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1992 Vuelta A Colombia
The 42nd edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from March 31 to April 12, 1992. There were a total number of 93 competitors, including 20 foreign riders. The race started in Pereira. Stages 1992-03-31: Pereira — Pereira (5.2 km) 1992-04-01: Pereira — Palmira (196 km) 1992-04-02: Cali — Popayán (138.4 km) 1992-04-03: Popayán — Buga (203.1 km) 1992-04-04: Buga — Génova (163.5 km) 1992-04-05: Armenia — Manizales (151.2 km) 1992-04-06: Manizales — Medellín (199.3 km) 1992-04-07: Rionegro — La Dorada (205.8 km) 1992-04-08: Honda — Ibagué (141 km) 1992-04-09: Ibagué — Bogotá (211 km) 1992-04-10: Cajicá — Duitama (173.1 km) 1992-04-11: Paipa — Tunja (43 km) 1992-04-12: Tunja — Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Parra
Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto (born November 22, 1959 in Sogamoso, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the ''Novatos'' classification for new riders or riders riding their first edition of the race, and finishing 14th in the 1979 Vuelta a Colombia and then the General classification in the 1981 Vuelta a Colombia. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Parra turned professional for the first Colombian cycling team, Café de Colombia, in 1985. He was a professional from 1985 to 1992 and won stages in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. His success occurred at the same time as his compatriot Luis Herrera. While Herrera won stages and the King of the Mountains competitions in the grand tours, Parra could contend for the overall classification. His greatest achievements were a third place in the 1988 Tour de France, highest placing of a South American for 25 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buga, Valle Del Cauca
Buga (), formally Guadalajara de Buga, is a city and municipality in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. It is famous for its Basilica del Señor de los Milagros, which houses an image of Christ called ''el Señor de los Milagros'' ("the Lord of the Miracles"). Buga is a city with a cattle industry. It is from Cali.Sider, Don.Miracle on the Mountain." ''People''. January 8, 1996. Volume 45, No. 1. Retrieved on January 4, 2012. History Guadalajara de Buga, which is the city's formal name, is one of the oldest cities in Colombia; founded in 1555 by Giraldo Gil de Estupiñán under the order of the Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar and known as ''Buga la Real ''("the Royal Buga" ) or'' La Ciudad Señora'' (“the Lady City”). It was the home of many wealthy families coming from Spain and settling in the New World. King Philip II of Spain gave Guadalajara de Buga its city status officially at the end of the 16th century and also granted its coat of arms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Martín Farfán
José Martín Farfán Pulido (born 21 August 1965) is a Colombian former road cyclist, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed ''Farfantastico'' during his career. Farfán is one of only 4 Colombians to win the Mountain jersey at the Vuelta a España. Career In the 1989 Vuelta a España while racing the Stage 15 Time trial Farfán finished in third this was enough to put him into the lead of the race by 2 seconds to eventual winner Pedro Delgado. Farfán's biggest win of his career was Stage 18 of the 1990 Vuelta a España which he won ahead of teammate and fellow Colombian Fabio Parra. This victory would move Farfán up to 6th overall, he would lose time in the remaining stages to finish eleventh at the end of the Vuelta. He did end up winning the Mountains classification for most mountain points that year. Major results Sources: ;1987 : 2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia ;1988 : 4th Overall Vuelta al Táchira ::1st Stage 2b ;1989 : 1st Stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibagué
Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, on the central mountain range of the Colombian Andes, near Nevado del Tolima. It is one of the most populous cities in the country, with about 529,635 (according to the 2018 census) inhabitants, making it the seventh (7th) most populous in Colombia. It was founded on October 14, 1550, by the Spanish captain Andrés López de Galarza. The city of Ibagué is divided into 13 communes and the rural area has 17 corregimientos. As the capital of the department of Tolima the city hosts the Government of Tolima, the Departmental Assembly, and the Attorney General's Office. It is the main epicenter of political, economic, administrative, business, art, culture, and tourism activities in the area. Ibagué maintains one of the major urban econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honda, Colombia
Honda is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 23,616 as of the census 2018. Along with Líbano, Honda is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Líbano-Honda. The main industries of Honda are tourism, fishing, and cattle-ranching. Toponymy (name origin) Honda takes its name from the Ondaimas, the indigenous people that inhabited the banks of the Magdalena river and the region where the city lies today. Honda is called "the City of Bridges" with more than 40 of them on the rivers Magdalena, Gualí, Guarinó, and Quebrada Seca. It is also called the "City of Peace" as it escaped most of the violence of the 1950s. History Honda was founded on August 24, 1539 by Francisco Nuñez Pedroso. The "golden age" of the city was between 1850 and 1910 when the Magdalena river constituted the only means of transportation between the Caribbean coast and the inland city of Bogotá. The city was the main river port of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Dorada, Caldas
