|
1998 Vuelta A Colombia
The 48th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from April 25 to May 10, 1998. Only 68 cyclists (out of 93) completed the race. Stages 1998-04-25: Villavicencio — Villavicencio (5.8 km) 1998-04-26: Circuito del Llano (172 km) 1998-04-27: Villavicencio — Cáqueza (147 km) 1998-04-28: Funza — Girardot (131 km) 1998-04-29: Girardot — Neiva (172 km) 1998-04-30: Neiva — Ibagué (208 km) 1998-05-01: Circuito del Café — Calle (144 km) 1998-05-02: Santa Rosa de Cabal — Alto de Santa Helena (229 km) 1998-05-03: Medellín — Manizales (195 km) 1998-05-04: Manizales — Dorada (177 km) 1998-05-05: Puerto Boyacá — Barrancabermeja (202 km) 1998-05-06: Barrancabermeja — Bucaramanga (124 km) 1998-05-07: Bucaramanga — Barichara (148.7 km) 1998-05-08: Barbosa — Duitama (138.9 km) 1998-05-09: Paipa — Tunja (43.5 km) 1998-05-10: Circuito en Bogotá (104 km) Final classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Castelblanco
José Joaquim Castelblanco Romero (born December 15, 1969 in Úmbita, Boyacá) is a professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He was nicknamed "Don José" during his career. Major results ;1992 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Guatemala (GUA) ;1994 :1st in General Classification Circuito Montañés (ESP) ;1997 :1st in Prologue Vuelta a Colombia, Bucaramanga (COL) :1st in Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia, Manizales (COL) :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) :1st in National Championships, Road, Elite, Colombia (COL) ;1998 :1st in Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia, Manizales (COL) :1st in Stage 11 Vuelta a Colombia, Bucaramanga (COL) :1st in Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia, Tunja (COL) :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) ;2001 :1st in Stage 2 Clásico RCN, Manizales (COL) :1st in Stage 7 Clasico RCN, Tunja (COL) :2nd in General Classification Clasico RCN (COL) ;2002 :1st in Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia, Bogota (COL) :1st in Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funza
Funza () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, of the department of Cundinamarca. Funza is situated on the Bogotá savanna, the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altitude of . In Funza the La Florida wetland, part of the wetlands of Bogotá, a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Humboldt, still exists. The town is part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá and borders Madrid and Tenjo in the north, Mosquera in the south, Madrid in the west and Cota and the locality Engativá of the capital Bogotá in the east. The eastern boundary is formed by the Bogotá River. Funza is the site of the former main settlement Bacatá of the Muisca Confederation. Modern Funza was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on April 20, 1537. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manizales
Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an important hub for higher educational institutions. History Manizales was founded on October 12, 1849. The city was founded by a group of twenty Antioquia Department, Antioquians (''The Expedition of the 20''), who came from Neira, Caldas, Neira and Salamina, Caldas, Salamina. Geography Manizales is the capital city of one of the smallest Colombian departments. The city is described as having an "abrupt topography", and lies on the Colombian Central Mountain Range (part of the longest continental mountain range, the Andes), with a great deal of ridgelines and steep slopes, which, combined with the seismic instability of the area, has required architectural adaptations and public works to make the city safer. Even though Manizales has this very di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America. According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics, the city had an estimated population of 2,508,452 according to the 2018 census. With its surrounding area that includes nine other cities, the metropolitan area of Medellín is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people. In 1616, the Spaniard Francisco Herrera Campuzano erected a small indigenous village ("''poblado''") known as " Saint Lawrence of Aburrá" (''San Lorenzo de Aburrá''), located in the present-day El Poblado commune. On 2 November 1675, the queen consort Mariana of Austria founded the "Town of Our Lady of Candelaria of Medellín" (''Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Helena Del Opón
Santa Helena del Opón is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... Municipalities of Santander Department {{Santander-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Rosa De Cabal
Santa Rosa de Cabal is a town and municipality in the Risaralda Department, of west central Colombia, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central. It is a commercial and manufacturing centre for the fertile agricultural and pastoral hinterland. Silkworms The domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''), is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of ''Bombyx mandarina'', the wild silk moth. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically imp ... are raised in the vicinity. There are silver, gold, and mercury mines nearby. A thermal pool called "Termales" is open for visitors. Symbols Flag: ''Rectangle of proportions 1:2 terciated by fess white, green and white.'' Alternatively: ''On a field Argent 1:2 a fess Vert.'' Coat of arms: ''Party per pale and per chevron reduced engrailed Argent, Vert and Gules. In saltire over the first two fields, a Latin cross bendwise Gules surmounted by an axe bendwise sinister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gregorio Ladino
