Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia (born November 28, 1994) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for
UCI Continental team .
Career
Born in
Pácora, Caldas
Pácora is a town and municipality in the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Caldas Department, Caldas. It is located in northern Caldas-Department, on the slopes of the Andes Central Mountains of the Republic of Colombia. With an ave ...
, Restrepo was a competitive swimmer during his youth, winning four national titles in Colombia.
According to Restrepo, he and his manager contacted a number of
UCI WorldTeam
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s via
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from December 2014 with a view to gaining a professional contract, and after becoming Pan-American Under-23 Champion in 2015, he received an offer from Katusha for a position as a ''
stagiaire
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'' that season, subsequently remaining with the team for 2016.
He participated in the
2015 Pan American Games
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and was first in the
team pursuit
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Race format
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. He was named in the startlist for the
2016 Vuelta a España
The 2016 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race was the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season.
...
.
In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the
2020 Giro d'Italia
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.
Major results
;2013
: 1st Stage 1
Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
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:
Pan American Track Championships
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::2nd

Team pursuit
::3rd

Individual pursuit
: 2nd

Individual pursuit,
Bolivarian Games
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;2014
:
Pan American Track Championships
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::1st

Team pursuit
::2nd

Madison (with
Jordan Parra
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Major resu ...
)
;2015
: 1st
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
Pan American Games
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:
Pan American Track Championships
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::1st

Team pursuit
::1st

Individual pursuit
::2nd

Madison (with
Juan Arango
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)
:
Pan American Under-23 Road Championships
::1st

Road race
::5th Time trial
: 3rd Overall
Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
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::1st Points classification
::1st Stage 6
;2016
:

Combativity award Stage 8
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...
;2017
: 2nd
Vuelta a Murcia
The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia ( en, Tour of Murcia) is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due ...
: 4th
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
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: 10th Overall
Tour Down Under
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::1st

Young rider classification
;2018
: 4th
Gran Piemonte
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;2019
: 1st

Mountains classification
Vuelta a Aragón
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: 5th Overall
Circuit de la Sarthe
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: 7th Overall
Tour of Turkey
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In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...
: 8th Overall
Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
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;2020
:
Vuelta al Táchira
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::1st Stages 3 & 5
: 6th Overall
Tour du Rwanda
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::1st Stages 3, 5, 6 & 7 (
ITT
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;2021
: 1st

Mountains classification
Boucles de la Mayenne
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: 2nd
Trofeo Matteotti
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which ...
: 3rd
Veneto Classic
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road b ...
: 4th Overall
Giro di Sicilia
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: 5th Overall
Tour du Rwanda
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The Uni ...
::1st Stage 7 (
ITT
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)
: 7th
Giro del Veneto
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In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa ...
;2022
: 1st Stage 3
Tour du Rwanda
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The Uni ...
;2023
: 1st
Giro della Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria
: 1st Stage 1
Vuelta al Tolima
The Vuelta al Tolima is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually since 1989 in the Tolima Department of Colombia. Prior to 2002, the race was known as the ''Clásica del Tolima.'' Since 2015, a women's edition of the race has also be ...
: 10th
Clásica de Ciclismo Ciudad Santiago de Arma-Rionegro
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
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1994 births
Living people
Colombian male cyclists
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia
Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Caldas Department
21st-century Colombian people