Giovanny Manuel Báez Álvarez (born April 9, 1981 in

Nobsa Nobsa is a town and municipality in Sugamuxi Province, part of Boyacá department. The urban centre is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the national capital Bogotá at an elevation of . Other parts of the municipality range in ...

) is a Colombian professional

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, who is currently suspended from the sport after a positive drugs test for a

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Major results

;2004 : 1st Stage 11

Vuelta a Venezuela The Vuelta a Venezuela () is a men's multi-day road cycling race held annually in Venezuela. Between, 2005 and 2019 and 2021 and 2022, the race carried a UCI rating of 2.2 and was part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Contin ...

;2005 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Vuelta a León ;2009 : 1st Stage 11

Vuelta a Colombia The (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the Colombian Cyclin ...

;2010 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Santa Catarina ;2011 : 1st Overall

Vuelta a Guatemala The ''Vuelta a Guatemala'' (Spanish for Tour of Guatemala) is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually and typically during late October and early November in several locations in Guatemala. The competition carries a UCI rating o ...

::1st Stages 7 & 9 : 3rd Overall

Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja () is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were int ...

;2012 : 3rd Overall

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002 and is named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as ...

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* * 1981 births Living people People from Nobsa Colombian male cyclists Vuelta a Colombia stage winners Vuelta a Venezuela stage winners Cyclists from Boyacá Department 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub