| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Luis Fernando Macias Hernandez | ||
| Nickname | Luigi | ||
| Born | May 14, 1982 Mexico |
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| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 48 kg (110 lb) | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Movistar Continental Team | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Classicas Rider, Climbing Specialist | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| 2004–2005 2010 2010– |
Alfus-Tedes Rock Racing-Murcia Canel's Turbo |
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| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2006 2007–2005 2009– |
Chivas Cycling Team Tecos Trek Movistar Continental Team |
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| Infobox last updated on 20 May 2011 |
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Luis Macias (born May 14, 1982, Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco) is a Mexican professional cyclist. He was the champion of Mexico sub-23 time trial in 2005. Competing in the Spanish Alfus-Tedes amateur team, he won in Week Aragonesa1. He returned to Mexico in 2006 to compete for the Continental team Chivas Cycling Team and a year later Tecos-Trek. In 2008 Mexican road champion and won the silver medal at the Pan American Cycling Championships, also in testing rout.
After the disappearance of the Tecos-Trek team in late 2009 for the 2010 season signed with the American Rock Racing. The team had requested a position as a Professional Continental but was refused and was eventually downgraded amateur. Macias also competed for the team and the Tour of Mexico won the fourth lap. At the end of the year, he left the team and joined the Mexican team also amateur and participated Canel's Turbo Tour of Guatemala. For 2011 season returned to cycling professional to be hired by the Continental Team Movistar.