After two Colombian victories, the Ecuadorian Byron Guamá ended the hegemony of the scarabajos and won the third stage of the Vuelta a Guatemala 2024. The experienced Ecuadorian Movistar Best PC rider was the strongest of the breakaway and won the stage, after riding 113.5 kilometers between Ciudad Vieja and Santa Lucia. The South American rider, who achieved his ninth victory in the history of the Guatemalan round, beat Costa Rican Daniel Bonilla (Team Colono
In another mountainous finish, Róbinson López (GW Erco Shimano) won the second stage of the Tour of Guatemala 2024. Saturday’s route included a very hard ride from Jutiapa to Fraijanes, with 135 kilometers of route, which included seven mountain prizes. The 26-year-old Beetle overcame the Guatemalan Mardoqueo Vásquez of Hino-One-La Red-Suzuki and the Ecuadorian Bryan Obando (Movistar Best PC), who came second and third, respectively. Kilometer by kilometer, the national and international cyclists left their
25 October, 2024
Colombian David Gonzalez surprises and is the first leader of the Tour of Guatemala 2024
In a very demanding finish, David González (Team Medellín-EPM) won the first stage and became the first leader of the Vuelta a Guatemala 2024. The route of the inaugural day included a very hard journey from Punila to Jutiapa, with 157 kilometers of route, which included four mountain prizes. The young rider from Bogota, who achieved his second victory of the season after winning the Vuelta a Venezuela, beat the Mexican Efrén Santos (Canel’s –
24 October, 2024
Tour of Guatemala 2024: List with 19 teams and 114 cyclists
Finally the wait is over, the 63rd edition of the Tour of Guatemala will start this October 25 to thrill millions of people, cycling lovers who year after year eagerly await this event that is already a custom in our country. In the midst of a party that will last until November 3, cyclists from various parts of the continent will gather in Guatemala to compete in a new edition of the multicolored tour, which
Ecuadorian Esther Galarza became the first champion of a Women’s Tour of Costa Rica, while Colombian Lina María Rojas won the last stage and rounded off the performance of the Mexican team Pato Bike BMC Team-Strongman, which gave no chance to its rivals and won three of the four stages. The final podium left Galarza at the top, who was also champion of the mountain prizes. The Ecuadorian was escorted by Guatemalan Gabriela Soto (Macizo
20 October, 2024
American Neilson Powless repeats victory in the Japan Cup 2024
He who is a gentleman repeats! Neilson Powless won the Japan Cup for the second time in his career. The American from EF Education-EasyPost was the strongest of the breakaway and took another victory of the season after 144.2 kilometers in the city of Utsunomiya. The podium of the important Japanese one-day race was completed by Belgian Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) and Slovenian Matej Mohoric (Bahrain – Victorious), who took 2nd and 3rd place,
19 October, 2024
Movistar Team calls to its ranks the Ecuadorian Jefferson Cepeda
It was known and now it’s official: Jefferson Cepeda is a new Movistar Team rider. The Ecuadorian rider has signed for two seasons with Movistar Team after having performed at a high level the last few seasons with Caja Rural. This is the fifth signing of the team sponsored by Telefónica. Born in Quito in 1996, he comes from a great year 2024, the best of his professional career, finishing fourth in O Gran Camiño
18 October, 2024
Pro team investigated by UCI for using counterfeit bikes
The British continental team Saint Piran has had to admit that it used in some races during the 2022 season generic Chinese bikes that did not have any type of UCI homologation for use in competition, an aspect that the team avoided by applying false homologation stickers to those bikes. The British team has explained that in order to do so without causing the suspicion of the judges, it falsified the identifying logo that all
The organizers of the Volta a Catalunya have announced another high finish for the 2025 edition of the race. It is the mountain of Montserrat, which will witness a finish for the third time in its history after those of 1960 and 1995 in the celebration of the Millennium of the Monastery. This will be one of the most emblematic stages in the history of the Catalan race, one of the most prestigious in Spain
Just a few weeks ago, during the Road World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, Mauricio Vargas, President of the Colombian Cycling Federation, received for his high contributions to world cycling the UCI symbol necklace from David Lappartient, head of the International Cycling Union, while José Peláez, President of COPACI, presented him with a parchment. Lappartient spoke to the audience accepting his “poor knowledge of the Spanish language”, but said that “In this case it is about