Since quarantine and measures of confinement and social isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic came into effect, virtual cycling has become a great alternative to stay in shape while waiting for the epidemic to subside and the asphalt of the routes. may welcome, again, lovers of two wheels.
The roller became the ideal alternative to asphalt. Not only has the demand for cycling equipment to train from home increased, but the use of platforms that measure sports activities is adapting to the new paradigm that was generated with the pandemic.
While normality has not yet returned on our continent, more races are organized in this way every day.
Since last April 19 when Play Sport organized in Mexico the first virtual race that we met in our continent, in that month 8 races were organized (USA, Ecuador, Guatemala and Colombia) completed by the organizing nations.
The benefits of these platforms and what it represents for the motivation of the preparation of our athletes have resulted in so far this May we are already adding more than 45 competitions where stage races are already included (Liga Suramericana Uruguay , Vuelta Venezuela, Rutas México and the Tour of the Gila in the United States), the latter country has also organized several ParaCycling races.
Other nations such as Perú, Canadá and Panamá have also joined the list of organizers.
Below we publish the list of races carried out until yesterday.