arrived in Havana Cuban Cycling double world champion.
Havana .- (AIN). Smiling and with two medals around his neck back Yumari Gonzalez, the first world cycling champion Cuba in the Senior Class, from the Polish city of Puszkow.
is a great honor for me to be the first Cuban cyclist to have two titles in World Championships, said with watery eyes and excited to be among his first double award winner in a contest of this kind.
"I brought to my Cuban people and for all that I want what they wanted and so I'm very happy. I dedicate my victory to my family and also my husband, the former cyclist Reinaldo Gonzalez said.
The rider thanked the collaboration of all workers in the National · Reinaldo Paseiro Velodrome ¨ "headquarters," to his psychologist and male and female teams, who decisively helped in its preparation.
"In the points race and fifth won the first sprint and the 10 points was first at that time. The high speed of the race made it harder and I gave up the fourth missing a package, but I took the extra and I could win the final and get the money, "he said. Yumari
exhibits under his belt two gold medals and as many world-class silver, three medals at the level in the youth ranks, and several in the world Cup, Pan American Games and Centrocaribeños.
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leads ranking SUB 23 AMERICAN TOUR IN MARCH.
Havana .- ( Press Copaci). on the website of the International Cycling Union (UCI), is published the leadership of Costa Rica in Latin Tour Ranking for the month of March 2009 at the U 23.
policy representation accumulated 104.8 units to gain advantages over Venezuela (96) and Cuba (64), positioned in places two and three respectively.
fourteen countries were able to score continental level, reflecting below.
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1 (1) Costa Rica (CRC) - 104.8 points
2 (2) Venezuela (VEN) - 96
3 (3) Cuba (CUB) - 64
4 (-) Dominican Republic (DOM) - 41
5 (4) Colombia (COL) - 33
6 (-) Uruguay (URU) - 30
7 (5) Mexico (MEX) - 28
8 (6) Ecuador (ECU) - 17
9 (- ) United States (USA) - 14
10 (7) Argentina (ARG) - 13
11 (-) Puerto Rico (PUR) - 8
12 (-) Canada (CAN) - 3
13 (8) Bolivia (BOL) - 2
13 (8) Guatemala (GUA) - 2
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IN SPAIN COLOMBIA, ECUADOR AND URUGUAY.
Bogotá .- (Jairo Rodríguez). Tulcán in the Tour in Ecuador, in the Belt of Mallorca in Spain and the Uruguay Round the Colombian cyclists participate in the course of the week testing the international calendar.
world champion Fabio Duarte, commanded the group of Colombia is Passion to participate in the Tour of Tulcán from 2 to 5 April and which has already won two years ago in a test in mountainous territory.
A Duarte will accompany John P. Forero, Luis F. Laverde, Chalapud Robinson, Oscar Sanchez and Fabio Gordillo, with the technical guidance of Oliver Cárdenas.
Belt Mallorca.
The Antioquia, Sergio Luis Henao, who won the Grand Prix of Portugal, who leads the group in Colombia is Passion, will be accompanied by Jarlinson Pantano, Andres Martinez, William Rodriguez, Camilo Suarez and Helbert Corridor, with the technical direction Luis F. Saldarriaga.
Back Uruguay.
Orbea The newly formed squad will carry the national flag with a group of young leaders by Andres M. Diaz champion of the Tour of Huila, and who will accompany Gerardo Rodriguez, Armando Cardenas, Duvan Agudelo, Luis Anderson Mejia and Felix Castro, Jairo Monroy address.
Tour Uruguay whose Federico Moreira great champion on five occasions, the current president of the Cycling Federation, will take place from Friday 3 to Sunday 12 April.
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Ecuadorian CYCLISTS ALBA GAMES IN CUBA.
Ecuador .- ( www.fedeciclismo.org.ec ). Ecuadorian Cycling participate in ALBA Games, an event that brings together the most important Latin American athletes who will gather in the Republic of Cuba from 15 to 27 April this year.
The list is as follows:
ATHLETES: Daniela Flores, Segundo Navarrete, José Ragonessi, Héctor Chiles, Calpa Ramiro, José Ruíz, Jorge Montenegro, Juan C. Montenegro.
BODY TECHNICIAN: Jorge Hernandez and Agustin Lorenzo.
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Bernhard Kohl admits doping.
Madrid .- (EFE). The Austrian Bernhard Kohl, stripped of the third place in the last Tour de France as a result of a positive test for EPO Cera, admitted today at a press conference in Vienna have used numerous doping substances, especially blood transfusions.
Thus Kohl said he attended the Vienna laboratory Humanplasma.
The Gerolsteiner rider was suspended for two years following the confirmation of his guilt in the Tour de France, also confirmed that Stefan Matschiner had helped him in his practice and contrary to what his former manager had said he too would have given illicit substances (EPO, growth hormone, insulin and testosterone) according to the newspaper 'L'Equipe'.
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Compilation and editing: José Luis Basulto V.
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