Things will get worse in May when work starts on Carrera Septima, one of the main arteries.

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Most often, the guardians' job is to dispense first aid, since in a wheeled crowd of this size, accidents do occur, especially as La Septima narrows into the city centre and the historic La Candelaria district, turning Ciclovia into a kilometres-long peloton.

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