Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez (born 11 August 1988) is a Colombian

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, who rides for Colombian amateur team .

Career

Lampre–ISD (2012–2014)

He impressed the team managers after getting second place of the 2011 Girobio, a smaller version of the

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for younger riders. The team signed him for 2012 and 2013. In December 2012, Anacona was injured in a training crash, after he collided with a dog. He suffered a broken peroneal malleolus and dislocated his ankle bone. In the mountainous 2014 Tour of Utah, Anacona helped his leader Chris Horner obtain the second place of the race, taking the third step of the podium himself. On the mountaintop finish of Stage 9 of the

2014 Vuelta a España The 2014 Vuelta a España took place between 23 August and 14 September 2014 and was the 69th edition of the race. It featured eight mountain stages, five hill stages, five flat stages, and three time trials (one team and two individual), two of ...

, Anacona almost took the leader's jersey by soloing to the line for the stage victory. He attacked from a breakaway of 31 riders and missed the top spot in the overall classification by a mere 9 seconds.

Movistar Team (2015–2019)

In 2015, Anacona went to on an initial two-year contract. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.

Arkéa–Samsic (2020–2022)

In September 2019, it was announced that Anacona – along with Dayer Quintana and Nairo Quintana – was moving to the team for the 2020 season. During his three years with the team, he won the 2021 Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'Es Colomer – held as part of the

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– and the mountains classification at the 2022 Route d'Occitanie.

Personal life

Anacona was named after cyclists

Peter Winnen Peter Johannes Gertrudis Winnen (born 5 September 1957) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in road racing and finished in 26th place. After the Games he turned professional in 1981. Among his 14 vict ...

and Andrew Hampsten, but due to a mistake, his first name became Winner instead of Winnen.

Major results

Source: ;2006 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotColombia

Team pursuit ::1st MaillotColombia

Points race : 1st MaillotColombia

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 10th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo ;2010 : 2nd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Overall Girobio : 10th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin ;2011 : 2nd Overall Girobio ::1st Stage 5 : 6th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin ;2012 : 10th Overall Tour of Slovenia ;2014 : 1st Stage 9

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: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour of Utah ;2015 : 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos ;2016 : 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León : 9th Overall

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;2019 : 1st Jersey white

Overall

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::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall

Tour of Austria The Tour of Austria () is a stage race, stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

: 8th

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo Getxo () (Spanish: ''Guecho'') is a town located in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basq ...

;2020 : 3rd

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. The first edition was held in 1922. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

;2021 : 1st Trofeo Andratx – Mirador d'Es Colomer ;2022 : 1st Jersey white dots on blue

Mountains classification,

Route d'Occitanie The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France. ...

;2023 : 10th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Winner Anacona Gomez profile
at Lampre-ISD 1988 births Living people Colombian male cyclists People from Tunja 2014 Vuelta a España stage winners Colombian Vuelta a España stage winners Cyclists from Boyacá Department 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub