In partnership with ByM Sport, Bancamiga premieres this Sunday, May 4th, on the Simple TV and Inter platforms, the documentary Gran Fondo Collado del Cóndor cycling race with the longest climb in the world, a unique feature that allowed it to achieve Guinness World Record certification.

Cycling and sports enthusiasts in Venezuela and around the world will appreciate the evolution of an event that began in 2021 with just over 300 participants and how the number of registered participants has now exceeded 1,000, all giving their all to reach the summit of the Collado, in the state of Mérida, at 4,200 meters above sea level.

Presented by international influencer Rodri Sábato, the 33-minute audiovisual will be an unforgettable opportunity to experience the majesty of the Andes and connect with the epic battle that cyclists wage kilometer after kilometer against the wind, altitude, and mountains. Also to the efforts of the six experienced cyclists José Rujano, Alfonso Márquez, José Alarcón, Jeison Avendaño, Edwin Becerra, and Alan Noya for crossing the finish line in under 5 hours and 15 minutes in the Bancamiga Ultrabikex Challenge.

The Gran Fondo Collado del Cóndor has become the most attractive and demanding cycling competition in the country, bringing together cyclists across four distances: 26 kilometers from Mucuchíes; 46 kilometers from Valle Hermoso; 80 kilometers from Mérida; and 125 kilometers from Estanques.

“Gran Fondo Collado del Cóndor: A Guinness Record for Venezuela” on Simple TV and Inter this Sunday night

In the special broadcast across the Americas this Sunday at 8:30 pm (after the end of the Professional Basketball Super League match), two women, Amanda Dudamel and her mother, Nahir Newman, show their courage in conquering the Collado del Cóndor and how they are capable of surpassing their own limits on a route with beautiful landscapes and a wealth of human warmth.

Although it was only on Sunday, March 23rd, when the cyclists fought to reach the Collado, they spent many months training, encouraged and inspired along the way by international cyclists such as Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, winner of last year’s Tour de France and Giro d’Italia; Colombian Egan Bernal, who in 2019 became the first Latin American to win the Tour de France; and Colombian Nairo Quintana, winner of the Giro d’Italia in 2014.

The documentary about the Collado del Cóndor Gran Fondo involved hundreds of hours of production in Caracas and various locations in Mérida, which today allows us to showcase a historic event, the Guinness World Record, with the passion of the cyclists and all those who took to the streets early in the morning to also take part in the highest Gran Fondo on the planet.

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Cyclists from all over the country took to Mérida state to witness a historic event: the Guinness certification of the fifth edition. of the Gran Fondo Collado del Cóndor (GFCDC).

One thousand cyclists from all Venezuelan states participated this Sunday, March 23rd, in the GFCDC ​​across four distances, one of which (125 km) earned Guinness certification as the race with the longest climb in the world.

Organized by Ultrabikex and streamed on its YouTube channel, a group of cyclists set off from Estanques, 425 meters above sea level, to summit the Collado del Cóndor, at 4,200 meters above sea level. It was the first of four starts scheduled for the morning, which would take place from different locations.

Over this 125 km distance, Bancamiga promoted the Bancamiga Ultrabikex Challenge, which featured professional cyclists José Rujano (2004, 2005, 2010, and 2015), José Alarcón (2023), and Edwin Becerra (2025) and the renowned amateurs Alfonso Márquez (winner of the Gran Fondo Collado del Cóndor in 2023 and 2024), Alan Noya, and Jeison Avendaño.

Through the “Bancamiga Ultrabikex Challenge,” an initiative of Alberto Camardiel, Executive Director of Marketing, Products, and Services at Bancamiga, the goal was for at least four of them to reach the finish line in under 5:15 minutes. This Sunday, the tireless efforts of these six cyclists allowed them to cross the finish line in 5:03 minutes, a record that Alarcón believes will stand for years to come.

For Camardiel, the Bancamiga Ultrabikex Challenge is a way to promote cycling in the country and to make the Collado del Cóndor Gran Fondo a benchmark for Latin American and global cycling. In addition to its Guinness certification, it opens the door for other cyclists around the world to see this achievement as a record worth breaking.

On a day with excellent weather conditions, the fifth edition of the GFCDC ​​saw Nelson Peña win the 125-kilometer race with a time of 5:12.06 seconds and Lilibeth Chacón with 5:35.32.

Two cyclists will compete in Egan Bernal’s Gran Fondo

As in previous editions, the event brought together cyclists across four distances: Mucuchíes (26 kilometers); Valle Hermoso (46 kilometers); Mérida (80 kilometers); and Estanques (125 kilometers).

One of the highlights was the participation of Olympic athlete Joselyn Brea, who reached the final of the 5,000-meter race at Paris 2024 and also left the national team proud in the 1,500-meter race.

This Sunday, Brea won the 80-kilometer race. She acknowledged that it was a very demanding race, especially in the final stretch, but that the support of the people, Bancamiga employees and volunteers at the entertainment and hydration stations along the route, and the beautiful scenery provided her with inspiration to face the final kilometers.

She expressed that her participation in the Collado del Cóndor Gran Fondo served as training while she recovers from an injury. She hopes to return to athletics in the coming weeks.

During the GFCDC, two all-expenses-paid packages to attend the Egan Bernal Cycling Gran Fondo in Colombia in November were raffled off. Participants in the 125-kilometer race, Ericka Urrea and Thomas Silveira, were awarded prizes.

For Colombian cyclist Camilo Reina, who attended the GFCDC ​​and is a partner of 2019 Tour de France champion Egan Bernal, what he experienced this Sunday in Mérida was wonderful. On his first visit to Venezuela and the region, he was able to experience the state’s beautiful landscapes and the high level of Venezuelan cycling firsthand.

He hopes that, in addition to Urrea and Silveira, many Venezuelans will compete in the Cycling Gran Fondo organized by Bernal, and that many Colombians will also compete in the Collado del Cóndor Gran Fondo next year.

With information from Bancamiga Banco Universal and Ultrabikex

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