Sergio Higuita
Personal information | |
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Full name | Sergio Andrés Higuita García |
Nickname | Higuita Monster |
Born | Medellín, Colombia | 1 August 1997
Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Bora–Hansgrohe |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur team | |
2015 | 4-72 El servicio de envíos |
Professional teams | |
2016–2018 | Team Manzana Postobón[1] |
2019 | Fundación Euskadi |
2019–2021 | EF Education First[2][3] |
2022– | Bora–Hansgrohe |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Sergio Andrés Higuita García (born 1 August 1997) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[4]
Career[]
He moved from UCI Continental team Euskaltel–Euskadi in May 2019,[5] having initially been set to join in the summer.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[7] In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[8]
Major results[]
- 2016
- 9th Overall Tour de Gironde
- 10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2017
- 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a Asturias
- 2018
- 9th Klasika Primavera
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 9th Overall Tour of China I
- 1st Mountains classification
- 2019
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 18
- Combativity award Stage 18
- 1st Young rider classification Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd Overall Tour of California
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 3rd GP Miguel Induráin
- 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
- 4th Klasika Primavera
- 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th Tre Valli Varesine
- 6th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2020
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour Colombia
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2021
- 6th Tre Valli Varesine
- 9th Giro della Toscana
- 10th Giro di Lombardia
- 2022
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve
- 10th Strade Bianche
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
---|---|---|---|
Giro d'Italia | — | — | — |
Tour de France | — | DNF | 25 |
Vuelta a España | 14 | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
IP | In progress |
References[]
- ^ "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "BORA - HANSGROHE". UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (7 May 2019). "'Exceptional' Colombian youngster Sergio Higuita makes mid-season switch to EF Education First". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Videla, Franco (17 January 2019). "EF-Drapac cede a Sergio Higuita a la Fundación Euskadi" [EF-Drapac hands over Sergio Higuita to the Euskadi Foundation]. Ciclismo Internacional (in Spanish). Pablo Martín Palermo. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
- ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
External links[]
- Sergio Higuita at Cycling Archives
- Sergio Higuita at ProCyclingStats
- Sergio Higuita at Cycling Quotient
- Sergio Higuita at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Colombian male cyclists
- Colombian Vuelta a España stage winners
- Sportspeople from Medellín
- Olympic cyclists of Colombia
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics