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As every year, the Tour Down Under takes place on the roads surrounding the city of Adelaide in a competition that will be disputed in six stages that will take place between Tuesday, January 21 and next Sunday, January 26. After an intense preseason, it’s time to dust off the bibs. Although some minor races have already taken place, now it can be said that a new road cycling season begins with the traditional start

Many years have passed, many laps and kilometers of joys and sufferings until reaching the pinnacle with a title that consecrates him in the Olympus of the champions of the Tour of Táchira. He had been looking for it and there was always some obstacle. Eduin Becerra, from Merida, closes the sports cycle of more than twenty years in cycling with a dreamed trophy that he waited with much patience, and as God’s timing is

In another mountainous finish, Venezuelan Eduin Becerra (Team Trululu Grupo La Guacamaya) won the seventh stage of the Vuelta al Táchira 2025, a 151.4-kilometer fraction that took place between San Rafael del Piñal and Cerro del Cristo Rey. The leader of the competition took the victory ahead of his compatriot Jorge Abreu (Multimarcas MU Training) and the Colombian Camilo Gómez (Selección Colombia), who arrived in the Top 3 of the stage. The overall leader remains

Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz officially announced his participation in the Giro d’Italia 2025, a challenge that will mark his season. Such pronouncement was made at a press conference in Quito, on January 17, 2025. The ‘Locomotora del Carchi’ detailed his plans for the year, highlighting that, before focusing on the ‘Corsa Rosa’, he will participate in other World Tour races and that he still does not rule out his presence in the Tour de France

The second challenge with the high mountains had among its great protagonists the national team of Colombia, integrated by riders of Team GW Erco Shimano, although the triumph smiled for the local Yilber Ramírez, with the second place for Daniel Arroyave in the sixth stage disputed between Tovar and La Grita. The cards were played in the demanding ascent to La Grita, and it was Daniel Arroyave, along with Camilo Gómez and Edgar Pinzón, the

The UCI has a rule that prohibits the use of devices that capture and detect metabolic data during competition as well known by the cyclist Kristen Faulkner who two years ago was disqualified from the Strade Bianche for using a glucose sensor. Something that is now going to change with a small addition to the UCI regulations. Until now, the use of all these sensors was forbidden in competition according to rule 1.3.006 bis that

In a mountainous finish, Ángel Rivas (Team Trululu Grupo La Guacamaya) let all his rivals go and won the fifth stage of the Tour of Táchira 2025. The Venezuelan, who entered the finish line alone, won the stage after 162.9 kilometers between La Fría and Mérida. The experienced rider, 35 years old, was the strongest on the final climb to take a great victory, ahead of his teammates Roniel Campos and Eduin Becerra 2nd and

Candidates for election taking place at the 2025 COPACI Congress The Electoral Monitoring Committee has received the candidacies of candidates standing election at the 2025 COPACI Congress on 25 February 2025. Subject to possible complaints to be resolved in the course of this electoral process, the Electoral Monitoring Committee decided that the following candidates are declared eligible for the following positions: President – Juan Esteban Curuchet (ARG) Male – Jose Manuel Pelaez (CUB) Male Area

A great battle was lived in the fourth day of the Tour of Táchira 2025, which left as winner Gabriel Mendoza (Lotería del Táchira). The Venezuelan took the victory, after riding 113.1 kilometers between Hacienda Los Almendros and San Cristóbal, which ended in slightly undulating terrain. The 28-year-old rider was the strongest in the final part to take a great victory, in the hot fraction, ahead of his compatriots Alan López (Alicanto Group Kino Táchira)

In a finish for sprinters, Arlex Méndez (Alicanto Group Kino Táchira) was victorious in the third stage of the Tour of Táchira 2025, after riding 136 kilometers between Santa Bárbara de Barinas and Ciudad Bolivia. His compatriot Jhonny Araujo (Gobernación de Trujillo) maintained the leadership of the race. The young Venezuelan won the duel with his countrymen Breinner Camargo (Politachira Heidy Lee Sport) and the leader Jhonny Araujo (Gobernación de Trujillo), who came second and