Vuelta a Venezuela 2026 successfully closes and consolidates national cycling

Published at: 12/10/2026 05:34 PM

At the close of the Vuelta a Venezuela 2026, they made a balance sheet highlighting the Ministry of Sport's firm support for the great national turnaround, an event that consolidates the country as an example of high performance.

“We have a high competitive level in this event that gives continuity to all the work carried out between the teams of the Ministry of Sport and the Venezuelan Cycling Federation in conjunction with the Organizing Committee of this round so that everything goes in the best possible way,” said Deputy Minister of High Performance, Henyelberth Herrera.

After completing the eight stages of the Vuelta a Venezuela with a circuit distributed in the city of Valera, Trujillo state, the sports authority highlighted the magnitude of the regaining event, where riders from nine countries were measured with teams that are among the ten best in the ranking of America, in addition to important European squads from Spain and Portugal.

Leangel Linarez from Barinas (Tavfer-Ovos Matinados Mortagua) was the best placed Venezuelan in the last stage, finishing in second place, behind the winner Nicolás Gómez (GW Erco Sportfitness) with a time of 03:11:24 and the Brazilian Matheus Constantino (Localiza Meoo Swift) finished in third place.

“Very happy with the results obtained, two stage victories and today a second place, that fills me with pride and we will continue working to return better next year,” said Linarez.

Mazo News Team