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]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rubén Darío Gómez Bedoya |
| Nickname | El Tigrillo de Pereira |
| Born | 3 March 1940 Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia |
| Died | 23 July 2010 (aged 70) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Major wins | |
| Vuelta a Colombia (1959, 1961) Clásico RCN (1961, 1962) Vuelta a Guatemala (1964) | |
Major results
edit- 1957
- 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia
- 1958
- 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia
- 1959
- 1st
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 Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stages 2 & 7
- 1st Overall Clásico RCN
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1962
- 1st Overall Clásico RCN
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia
- Central American and Caribbean Games
- 2nd
Team time trial - 3rd
Road race
- 2nd
- 1963
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stages 1 & 10
- 1964
- 1st 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
edit- ^ "Falleció Rubén Darío Gómez doble campeón de la Vuelta a Colombia". Siteducyclisme.net. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
- ^ "Rubén Darío Gómez". De Wielersite. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
- ^ "Rubén Darío Gómez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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