{"id":893013,"date":"2026-09-15T15:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893013\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T15:32:25","slug":"%f0%9f%8e%a5-colombian-cyclists-hits-115-kmph-on-a-training-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/893013\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\udfa5 Colombian cyclists hits 115 kmph on a training ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colombia, a cycling powerhouse, is gearing up for the 2026 World Cycling Championships<\/a> in Montreal, but there\u2019s plenty happening in South America in the meantime to fill the newspapers. Unfortunately, that\u2019s not always positive, as footage and posts on social media show.<\/p>\n

First, William Colorado, a 22-year-old Colombian, who proudly shared footage of a training session in Colombia. The question is: where do you draw the line? During a training session riding behind a moped, Colorado\u2014a rising star with the continental team Nu Colombia\u2014reached a top speed of 115 kmph.<\/p>\n

Colombia’s Colorado took extreme risks to reach top speed115 kilometers per hour\u2014it all sounds sensational. But the footage<\/a> of the young cyclist also shows that he took major risks on a descent and on flat terrain. He passed trucks and rode on the wrong side of the road…We\u2019ll see Colorado in action in September at the World Cycling Championships in Montreal, Canada. There, the young rider will compete in the men\u2019s U23 road race, which will take place on September 25<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Continue reading below the video<\/p>\n

Oscar Sevilla threatened while preventing bicycle theft<\/p>\n

Another notable story from Colombia: a suspected bicycle theft involving former cyclist Oscar Sevilla. The 49-year-old cyclist is still active as a pro with Team Medell\u00edn-EPM in 2026, and in Colombia, that makes you a welcome target among criminals.<\/p>\n

His team reported an attempted theft of Sevilla\u2019s bicycle through official channels, a report later supplemented by the victim himself. \u201cI went to training today (Monday, ed.) at 8:20 a.m., and at Calle 170, I was intercepted by a motorcycle.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Sevilla, things got heated after that. \u201cThey threatened me with a gun, but didn\u2019t manage to steal my bike. They did take my cell phone, though. A police car drove by, and I reported the incident to them. They said there was nothing they could do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colombia, a cycling powerhouse, is gearing up for the 2026 World Cycling Championships in Montreal, but there\u2019s plenty…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":893014,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,16656,301239,85],"class_list":["post-893013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-cycling-world-championships","tag-latest-cycling-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/893013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/893014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=893013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=893013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}