Tour Colombia will not be held in 2025, and organizers cite "economic difficulties" among the lack of funding.

The race was initially run in 2018-2020 in 3 editions, but was cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to lack of funding, it was canceled again in 2023 and returned to the calendar in 2024, with a 2-day event won by Rodrigo Contreras, held 6 seconds before Richard Carapaz.

According to a report from El Tiempo, the race is set to take down the calendar again next season after the Colombian Ministry of Sports cut funding

The newspaper reports that funding for the race from the ministry has been reduced by 300,000 to €100,000, 66%. It will be.

"This decision addresses the economic difficulties facing the country, strategic priorities for sports development in the region, and the need to strengthen Colombia's cycling base," the Colombian Cycling Federation announced in a statement on Wednesday.

"We understand the importance of Tour Colombia as an event of international scope and a source of national pride. Therefore, from now on, we will work flexibly with the new Executive Committee to manage and guarantee the resources necessary to be able to return to 2026 with the quality and greatness that characterizes this race.

The Federation said that the race could no longer be run in 2025, the resource will instead focus on the strengthening of national and international competition calendars aimed at "promoting grassroots cycling and promoting the development of new talents and continuing to encourage the growth of the sport in all regions of the country.""

The 2025 Tour Colombia and Argentina's Vuelta a San Juan will run as a local event, not the 2024 UCI race, so WorldTour racers will not travel to South America as part of their early preparations for next season.

In previous editions, QuickStep, Sky, EF, Movistar, UAE, and riders such as Julian Alaphilippe, Egan Bernal, Chris Froome, Nairo Quintana and Mark Cavendish had travelled to Colombia to participate.