Samuel Cabrera Castañeda (15 August 1960 – 21 March 2022) was a Colombian professional road cyclist. Cabrera died on 21 March 2022, after being struck by

lightning Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous release of an average ...

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 of ...

;1981 : 5th overall

Vuelta a Colombia The Vuelta a Colombia (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 ...

: 7th overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independent ...

;1982 : 1st overall

Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica (''English'': Tour of Costa Rica) is a bicycle racing stage race held annually since 1965 in Costa Rica. The men's Vuelta carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI ...

::1st stages 7 and 8 : 1st stage 7

: 3rd overall

Clásico RCN The Clásico RCN (Spanish for ''RCN Classic'') is an annual cycling road race that takes place over many stages through different regions of Colombia during October. It is organized by the Colombian Cycling Federation. The event is sponsored by ...

;1983 : 5th overall

: 6th overall

;1985 : 2nd overall

Vuelta a Cundinamarca The Vuelta a Cundinamarca is a 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 Cundinamarca'' in 1996. ...

: 3rd overall

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

Vuelta a Venezuela The Vuelta a Venezuela ( en, Tour of Venezuela) is a men's multi-day road cycling race held annually in Venezuela. The race carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored ...

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

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

1960 births 2022 deaths Colombian male cyclists Sportspeople from Cundinamarca Department Deaths from lightning strikes 20th-century Colombian people {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub