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The Tour Colombia starts rolling this Tuesday in Paipa
This Monday, February 5, the official press conference of the Tour Colombia 2024 took place at the Hotel Estelar in the municipality of Paipa, Boyacá. The Tour Colombia 2.1, the most important road cycling event of the year in Colombia, is ready to kick off this Tuesday, January 6 in Paipa and this Monday the official press conference was held with the main riders of the event.The press conference was attended by the top riders who will compete during the next six days on the roads of Cundinamarca and Boyacá: Egan Bernal, Nairo Quintana, Mark Cavendish, Richard Carapaz, Rigoberto Urán, Esteban Chaves, Alejandro Osorio, Alejandro Valverde, Fernando Gaviria and Brandon Rivera.The riders expressed their expectations for what will be the fourth edition of this Tour, which presents a challenge of 799 kilometers and will culminate next Sunday, February 11 in the city of Bogota, during the speeches, the return of Nairo Quintana as leader of Movistar Team was highlighted. Quintana said he was in top condition for this competition: "I'm happy. I have done a lot of tireless work. We can't transmit what we have worked to maintain. It has been important to have had a break and it has served to strengthen me. Fernando Gaviria also expressed his excitement about racing in Colombia and facing one of his biggest rivals in the old continent, the multiple stage winner in the grand tours, the British Mark Cavendish: "I never thought of racing next to Cavendish, let alone beat him. It will be a nice duel, but we must not rule out the local bunch of pacemakers because they are at home and can beat us. The Tour de France champion and leader of the Colombian Road Cycling Team, Egan Bernal, said he has a very good feeling for the Tour Colombia. The rider assured that competing at home and with his loved ones nearby gives him an extra encouragement to leave everything on the road.This Tuesday, February 6, will be the first day, which will begin in Paipa and will end with a five-lap course in the city of Duitama, to complete a 155-kilometer route and the first duel between Gaviria and Cavendish.Photo courtesy of Fedeciclismo.
