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Lupetto said:Looks like 2009 was the last great course and we have to get used to these crappy routes, who are almost the same every year now. Still I have a bit of hopes that the stage to Manizales will be good.
snackattack said:5 foreign Teams (extranjeros) have registered already from Europa and Brasil.
Ryo Hazuki said:the colombian fed always invite many teams but rarely do any foreign teams actually go. especially from europe. we had rock racing one time and they got humiliated. I remember hamilton and pevenage after the vuelta saying they couldn't believe how high the level was
Eric8-A said:This is from the Pan-American championships for the U-23's I believe. This was the road race.
Bye Bye Bicycle said:No. The U23 races were done within the regular Panamericanos in Argentina some weeks ago. This here is the Junior Pan-american Champs, so only U19 riders are in there.
Bye Bye Bicycle said:Today's first stage of the Vuelta de la Juventud should not cause too much trouble on the riders: