Óscar Vargas (cyclist)

Óscar Vargas
Personal information
Full name	Óscar de Jesús Vargas Restrepo
Born	23 March 1964 (age 57); Urrao, Antioquia, Colombia
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider; Directeur sportif;
Professional teams
1985–1986	Kelme–Merckx
1987–1991	Postobón–Manzana
1992	Amaya Seguros
1993–1995	Aguardiente Antioqueño–Lotería de Medellín
Managerial teams
2014	GW–Shimano
2015–2019	Team Manzana Postobón
Major wins
	Grand Tours Vuelta a España Mountains classification (1989) Combination classification (1989)

Óscar de Jesús Vargas Restrepo (born 23 March 1964) is a Colombian former road racing cyclist, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1995.

During the 1992 Vuelta a España, Vargas won stage 20, ahead of eventual overall winner Tony Rominger. However, he failed the subsequent doping test, returning a positive for caffeine, and was stripped of his result, with the stage win awarded to Rominger. He was given a three-month suspension.^[1]

Major results[]

1985

5th Overall Clásico RCN

8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1986

1st Subida a Urkiola

3rd Clasica de Sabiñanigo

1987

5th Overall Vuelta a España

8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1989

1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia

3rd Overall Vuelta a España

1st

Mountains classification

1st

Combination classification

1990: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships; 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1991: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia; 4th Overall Clásico RCN
1992: ~~1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España~~; 9th Overall Paris–Nice
1993: 3rd Overall Clásico RCN
1994: 5th Overall Clásico RCN; 6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1995: 1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia; 3rd Road race, National Road Championships; 8th Overall Clásico RCN

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Vuelta a España	5	DNF	3	DNF	DNF	45
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	DNF	—	—	38	48	24

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References[]

^ "Óscar Vargas, positivo" (in Spanish). El País. 29 May 1992. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

Óscar Vargas at Cycling Archives

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[1] "Óscar Vargas, positivo" (in Spanish). El País. 29 May 1992. Retrieved 12 March 2019.

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