Since the first day
Funchaves during
2015
Funchaves during
2016
Funchaves during
2017
2015
JANUARY
Clásica Fundación Esteban Chaves’ first edition. Bogotá, Colombia.
Participants: 117 cyclists.
Winners:
JANUARY
DECEMBER
Fundación Esteban Chaves was born. Tenjo, Cundinamarca.
To give back to sports everything that the Chaves family has given them, they created FUN under the slogans #MultiplicandoSonrisas and #LosSueñosSeCumplen and with the intention of leaving a legacy for future generations.
DECEMBER
2016
JANUARY
FUN Cycling Team was created.
Participants: 65 teenagers in the selection process.
Selected: 9 Under 16 and 9 Under 18 talents.
JANUARY
AUGUST
Clásica Fundación Esteban Chaves’ second edition Bogota Colombia.
Participants: 163 cyclists.
Winners:
Under 16: Daniel Méndez (Team Benros Esteban Chaves), and first in the mountain classification.
Under 18: Juan José Amador (Cycling team 4-72).
Outstanding Achievements FUN Team: Einer Rubio, second in the general classification for the youth category and second in the mountain classification.
AUGUST
DECEMBER
Auction “Dreams on a Bicycle” Bogotá, Colombia.
At Gaira Café we auction shirts and articles signed by great world-class cyclists. It was very well received by athletes and public figures such as Mariana Pajón, Rigoberto Urán, Carlos Vives, Santiago Botero, among others.
The resources collected were allocated to the Esteban Chaves Foundation team.
DECEMBER
2017
JANUARY
Fundación Esteban Chaves-Bikehouse Team.
Participants: 200 teenagers in the selection process.
Selected: 9 Under 16 and 9 Under 18 talents
JANUARY
JULY
We participated in the Nations Cup L’Abitibi tour. Quebec, Canada.
We travel to the 49th edition of L’Abitibi in Quebec. We were represented by Daniel Méndez, Santiago Buitrago, Andrey Rodríguez, Sergio Granados, Daniel Gutiérrez and Brayan Borda. Along with them was Wilson Sandoval, coach and sports director, and Antonio Parra, mechanic. The BShop Bicycles brand was our ally in this adventure.
We won a sprint in one of the stages, thanks to Sergio Granados, and also the prize for the most organized team in the village.
JULY
AUGUST
Clásica Esteban Chaves IDRD – DIRECTV Third edition.
Participants: 270 cyclists
Winners:
AUGUST
Funchaves during
2018
Funchaves during
2019
Funchaves during
2020
Funchaves during
2021
2018
JANUARY
Equipo Fundación Esteban Chaves – BShop
Participants: 300 teenagers in the selection process.
Selected: 8 Under 16 and 9 Under 18 talents.
JANUARY
AUGUST
Fourth edition of the Clásica Esteban Chaves IDRD Bogotá Better for All in Bogotá, Colombia
Participants: 277 cyclists.
Winners:
AUGUST
DECEMBER
Gran Fondo Esteban Chaves Donation Campaign was born.
With the intention of promoting social inclusion and transforming the lives of children and adolescents with orthopedic problems in vulnerable situations, we created an annual collective donation campaign, or crowdfunding. to support your treatments and operations.
Our great ally in this project is the Fundación Cardioinfantil.
596 people around the world donated. We raised $155,653,964.
DECEMBER
2019
JANUARY
Esteban Chaves Foundation Team
Participants: 270 teenagers in the selection process.
Selected: 7 Under 16 and 9 Under 18 talents.
JANUARY
APRIL
Internships with Team INCA. Paris France.
We started a relationship with the INCA Team of France, the Gallic Under-23 national team and a subsidiary of Ag2r, from the UCI World Tour platoon.
Jhon Alonso was the first to participate in this experience. He traveled to France for 5 months for a cultural and sports exchange where he lived an enriching life experience.
APRIL
JUNE
FUN in Bici Camp in Compensar. Bogotá, Colombia.
In alliance with Compensar, we held a cycling camp for 40 children and adolescents between the ages of 7 and 16. For 15 days, they learned about the world of cycling and its practice by training during the holidays.
In addition, we organize a school to promote cycling values and skills that apply to life with the members of our team.
JUNE
Clásica Esteban Chaves fifth edition. Bogotá, Colombia.
We organized the fifth edition of Clásica Esteban Chaves with the IDRD, during of the 23rd version of the Bogotá Summer Festival, edition that strengthened its position as heritage of the city. One of the main goals we had in 2015
Participants: 235 cyclists.
Overall Ranking Winners:
FUN at Bici Expo. Mexico City, Mexico
We participated in the largest cycling fair in Latin America which brings together more than 25.000 attendees. We had our FUN booth to carry the message of our project and presented our cycling team. Colombia was one of the invited countries.
FUN at L’Etape Australia by Tour de France. Jindabyne, Australia.
