Javier Suárez (cyclist)

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Javier Suarez
Personal information
Full nameJavier Amado Suárez Cueva
NicknameEl Ñato
Pugnose[1]
Born (1943-11-03) 3 November 1943 (age 78)
Don Matías, Antioquia, Colombia
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1962–1964Tapetes Telaraña
1965–1966Suramericana de Seguros
1967Postre Royal
1968–1972Suramericana de Seguros

Javier Amado Suárez Cueva (born 3 November 1943) is a retired Colombia road racing cyclist. He won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1965 and the Clásico RCN in 1965 and 1966.[2] His nickname was El ñato.

He also competed in the team time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as part of the Colombian team.[3]

Major results[]

1962
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 11
1963
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia
1964
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia
1965
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 7, 11, 14, 15 & 17
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 1
1966
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Clásico RCN
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
Central American and Caribbean Games
1st Gold medal centralamerica.svg Team time trial
2nd Silver medal centralamerica.svg Road race
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 14
1967
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 19
1968
1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

References[]

  1. ^ Rendell, Matt (2002). Kings of the Mountains. ISBN 1-85410-837-9.
  2. ^ "Javier Suarez". Cyclebase. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Javier Suárez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

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