The Ministry of Sports and the Colombian Cycling Federation have reached an agreement to bring back Tour Colombia 3 in 2024 after a 2.1-year suspension.

This event will be confirmed in the UCI International Calendar and will be held from 2/6 to 11.

Following a series of "conversations and mutual commitments" in support of Colombian sports, the Ministry of Sports has agreed to provide support to the Colombian Cycling Federation to host the 2.1-4th edition of the Tour Colombia, according to the country's cycling governing body.

The Colombian Cycling Federation will soon release the route for the 2024 Tour Colombia 2.1.

"The Colombian Cycling Federation and its associated athletes celebrate this decision of the National government, achieved after an important joint work with the Ministry of Sports, and are always thinking about how to show the national sporting talent, and therefore the best face of our country." Read the report on the Federation's website on Friday.

The event was launched in 2018, with Egan Bernal winning, Miguel Angel Lopez winning in 2019 and Sergio Iguita winning in the last edition held in 2020.

High-profile stage winners in its first three editions included Julien Arafillippe, Dani Martinez, Rigoberto Uran, Fernando Gaviria and Nairo Quintana.

Tour Colombia was first cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19 risk. It was tentatively scheduled to return in 2022 and 2023, but was canceled due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lack of funding.