Ramón Hoyos Vallejo
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ramón Hoyos Vallejo |
| Nickname | El Escarabajo Don Ramón de Marinilla |
| Date of birth | May 26, 1932 |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Major wins | |
| Vuelta a Colombia (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| August 10th, 2007 | |
Ramón Hoyos Vallejo (born May 26, 1932 in Marinill in Medellín, Colombia) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. He won the biggest stage race in Colombia, the Vuelta a Colombia, five times and was the first cyclist to dominate the event which earned him the status of a legend.[1] Hoyos rode his first Vuelta a Colombia in 1952 where he was sponsored by Don Ramiro Mejia. The following year he returned as captain of the strong Antioquia team with whom he would win five editions of the race and 38 stages. [2] In 1955, Gabriel García Márquez wrote his biography. It has been said that Hoyos was so popular that he received 100 letters a day during the 1950’s when his battles with fellow Colombian and the first champion of the Vuelta a Colombia, Efraín Forero, reached the hysteria of the battles of the famous Italian cyclists Coppi-Bartali in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France of the post-war years.[3] Hoyos came thirteenth in the 1956 Olympic Road race.
[edit] References
- ^ History of Vuelta a Colombia. Companio Nacional de Chocolates. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
- ^ Rendell, Matt (2002). Kings of the Mountains. ISBN 1-85410-837-9.
- ^ Gabriel Garcia Marquez en een wielrenner uit Colombia. Sportgeschiedenis.nl. Retrieved on 2007-08-10.
