Category: Colombia
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Cartagena Cycling – Not for the Feint of Heart
Colombia Cycling Colombia is a cycling country. The mountains in the center of the country around Bogota and Medellin offer some of the best riding in the entire world and produce some of the premier cyclists in the pro peloton. Fresh off of a Colombia cycling adventure in December (that I discuss here.) I was…
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The Longest Climb in The World, Alto de Letras
alright, alright… technically the third longest climb in the world behind an extended Mauna Kea route (#1) and Wuling Pass (#2), but those nitty gritty details failed to make it to the sign at the top of Letras proudly proclaiming it as having the coveted “est” qualifier. Letras does still get the consolation prize for…
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The Land of Flowers, Coffee, and Epic Cycling Routes
….as well as arepas, culture, extreme landscapes, complicated history, art, music, and kind people to name a few others, but this would have resulted in a garbled mouthful of a title. Colombia’s roads have provided the training grounds for cyclists such as Nairo Quintana, Egan Bernal, and Rigoberto Uran to excel into world class superstars.…
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