MADRID, 4 Apr. (SportsFinding) –
The Royal Spanish Cycling Federation and the Panamanian Federation have sealed an agreement by which they commit to establishing synergies to promote cycling in both countries, as reported by the RFEC on Monday.
The top leaders of both organizations, José Luis López Cerrón and Vicente Carretero Napolitano, were in charge of sealing this agreement in order “to establish synergies that allow promoting the exchange of experiences and initiatives for the promotion of cycling, in addition to the development of joint programs in sports, education and culture in both countries”.
This is the first agreement between both federations, for which the Panamanian Cycling Federation also opens the doors to National, Junior, Amateur and UCI level competitions for local teams, Continentals, Pro Continentals and Spanish teams, while the RFEC will facilitate the participation of Panamanian teams, Continental teams and the participation of athletes in national clubs.
The agreement also registers the commitment of both institutions for the exchange of knowledge, congresses, seminars and courses at a sports and trainer level, a fundamental part in the development of cycling.
“From the RFEC we want to express our gratitude to the Panamanian Federation for the recognition of our work during all these years. This agreement will allow us to establish very important synergies between our countries to continue promoting cycling at a global level,” said López Cerrón.
For his part, Vicente Carretero thanked Spain for the support that has helped them become “the fifth power in America.” “This agreement will facilitate the most important channels of our federative philosophy: education, culture, values and sports to further develop Panamanian cycling,” he stressed.
During this last decade, the presence of Panamanian cycling has been quite predominant in Spain with the presence of several cyclists competing on Spanish soil, such as Yelko Gómez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Christofer Jurado (Bathco), the first of his country to compete in the Olympic Games last summer in Tokyo, or Franklin Archibold (Eiser-Hirumet), among others.