Nelson Soto (cyclist)
![]() Soto in 2017. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Nelson Andrés Soto Martínez |
Born | Barranquilla, Colombia | 19 June 1994
Team information | |
Current team | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Shimano |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur teams | |
2015 | Metropolitan Green Planet |
2016 | Coldeportes–Claro |
Professional teams | |
2017 | Coldeportes–Zenú |
2018–2019 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA[1][2] |
2020– | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas |
Nelson Andrés Soto Martínez (born 19 June 1994 in Barranquilla) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Shimano.[3] In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.[4]
Major results[]
- 2017
- 1st
Road race, Pan American Road Championships
- Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 3, 10 & 11
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, Central American and Caribbean Games
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 2019
- 4th Route Adélie
- 10th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2020
- 4th Poreč Trophy
- 2021
- 1st
Road race, Pan American Road Championships
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Colombia
- 2022
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 2018 |
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154 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ "Caja Rural-Seguros RGA sign young Spanish talent". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
The pair join Danilo Celano (Amore & Vita-Selle SMP), Julen Amezqueta and Cristian Rodriguez (Wilier Triestina), and Colombian Nelson Soto (Coldeportes-Claro) as new signings for the 2018 season.
- ^ "El proyecto del Caja Rural 2019 arranca en Almería, aún sin el colombiano Soto" [The Caja Rural 2019 project starts in Almería, even without the Colombian Soto]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Colombia Tierra de Atletas GW Bicicletas". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
External links[]
- Nelson Soto at ProCyclingStats
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Colombian male cyclists
- Vuelta a Colombia stage winners
- People from Barranquilla
- Colombian cycling biography stubs