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CHONCHI, CHILE. The more than one hundred cyclists, national and international, who are disputing points to qualify for the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 have already covered 359 kilometers. After two consecutive days getting the second place, Pablo Alarcón managed to be the best of the day, after beating the Spanish-Colombian cyclist, Óscar Sevilla. With the results of the third stage, the general table of the Vuelta a Chiloé is led by Sevilla, with a

HOLGUÍN, CUBA. The Spiritist Carlos Álvarez starred here today his best historical performance and not only conquered the difficult stretch from Santiago de Cuba to the City of Parks, but jumped from the 16th place to the first in the VI Clásico de Ciclismo Baracoa-La Habana. With about five kilometers from the expected 142.4, did not hesitate to get away from the leading lot, consisting of about 30 runners, to reach only the goal located

ROME. In welcoming the participants in the Annual Congress of the European Cycling Union, which welcomes the Assembly of the African Cycling Confederation, Pope Francis expressed his pleasure at this meeting. First of all, I would like to thank the words of Mr. David Lappartient, President of the International Cycling Union. And he stressed that the relationship between the Church and sport has a long history that, over time, has been increasingly consolidated because sports

MONTEVIDEO. After 2 hours 43 minutes 53 seconds of the race, Fernando Méndez, from Ciudad del Plata, won the first stage of today’s stage. It was the fastest in the packaging where the checkered flag was lowered after the 110 kilometers of competition between Pueblo Peralta and Durazno. Behind him came Jorge Rodríguez, from the Youth of Las Piedras, and third was Matías Presa, from Cerro Largo. In the fifth place came the leader of

ACHAO, CHILE. From the Church of Curaco de Vélez, the more than 100 athletes started the second stage of the Vuelta a Chiloé, which took them to travel 117 kilometers to Achao, passing three times through the Ascent of the Salmons, almost two kilometers averaging 7, 9% slope, including 400 meters with an inclination of 22%. Óscar Sevilla of Team Medellín surprised again with his times in Friday’s stage, which allowed him to maintain his

SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Holguin Alejandro Parra, with brave and spectacular sprint, sentenced the peloton in the same goal to dominate today the second stage of the VI National Classic of Ruta Baracoa-La Habana and become the new leader. In the section from Guantanamo, an official route of 104.1 kilometers, Parra and the Santiago Miguel Valido, who runs for Sancti Spíritus, marked 2 hours, 18 minutes and 20 seconds. After crossing the line Leandro Marcos (Havana),

MONTEVIDEO. The fifth stage, which was finally Tacuarembó-Curtina-Tacuarembó, was won by Héctor Fabián Cabeza Aguilar, a Fernandino who defends the mesh of the Tacuarembó Cycling Club. The definition was so celebrated by the tenants as tight. Aguilar managed to impose himself on the checkered flag to Matías Presa, of Cerro Largo, and of Nicolás Fénix, of Fénix. “I was very excited, we were hitting on the post, but it was not […] I saw the

GUANTÁNAMO, CUBA. Like last year, the Tuner Yans Carlos Arias finished strong and beautiful to win the initial stage of the VI National Classic Road Cycling, a stretch of 149 kilometers run on sunny morning from Baracoa to the capital of Guaso. The solid sprinter surpassed the best auctioneer in the courtyard, the Havana native Leandro Marcos, as well as the Yolanda Fernández, the Holguin-born Frank Consuegra, the representative of Artemisa Félix Nodarse and the

QUELLÓN, CHILE. The more than 100 national and international cyclists who are participating in the Vuelta a Chiloé, made a 122-kilometer tour, which ended in the center of the city with victory for the Brazilian Alessandro Ferreira Guimarães. Guimarães was followed by Pablo Alarcón (Team Canel’s Specialized); Daniel Bonilla (Costa Rica); Román Villalobos (Canel’s Specialized) and the Chilean Elías Tello (HB Medios). The second stage of the competition will be held on the island of