Ramón Hoyos

Ramón Hoyos
Personal information
Full nameRamón Hoyos Vallejo
NicknameEl escarabajo de la montaña, Don Ramón de Marinilla
Born(1932-05-26)26 May 1932
Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia
Died19 November 2014(2014-11-19) (aged 82)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional team
Antioquia–Coltejer
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1955 Mexico Individual Road Race

Ramón Hoyos Vallejo (26 May 1932 – 19 November 2014) was a Colombian road bicycle racer who won the men's individual road race at the 1959 Pan American Games. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics; in 1956 and 1960.[1][2] He also won the Vuelta a Colombia five times: in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958.

Major results

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1952
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia
1953
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15
1954
1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Héctor Mesa, Justo Londoño and Efraín Forero)
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13
1st Overall Vuelta a Puerto Rico
1st Stages 2 & 5
1955
1st Road race, Pan American Games
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18
1956
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16 & 17
1st Stages 7 & 14 Vuelta a Mexico
1958
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2, 11 & 14
1959
1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Pablo Hurtado and Efraín Forero)
1960
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia

References

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  1. ^ "Ramón Hoyos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Murió Ramón Hoyos Vallejo, leyenda del ciclismo colombiano" (in Spanish). elespectador.com. 19 November 2014.