The Bizkaia-Durango, UCI Continental category team, confirmed the signing for the next season of the Colombian Carolina Upegui Quevedo, 32-year-old runner from Colnago CM Team.
The cyclist from Medellín thus becomes the sixth incorporation of the Basque squad for 2022 after those already announced by the Chilean Olympian Catalina Soto, the Portuguese Beatriz Pereira and the Spanish Irene Méndez, Sofía Rodríguez and Iris Gómez.
Upegui participated with his selection at the 2020 World Cup in Ímola (Italy) and she is an “off-road runner, with climbing ability but also with an important speed tip”, highlights the Bizkaia-Durango. Before her arrival in cycling in 2015, she was a seven-time world champion in inline speed skating.
“I am very grateful and happy to be part of the Bizkaia-Durangor. I will do my best so that as a team we have the best results and I am sure it will be a wonderful experience “, the cyclist highlights in statements released by her new team.
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