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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Colombian cycling reached its zenith last month when pint-sized climber Egan Bernal became his country's first winner of the sport's greatest race, the Tour de France. Colombia is riding the crest of ...

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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