make one time or another more convenient for us, as long as we can choose, of course. Before deciding what is the best time to train cycling,
14 November, 2023
Virtual cycling could be Olympic
The sports director of the International Olympic Committee, Kit McConnell, left the door open to the incorporation of e-sports in future editions of the Games with the argument that they are physical reproductions of existing sports and in cases such as cycling, they are covered by the international federation and they even have their own championships. There is no doubt that the rise of eSports is unstoppable and little by little they are beginning to
13 November, 2023
Total success of the Giro de Rigo 2023 on the roads of Cundinamarca
In its fifth version, the Giro de Rigo 2023 traveled the roads of the department of Cundinamarca, which allowed the nearly 5,300 participants from all over Colombia to get to know the beauty of the Cundinamarca geography. The municipalities of Ricaurte, Girardot, Tocaima, Viotá, El Colegio, La Mesa, Anapoima and Apulo received the competitors and Rigoberto Urán accompanied by his special guests; Jarlinson Pantano, Víctor Hugo Peña, Sergio Luis Henao, Juanma Gárate, Mauricio Soler, Óscar
Nairo Quintana will run another official, professional competition and it will be in mid-November, it is not an exhibition or a grand fund, it is a race where he will represent Boyacá, at least this is confirmed by the organization. This will not be Nairo’s first race with the Movistar Team, that must be taken into account, since his contract comes into effect from January 1, 2024, until December 31 of the same year. But