Carlos Alzate

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Alzate and the second or maternal family name is Escobar.

Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (born March 23, 1983 in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Arles Castro and Jairo Pérez in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.

Career

2003

1st in Aguascalientes, Team Pursuit (MEX)

2nd in Colombia National Championship, Track, Points Race, Duitama (COL)

2nd in Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23, Aguazul (COL)

2004

3rd in Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23, Villanueva (COL)

1st in Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23, Alto del Moro (COL)

2005

3rd in Colombia National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Colombia (COL)

in Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit, Mar del Plata (ARG)

1st in Stage 7 International Cycling Classic, Shorewood (USA)

1st in Stage 13 International Cycling Classic, De Pere (USA)

2006

1st in Stage 8 Vuelta a El Salvador, Multiplaza circuit (ESA)

2007

2nd in Stage 1 Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro (COL)

2nd in Stage 3 Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro (COL)

2nd in Stage 1 Vuelta al Valle del Cauca, Florida (COL)

1st in Stage 4 Vuelta al Valle del Cauca, Palmira (COL)

3rd in Stage 3 Volta do Rio de Janeiro, Campos (BRA)

3rd in Stage 4 Volta do Rio de Janeiro, Campos (BRA)

in Pan American Championships, Track, Pursuit, Valencia (VEN)

in Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit, Valencia (VEN)

in Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)

2008: 1st in Stage 12 International Cycling Classic, Cedarburg (USA); 2nd in Stage 15 International Cycling Classic, Kenosha (USA)
2009: 1st in Stage 5 Vuelta a Cundinamarca, Cogua (COL