Ramón Hoyos

Ramón Hoyos

Personal information
Full name	Ramón Hoyos Vallejo
Nickname	El escarabajo de la montaña, Don Ramón de Marinilla
Born	(1932-05-26)26 May 1932 Marinilla, Antioquia, Colombia
Died	19 November 2014(2014-11-19) (aged 82)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team
Antioquia–Coltejer
Medal record Men's cycling Representing   Colombia Pan American Games 1955 Mexico Individual Road Race

Ramón Hoyos Vallejo (26 May 1932 – 19 November 2014) was a Colombian road bicycle racer who won the men's individual road race at the 1959 Pan American Games. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics; in 1956 and 1960. ^{[1] [2]} He also won the Vuelta a Colombia five times: in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958.

Major results

1952

1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia

1953

1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stages 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15

1954

1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Héctor Mesa, Justo Londoño and Efraín Forero)

1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13

1st Overall Vuelta a Puerto Rico

1st Stages 2 & 5

1955

1st Road race, Pan American Games

1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18

1956

1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stages 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16 & 17

1st Stages 7 & 14 Vuelta a Mexico

1958

1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stages 2, 11 & 14

1959

1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Pablo Hurtado and Efraín Forero)

1960

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia

References

1. "Ramón Hoyos Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
2. "Murió Ramón Hoyos Vallejo, leyenda del ciclismo colombiano" (in Spanish). elespectador.com. 19 November 2014.