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Efraín Forero Triviño

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Efraín Forero Triviño
Personal information
Full nameEfraín Forero Triviño
NicknameEl Zipa
El Indomable Zipa
Born4 March 1930
Zipaquirá, Colombia
Died12 September 2022(2022-09-12) (aged 92)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Major wins
Vuelta a Colombia (1951)

Efraín Forero Triviño (4 March 1930 – 12 September 2022)[1] was a Colombian road racing cyclist.

Forero or El Zipa as he was known was involved in the organisation of the first Vuelta a Colombia. He was chosen to ride between the cities of Fresno and Manizales, via Páramo de Letras, as a preliminary race, and to define the route of the tour. The following year, 1951, the first Vuelta a Colombia took place. It was a 1,233 kilometers race which was divided in 10 stages, including 3 days off. Forero won this first Vuelta a Colombia.[2] He won seven stages along the way.[3] He would win a further three stages and would finish 4th overall in 1953 and 1954,[4] as well as second overall in the 1957 Vuelta a Colombia behind Spaniard José Gómez del Moral.[5]

Major results

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1950
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Team pursuit, Central American and Caribbean Games
1951
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10
1952
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
1953
1st Road race, National Road Championships
4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 1
1954
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Héctor Mesa, Justo Londoño and Ramón Hoyos)
4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 15
1956
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1957
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1958
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1959
1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Pablo Hurtado and Ramón Hoyos)

References

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  1. ^ Murió Efraín Forero, leyenda del ciclismo colombiano (in Spanish)
  2. ^ "History of the Vuelta a Colombia". Compania Nacional de Chocolates. Retrieved 10 August 2007.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Vuelta a Colombia Histoia 1951". Ciclismo de Colombia. Archived from the original on 27 March 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  4. ^ Rendell, Matt (2002). Kings of the Mountains. Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-837-9.
  5. ^ "Palmares du Tour de Colombie". Velo Club. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2007.