Gregorio Ladino Vega (born January 18, 1973 in San Mateo, Boyacá) is a Colombian former professional road cyclist. Since 2011, he holds a Mexican citizenship. Major results ;1995 : 1st Young rider classification Vuelta a Colombia ;1997 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Costa Rica : 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia ;2001 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Costa Rica : 1st Overall Vuelta a Guatemala : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Colombia ;2002 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Costa Rica ;2003 : 1st Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional : 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Chiriquí : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Costa Rica ;2005 : 2nd Overall Clásico Ciclístico Banfoandes ::1st Stage 3 : 8th Overall Tour of the Gila ;2006 : 1st Overall Vuelta Sonora : 1st Overall Vuelta a El Salvador : 2nd Overall UCI America Tour : 3rd Overall Clásico Ciclístico Banfoandes : 6th Overall Vuelta a Chihuahua : 7th Overall Vuelta Oaxaca : 7th Overall Tour de Beauce : 7th Univest Grand Prix ;2007 : 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a Chih ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jairo Hernández (cyclist)
Jairo de Jesús Hernández Montoya (born August 13, 1972 in Calarcá, Quindío) is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. Major results ;1990 :1st in National Championships, Road, Juniors, Colombia (COL) ;1993 :1st in National Championships, Road, Amateurs, Colombia (COL) :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23 (COL) ;1994 :1st in Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia, Ibagué (COL) ;1995 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Guatemala (GUA) ;1996 :1st in Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia (COL) :9th in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) :1st in Prologue Vuelta al Tolima (COL) ;1997 :1st in Stage 8 Clásico RCN, Puerto Salgar (COL) ;1998 :1st in Stage 13 Vuelta a Colombia, Duitama (COL) ;1999 :3rd in National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Colombia (COL) :1st in General Classification Vuelta al Tolima (COL) :1st in Stage 5 Clásico RCN, Roldanillo (COL) :1st in Stage 6 Clásico RCN, Armenia (COL) :1st in Stage 7 Clásico RCN, El Cable (COL) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia, Colombia
Armenia () is the capital of Quindio Department. Armenia is a medium-sized city and part of the " coffee axis" along with Pereira and Manizales. It is one of the main centers of the national economy and of the Colombian coffee growing axis. As a result, the historic center of Armenia was named as part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. History The city was founded on October 14, 1889, by Jesús María Ocampo, also known as "Tigrero" (translates to "tiger killer") due to his love of hunting jaguars, known locally as tigers. Ocampo came from Anaime, Tolima, looking for shelter in the mountains of Quindío because he was running away from General Gallo. He paid one hundred pesos in gold coins to Antonio Herrera for the land on which to build a fonda, or trade center, not only for himself but also for other colonists who came from Salento, Antioquia, Manizales, and areas surrounding the Quindío River and La Vieja River. Ocampo then proc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Cárdenas
Félix Rafael Cárdenas Ravalo (born November 24, 1973 in Encino, Santander) is a Colombian former road bicycle racer, who competed both as an amateur and as a professional between 1995 and 2014. He previously rode for UCI Professional Continental team until the team's demise in 2009. In the 2001 Tour de France, Cardenas took one of the biggest victory of his career on the mountainous stage 12. He crossed the line solo in Ax-les-Thermes, with Roberto Laiseka and Lance Armstrong rounding the podium. He performed his trademark victory salute, standing on the pedals with arms raised high in the air. Major results ;1996 : Clásico RCN ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 ;1998 : 6th Overall Clásico RCN ;1999 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;2000 : 1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie : Tour du Limousin ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a España ;2001 : 1st Mountains classification Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stage 12 Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Javier Pascual Rodríguez
Javier Pascual Rodríguez (born 14 November 1971) is a Spanish former cyclist. Major results ;1998 : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia ;1999 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Murcia ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana ;2000 : 2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 5th Overall Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ... ;2001 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Castilla y León ;2002 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ::1st Stage 4 : 5th Klasika Primavera : 5th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana : 10th Trofeo Luis Puig ;2003 : 6th Züri-Metzgete : 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège : 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ;2004 : 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España : 3rd Circuito de Getxo : 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia ;20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibagué
Ibagué () (referred to as San Bonifacio de Ibagué del Valle de las Lanzas during the Spanish period) is the capital of Tolima, one of the 32 departments that make up the Republic of Colombia. The city is located in the center of the country, on the central mountain range of the Colombian Andes, near Nevado del Tolima. It is one of the most populous cities in the country, with about 529,635 (according to the 2018 census) inhabitants, making it the seventh (7th) most populous in Colombia. It was founded on October 14, 1550, by the Spanish captain Andrés López de Galarza. The city of Ibagué is divided into 13 communes and the rural area has 17 corregimientos. As the capital of the department of Tolima the city hosts the Government of Tolima, the Departmental Assembly, and the Attorney General's Office. It is the main epicenter of political, economic, administrative, business, art, culture, and tourism activities in the area. Ibagué maintains one of the major urban economies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
