Egan Bernal, Daniel Felipe Martínez and Paula Patiño They were chosen by the Technical Commission of the Colombian Cycling Federation to represent the country in the road modality at the Paris-2024 Olympic Games.
The above means that The desire that Rigoberto Urán had expressed to say goodbye to his sporting career in the French competitions will not be possible and the one born in Urrao, silver medalist in London 2012, will have to look for another test to say goodbye to competitive cycling after his brilliant career.
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The entity was based on resolution 043 of 2023. “The criteria that were taken into account for the selection of Paula, Daniel and Egan were related, among others, to the technical analysis of the UCI ranking in the last two years, prior to Paris 2024.; participations in the major races of the World Tour circuit in both branches in the 2023 and 2024 seasons; the results obtained in the elite National Road Championships in the 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 seasons, and the technical analysis of the routes on which the competitions will take place in the French capital,” said the Federation.
Paula Patiño will compete in the long-distance event and it will be her second Olympic experience, after Tokyo-2021 (22nd place); Daniel Felipe Martínez will perform in the time trial and in the background, he will be accompanied by Egan.
Paula, from the Movistar Team, has just won the National Road Race and in Tokyo she managed “the best women’s road Olympic performance for our country in history.”
