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In a leg-breaking day, Ecuadorian Esther Galarza (Team Eagle Bike) brought out her best qualities as an all-round rider and won the second stage of the Women’s Tour of Ecuador 2044 and took the lead. The reigning champion of this event was the strongest in the 82.5-kilometer stage around Cotacachi after attacking her breakaway companions in the final kilometers. “It was a very hard stage, but I knew how to do things well to take

The second stage of the 44th version of the International Tour of Chiriqui was completed with a route of 140.9 kilometers in which the Panamanian cyclists excelled, led by Joel Moreno, of the Caminos de Omar team. The local cyclist took first place with a time of 3 hours, 22 minutes and 59 seconds. He was followed by Colombian Juan Pablo Restrepo, from the Comercializadora Farmacia Birdman team, and third place went to Costa Rican

With the 2024 Tour of Ecuador cycling finished in its men’s category, the women’s and youth cycling started. This Thursday, November 21, the two events began with the first of four stages to be disputed. The first day for both competitions took place in a closed circuit in Cotacachi. This was planned to cover 104.64 kilometers. In turn, this would comprise 12 laps for both women and the youth category of men. Like the first

In an exciting finish, David Díaz (Rally-Giant) won the first stage of the International Tour of Chiriquí 2024, after riding 198.1 kilometers in the city of David. While Bolívar Espinosa (Panama es Cultura y Valores) became the first leader of the race due to the bonuses. In the end, the escapees controlled the race, defining everything to the packing in the last meters, in which the Panamanian rider took the victory ahead of his compatriots

Some of the world’s top cyclo-cross stars have, for years, preferred to skip some CX World Cup races to ride in national races that often paid them large sums of money just to be at the start. The UCI is confronting this fact with a new regulation in the race calendar and threats to riders who decide to skip the World Cup. That is to say, the maximum entity of the world cycling continues betting

Andrey Amador, who many specialists consider as the greatest figure of Costa Rican cycling, ended his career in top level professional cycling, after fifteen seasons full of challenges and satisfactions. The morning of Wednesday, November 20 has remained in the memory of Costa Rican cycling, with the announcement of Andrey Amador Bikkazakova to put an end to his career as a professional cyclist, after more than two decades of career in the sport and fifteen

A new version of the International Tour of Chiriqui, to be held from November 21 to 28, will give continuity to the Panamanian calendar after the Tour of Panama. The traditional Panamanian race will have 872 kilometers in total, in eight days of competition, with 22 flying goals and four mountain prizes, where the local Franklin Archibold will defend the title, after winning the special version of 2023, which took place last January. The opening

The U.S. XCO has experienced in 2024 the best year in terms of competition results and its federation wanted to recognize it in style a few days ago in Bentonville, Arkansas. But the historic medal of Haley Batten in Paris or the victories of Riley Amos, Chris Blevins, Kelsey Urban or Savilia Blunk do not accompany the new trends in the American country. The Specialized Factory Racing cyclist, Haley Batten, achieved with her bronze in

Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Huera was crowned champion of the 41st edition of the Tour of Ecuador, which concluded this November 17 at the Ciudad Mitad del Mundo complex in the capital, Quito, in a stage won by Juan Carlos Córdova, of the C&S Technology team. This Sunday, 66 cyclists rode 160 kilometers of the last stage of the tournament, in which Huera, from Movistar Best PC, crossed the finish line in fourth place, but nothing

The fifth stage of the Tour of Ecuador 2024 was dominated by Colombian riders. Robinson Chalapud (Team Banco Guayaquil) was the strongest at the end and achieved another victory in the South American race, after riding 153.4 kilometers between Urbina and Machachi. The 40-year-old rider from Nariño, who achieved his first victory of the season, beat his compatriots Carlos Parra (Team Saitel) and Daniel Guzmán (Team Orígenes Coffee), who came in 2nd and 3rd, respectively.Vuelta