Ramón Hoyos

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Ramón Hoyos
Personal information
Full nameRamón Hoyos Vallejo
NicknameEl escarabajo de la montaña, Don Ramón de Marinilla
Born(1932-05-26)26 May 1932
Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia
Died19 November 2014(2014-11-19) (aged 82)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional team
Antioquia–Coltejer
Medal record
Men's
cycling
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1955 Mexico Individual Road Race

Ramón Hoyos Vallejo (26 May 1932 – 19 November 2014) was a Colombian

Summer Olympics; in 1956 and 1960.[1][2] He also won the Vuelta a Colombia
five times: in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958.

Major results

1952
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia
1953
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15
1954
1st
Efraín Forero
)
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13
1st Overall Vuelta a Puerto Rico
1st Stages 2 & 5
1955
1st Road race, Pan American Games
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18
1956
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16 & 17
1st Stages 7 & 14
Vuelta a Mexico
1958
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2, 11 & 14
1959
1st
Efraín Forero
)
1960
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia

References

  1. ^ "Ramón Hoyos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Murió Ramón Hoyos Vallejo, leyenda del ciclismo colombiano" (in Spanish). elespectador.com. 19 November 2014.