La Dorada () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas. It is situated on the banks of Colombia's principal river, the Magdalena. The city's economy is based primarily on livestock, fishing, and tourism. Gallery References {{Authority control Municipalities of Caldas Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rionegro
Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro". Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the city received its name after a river that looks black because of the shadows cast by trees. The river traverses the city and it is the most prominent geographical feature of the municipality. Rionegro is also sometimes called the ''Cuna de la democracia'' (Cradle of democracy) as it was one of the most important cities during the era of the Colombia's struggle for independence and the 1863 constitution was written in the city. History The territory was first mentioned in 1541 by the Spanish Lieutenant Álvaro de Mendoza. When the Field Marshal Jorge Robledo took possession of the Valley of Aburrá, he was commissioned by Alvaro de Mendoza. According to Fray Pedro Simón, Robledo was the first Iberian man who discovered the Valley of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Humberto Ruiz
Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' (1819). People with the given name * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer * Edgar Barrier, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower * Edgar Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician * Edgar Buchanan, American actor * Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Jaramillo
Fabio León Jaramillo Mesa (born April 19, 1967 in Itagüí, Antioquia Antioquia is the Spanish form of Antioch. Antioquia may also refer to: * Antioquia Department, Colombia * Antioquia State, Colombia (defunct) * Antioquia District, Peru * Antioquia Railway The Antioquia Railway ( es, Ferrocarril de Antioquia) i ...) is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional in the 1990s. He is a younger brother of Carlos Jaramillo. Career ;1992 :1st in Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Medellín (COL) References * 1967 births Living people People from Itagüí Colombian male cyclists Vuelta a Colombia stage winners Sportspeople from Antioquia Department {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics, the city had an estimated population of 2,508,452 according to the 2018 census. With its surrounding area that includes nine other cities, the metropolitan area of Medellín is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people. In 1616, the Spaniard Francisco Herrera Campuzano erected a small indigenous village ("''poblado''") known as "Saint Lawrence of Aburrá" (''San Lorenzo de Aburrá''), located in the present-day El Poblado commune. On 2 November 1675, the queen consort Mariana of Austria founded the "Town of Our Lady of Candelaria of Medellín" ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Rosero
Juan Carlos Rosero García (28 November 1962 – 23 January 2013) was an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ... in Barcelona, Spain. After retiring from competition, Rosero became a teacher: he also became a mentor to Richard Carapaz, Ecuador's first European-based professional cyclist and Grand Tour winner, through a cycling club he founded at the school where he was teaching; the club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including Jhonatan Narvaez and Jonathan Caicedo. Born in Tumbaco, Quito Canton, Rosero died in Tulcán. Career ;1986 :1st in General Classification Vuelta Ciclista a la Republica del Ecuador (ECU) ;1987 :1st in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chepe González
José Jaime González Pico (born July 28, 1968, in Sogamoso, Boyacá), also known as Chepe González, is a Colombian former road bicycle racer. He won stages in Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He also won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1994 and 1995. Major results ;1990 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia ;1991 : 2nd Overall Clásico RCN ::1st Stages 3 & 7 ;1992 : 6th Subida a Urkiola : 8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 5 : 8th Overall Tour du Limousin ;1993 : 5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;1994 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Points classification ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Combination classification ::1st Stages 5, 6 & 8 ( ITT) ;1995 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stages 2 & 11 : 1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN ;1996 : 1st Stage 11 Tour de France : 5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;1997 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 20 ;1999 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia : 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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