Rubén Darío Gómez

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Bedoya.

Rubén Darío Gómez
Personal information
Full nameRubén Darío Gómez Bedoya
NicknameEl Tigrillo de Pereira
Born(1940-03-03)3 March 1940
Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia
Died23 July 2010(2010-07-23) (aged 70)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Major wins
Vuelta a Colombia (1959, 1961)
Clásico RCN (1961, 1962)
Vuelta a Guatemala (1964)

Rubén Darío Gómez (3 March 1940 – 23 July 2010) was a Colombian road racing cyclist.[1] He won the two most important stage races in Colombia, the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN two times.[2] He also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]

Major results[]

1957
1st Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia
1958
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia
1959
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2, 8, 12 & 14
1960
1st Stages 13 & 15 Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Overall Vuelta a Mexico
1961
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2 & 7
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Clásico RCN
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
1962
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd Silver medal centralamerica.svg Team time trial
3rd Bronze medal centralamerica.svg Road race
1963
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 1 & 10
1964
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
1st Mountains classification
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 5
3rd Overall Vuelta a Mexico
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
1965
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 13
1966
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia
1968
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia

References[]

  1. ^ "Falleció Rubén Darío Gómez doble campeón de la Vuelta a Colombia". Siteducyclisme.net. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Rubén Darío Gómez". De Wielersite. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Rubén Darío Gómez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2014.


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