The Vuelta a Colombia Femenina 2025 consolidates itself as one of the most important cycling events of the continent with the confirmation of seven international teams, which will compete alongside the best national squads from June 10 to 15.
The tenth edition of the most important women’s race of the season in the national calendar will bring together riders from 11 countries in the international field: Ecuador, Mexico, United States, Bolivia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Indonesia and Colombia, demonstrating the growth and global projection of the event ==.
The international teams that will be at the starting line are:
Patobike BMC (Mexico) – The Mexican team, team champion in the 2024 edition, will be led by Colombian Karen Lorena Villamizar, national runner-up in the time trial and who this season achieved fourth place overall in the Tour de Gila, and seventh place in the Tour El Salvador.
Along with Villamizar will be the Ecuadorian Esther Galarza, national runner-up in the road race and who won the third stage last year (which ended in Minca), which allowed her to be provisional leader of the race. Also present will be Colombians Jessica Parra and Milena Salcedo, and Mexicans Andrea Ramirez and Jessica Bonilla.
Orion Racing (United States) – The U.S. team, which will make its debut in the race, will have six American riders on its roster, including Aria Mundy, sixth overall in the Tour de Gila 2025. Mundy will be joined by Cheyenne Noble, Olivia Bettie, Hayley Wickstrom, Anna Dorovskikh and Stefanie Young.
Sahand Pump Crown Tabriz (Iran) – The Iranian continental team, with Asian presence, will seek to make its mark in the Colombian mountains in its debut, with a roster composed of Kazakhstan’s Ossim Akpiel and Faina Potacova; Uzbekistan’s Kakhkhorova Madina; Indonesia’s Evangelina Liontin and Iran’s Asra Bahari and Somayeh Yandani.
Azteca Cycling Team (Mexico) – The Mexican team will be in the race for the second consecutive year, with a squad made up of Costa Rican Sharon Ramirez, and Aztec riders Paola Reyes, Daniela Gonzalez, Vaina Cardenas, Andrea Arzate and Diana Lopez.
Movistar Best PC (Ecuador) – The Ecuadorian team returns to the Vuelta a Colombia Femenina, after its participation in 2022, year in which it achieved tenth place overall with the U-23 rider Ana Vivar. For this edition the team will be formed by Marcela Peñafiel, Ana María Torres, Ana Sol Salgado, Milagros Fuentes, Camila Vega, and Colombian Natalia Carmona.
Pío Rico Cycling Team (Bolivia) – The Bolivian squad, which returns to the race after competing in 2023, promises to give battle in the high mountains, with the team integrated by Sara Torrico, Jimena Cuevas, Abigail Sarabia, and Ecuadorians Daniela Sánchez and Michela Adriana Molina.
Macizo – Banrural (Guatemala) – The Guatemalan team arrives for the first time at the Vuelta Femenina with riders of great experience in the American circuit, such as Miryam Núñez, champion of the race in 2020, and Guatemalan Jasmín Soto, recent Central American champion in road and time trial. The team is completed by Colombian Luisa Naranjo and Anette Saavedra, Guatemalan Lidia Inay and Ecuadorian Carol Masabanda.
The Vuelta a Colombia Femenina 2025 will begin its official activity on Monday, June 9, with the revision of licenses, confirmation of riders and delivery of accreditations, between 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon, at the Convention and Culture Center of Cajicá (located in the Parque la Estación).
At 3:00 p.m. the Technical Congress will be held, while the official presentation of the participating teams will take place at 4:00 p.m., at the same venue.
The Vuelta a Colombia Femenina, one of the most important competitions for women in Latin America, will have six stages that will cross the departments of Cundinamarca, Tolima, Quindío, Valle del Cauca, Caldas and Risaralda, to complete 636.1 kilometers of route.
STAGE 1 (June 10th): Cajicá – Girardot (Cundinamarca)
– Cajicá – Chía – Cota – Funza – Mosquera – La Mesa – Anapoima – Apulo – Tocaima – Girardot
– Distance: 143.8 km
STAGE 2 (June 11): Girardot – Alto La Línea (Cundinamarca-Tolima)
– Girardot – Flandes – Variante – Alto Gualanday – Variante Ibagué – Cajamarca – Alto La Línea
– Distance: 114.8 km
STAGE 3 (June 12): Armenia – Buga (Quindío-Valle)
– Armenia – La Tebaida – Quebrada Nueva – La Paila – Andalucía – Tuluá – Buga
– Distance: 114.1 km
STAGE 4 (June 13): Andalucía – Santuario (Valle-Risaralda)
– Andalucía – Uribe – La Paila – Obando – Cartago – Cerrito – La Virginia – Santuario
– Distance: 132.9 km
STAGE 5 (June 14): CRI Chinchiná – Manizales (Caldas)
– Chinchiná – La Siria – La Violeta – Uribe – Manizales
– Distance: 22.4 km
STAGE 6 (June 15): Manizales – Pereira (Caldas-Risaralda)
– Manizales – Chinchiná By-pass – Santa Rosa de Cabal – Cartago – Return – Pereira
– Distance: 108.1 km
Source: With information from Fedeciclismo