Rafael Acevedo (cyclist)

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Rafaël Acevedo
Personal information
Full nameRafaël Antonio Acevedo Porras
NicknamePichirilo
Born (1957-05-04) 4 May 1957 (age 66)
Sogamoso, Colombia
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1982Loteria de Boyaca
1984Colombia–Piles Varta
Professional team
1985–1989 Varta–Café de Colombia–Mavic

Rafael Antonio Acevedo Porras (born 4 May 1957) is a Colombian former professional road cyclist. [1] [2]

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Major results

1979
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia
1980
4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 2
1981
1st Stages 6 & 12 Vuelta a Colombia
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1982
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 7
4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1984
10th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
10th Overall Clásico RCN
1986
1st Overall Vuelta a Costa
1988
1st Clásico Centenario de Armenia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 19841985198619871988
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 42
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 12 43 DNF 18
Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España 44 DNF

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References

  1. "Rafaël Antonio Acevedo". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. "Rafael Antonio Acevedo Porras". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 28 May 2021.