Samuel Cabrera Castañeda (15 August 1960 – 21 March 2022) was a Colombian professional

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. Cabrera died on 21 March 2022, after being

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while working on his farm.Un rayo mata al colombiano Samuel Cabrera
He was 61.

Major results

;1980 : 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 ...

;1981 : 5th overall Vuelta a Colombia : 7th overall

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;1982 : 1st overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica ::1st stages 7 and 8 : 1st stage 7

: 3rd overall Clásico RCN ;1983 : 5th overall Clásico RCN : 6th overall Vuelta a Colombia ;1985 : 2nd overall

Vuelta a Cundinamarca The Vuelta a Cundinamarca is a road bicycle racing, road cycling race held annually in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia. The race was first held in 1974, when it was known as the Clásica de Cundinamarca. It was renamed the ''Vuelta a Cund ...

: 3rd overall

::1st Mountains classification ;1988 : 2nd overall

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 ...

::1st stage 1 : 2nd overall Tour the Americas ::1st stage 1

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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