The organization of this race is the most prestigious in the world at the amateur level. Esteban Chaves was named as ambassador of its 2019 edition, and invited FUN to participate as a special guest and be one of the charity projects they support every year. As part of this event, funds were raised for our health area.
MiniBikes at BiciGO, Corferias. Bogotá, Colombia.
Three days with more than 14.000 visitors. We had a circuit of recreational cycling and the booth ‘Dreams come true’, in which we talked about FUN Chaves values and the bicycle as a tool for social transformation that changes lives. Esteban participated in the discussion ‘Behind the smile’ in which he shared his life experience, resilienceand and the value of dreams.
Second edition of the donation campaign Gran Fondo Esteban Chaves.
In alliance with the Fundación Cardioinfantil.
2.285 people donated around the world.
We raised $ 222’459.465
2020
Esteban Chaves Foundation Team
Participants: 170 teenagers in the selection
Selected: 7 Under 16 and 11 Under 18 talents.
FUN Box with Go Cycling in Sogamoso, Boyacá
Impacted youth: 50 youths.
We visited young people from the Colombielas Foundation and gave them uniforms, gloves, socks, caps. Through this strategy we redefine the use of clothing in good condition and support the development of grassroots cycling.
APRIL
FUN Box with 14 EIGHT THOUSANDS in Anapoima, Cundinamarca
Impacted youth: 26 youths.
In a new day of delivery of implements with kits of t-shirts, caps, shorts for young cyclists from the Ciclones de Anapoima training school.
MAY
Ride for Smiles
Teamed up with the Dan Marino Foundation (USA) we organized the virtual cycling filming session on the Zwift platform. Funds raised supported the process and treatment of children and teenagers with physical or cognitive disabilities through the social health areas of the two foundations.
More than 1,000 cyclists from 20 countries participated.
About 150 people from around the world donated
MAY
JULY
We join Café Atleta
We are invited by The Coach, a marketing agency, to be one of the five participating causes supported by Café Atleta, the first coffee that supports the national sport under the #AUnaTazaMore infoCercaDeLaVictoria.
The 10% of the contributions taking this premium coffee are destined to a very important goal, to participate in the Tour de l’Abitibi, the Youth World Cup in Quebec, Canada.
JULY
OCTOBER
We participated in the Vuelta de la Juventud In Meta, Colombia
In a joint project with Team INCA we debuted in the most important under-23 competition of national cycling. We were represented by Diomedes Velandia, Sergio Granados and Nico Borrás, the three promoted from our quarry, and Luis Mario Marmolejo. Two cyclists in the top-40 of the general standings (Granados and Velandia), protagonism in special sprints and leaks, the sports results of the debut.
NOVEMBER
FUN Box with Scotiabank in Boyacá Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Boyacá
Impacted youth: 35 youths.
The Club Escuela de Ciclismo Orgullo Santarroseño, in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, received with great happiness helmets, uniforms, t-shirts, Shorts, caps and socks that brighten your life and motivate your cycling practice. Within its social responsibility program Scotiabank generously gave us the kits with the cycling equipment.
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
We participate in the Vuelta del Porvenir in Casanare, Colombia
Scott Bike Frame Contest
Third edition of the FUN Box campaign
This version of the cycling equipment donation campaign that we have organized since 2018 together with 14 OCHOMILES was the most successful. Despite the restrictions of the pandemic, more than 200 people donated cycling clothing and accessories, caps, bicycles, helmets, rollers, shoes. The proceeds have been used to multiply the smiles of girls, boys and young people from clubs and academies in the country who need us.
DECEMBER
2021
JANUARY
Casa FUN
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
Esteban Chaves Foundation Team
Esteban Chaves Foundation Team: 200 teenagers in the selection process.
Selected: 5 Under 16 and 7 Under 18 talents.
FEBRUARY
ABRIL
Vuelta de la Juventud’ players in Norte de Santander, Santander, Boyacá and Cundinamarca, Colombia
We achieved a historic performance: Top-10 in the points classification and top-20 in the general standings by Sergio Granados.
Debut in the Vuelta a Colombia
Version 74 of the Vuelta a Colombia was witness to our debut in the most important national cycling competition. We were represented by Brayan Chaves Rubio, Nicolás Sáenz Ballesteros, Fabián Steven, Hernán Darío Gómez Joya and Diego Fernando Pulido.
Nico Saenz finished 14th overall!
Training Camp
ABRIL
MAY
Internship to the Team INCA
MAY
JULY
FUN Box with 14 OCHOMILES in Tenjo, Cundinamarca
Young people reach: 45 Young
FUN Tacx Water Bottle
‘‘The Colourful Crocodile’, a special jersey
FUN Box with Scott and 14 OCHOMILES in Bogotá
Young people reach: 19 Young
JULY
FUN Box with 14 OCHOMILES in Villapinzón, Cundinamarca
Young people reach: 35 Young
FUN in BiciExpo in Leon, México
Jairo Chaves, general director of the foundation, led a conference on the purpose of FUN, the bike as a tool for social transformation and the importance of believing in dreams.