GIRARDOT, Colombia — The crowd roared as Rigoberto Urán took the stage last month at Latin America's largest amateur bike event. The Colombian cyclist universally known as "Rigo" started his namesake ...

The tale of cycling mad Colombia's best known cyclist — he may never have won a major race — but he's a social media sensation in a country that takes cycling very, very seriously. Athletes who want ...

MADRID, Colombia (AP) — After a punishing climb in the Andean mountains surrounding Colombia’s capital, Armando Cardenas leans against his bike to catch his breath. In a decade-long career racing ...

According to Strava, the exercise app that released its annual Year in Sport report today, the segment most ridden by its users in 2025 is named ‘ Mi Segmento: de la redomita a Patios ’, and covers ...

The Ministry of Sports and the Colombian Cycling Federation have reached an agreement to bring back Tour Colombia 2.1 in 2024 after a three-year hiatus. The event is now confirmed on the UCI ...

FILE - Ex-cyclist Luis Alberto Herrera holds his children, Luis Alberto, left, and Valentina upon arriving at Fusagasuga, Colombia, south of Bogota, Colombia, March 5, 2000. (AP Photo, File) BOGOTA ...

Rigoberto Urán has never won the Tour de France or Olympics gold. But he's still a superstar. "I think lots of people identify with me because... For Colombia's most beloved cyclist, winning isn't the ...

BOGOTA — Colombian cycling great Luis Alberto “Lucho” Herrera has denied allegations made by an ex-paramilitary fighter that the 1987 Spanish Vuelta champion was involved in the slayings of four ...

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