Rodrigo Contreras (cyclist)

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Rodrigo Contreras
Contreras in 2018
Personal information
Full nameRodrigo Contreras Pinzón
NicknameRocky
Born (1994-06-02) June 2, 1994 (age 29)
Villapinzón, Colombia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamNu Colombia
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2014–2015Coldeportes–Claro
2022–2023EPM–Scott
Professional teams
2013Colombia–Coldeportes
→ 2015Etixx–Quick-Step (stagiaire)
2016Etixx–Quick-Step
2017Coldeportes–Zenú
2018EPM
2019–2021Astana[1][2][3][4]
2024–Nu Colombia
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's road cycling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Championships 2 1 0
CAC Games 1 0 0
South American Games 1 1 0
Bolivarian Games 1 2 0
Total 5 4 0
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Puebla Under-23 time trial
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Juan Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2017 Santo Domingo Time trial
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Time trial
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción Time trial
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santa Marta Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar Road race
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar Time trial
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Contreras and the second or maternal family name is Pinzón.

Rodrigo Contreras Pinzón (born June 2, 1994, in Villapinzón) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Nu Colombia.[5] He previously rode for Etixx–Quick-Step and Astana.[6][7] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[8]

Major results[edit]

2013
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Bolivia
2014
Pan American Under-23 Road Championships
1st Time trial
4th Road race
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2015
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
5th Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Young rider classification
2016
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de San Luis
2017
1st Time trial, Bolivarian Games
2nd Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2018
South American Games
1st Time trial
5th Road race
1st Time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games
Vuelta a Colombia
1st Prologue & Stage 7 (ITT)
4th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
2019
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
10th Overall Tour du Rwanda
1st Stage 8
10th Overall Tour Colombia
2022
1st Time trial, Pan American Championships
1st Overall Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
1st Stages 3 & 4
1st Overall Clásica Rionegro con Futuro-Aguas de Rionegro
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Clásica Ciudad de Girardot
1st Prologue
1st Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá
1st Stage 1
1st Overall Clásica Carmen de Viboral
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
South American Games
2nd Time trial
Bolivarian Games
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Overall Vuelta al Tolima
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
9th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 10
2023
1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
1st Overall Clásica el Carmen de Viboral
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 6
2nd Overall Vuelta a Cundinamarca
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
2nd Overall Vuelta al Tolima
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2024
1st Overall Tour Colombia
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 110
A yellow jersey Tour de France —
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Rodrigo Contreras regresa al EPM después de tres años en Astana". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "ENu Colombia". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Rodrigo Contreras". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ^ "News shorts: Gaviria to debut with Etixx-Quickstep alongside Cavendish in RideLondon". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

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