Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (born March 23, 1983 in

Tuluá Tuluá (), is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital— Buenaventura and Palmira. Founded around 1741 by Ju ...

, Valle del Cauca) is a Colombian professional track and

road racing cyclist Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

from

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, who most recently rode for the team. He won a silver medal for his native country at the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

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alongside

Juan Pablo Forero Juan Pablo Forero Carreño (born August 3, 1983) is a professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He has represented Colombia at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where he won a silver medal in team pursuit with tea ...

Arles Castro Arles Antonio Castro Laverde (born July 17, 1979) is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos ...

and Jairo Pérez in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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Major results

;2003 :1st in Aguascalientes, Team Pursuit :: :2nd National Points Race Championships ;2004 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23 ;2005 :International Cycling Classic ::1st Stages 7 & 13 :3rd National Individual Pursuit Championships : Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit ;2006 :1st Stage 8 Vuelta a El Salvador ;2007 :1st Stage 4 Vuelta al Valle del Cauca : Pan American Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Team pursuit (alongside Jairo Pérez,

, and

) :

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, Track, Team Pursuit :: ;2008 :1st Stage 12

International Cycling Classic The International Cycling Classic, also known as Superweek, was a stage race, multi-day cycling race held around Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The race took place annually from 1989 to 2011 and was contested over 17 days. Beginning in 1999, there was also ...

;2009 :1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Cundinamarca ;2011 :1st 13th Annual Ontario GP :3rd Roswell Criterium :3rd Beaufort Memorial Classic :3rd Global Imports Sandy Springs Cycling Challenge :4th Sea Otter Classic Criterium :6th Sea Otter Classic Circuit Race ;2012 :1st Circuito Feria de Manizales :1st USA Crits speedweek Walterboro Criterium :1st USA Crits speedweek Sandy Springs Criterium :1st Stage 2 Nature Valley Grand Prix :1st Stage 4 Cascade Classic :2nd Sunny King Criterium ;2013 :1st Sunny King Criterium :1st Costal Empire Cycling Festival :1st USA Crits speedweek :1st Belmont Criterium :1st Tour de Grove :1st Base Camp International Basking Ridge :2nd Glencoe GP :2nd Chris Thater memorial Criterium :3rd USA Crits Finals, Las Vegas ;2014 :1st Charlotte Belmont Omnium :1st Sunny King Criterium :9th Winston Salem Cycling Classic Criterium ;2015 :7th Dana Point Grand Prix :7th Wilmington Grand Prix :8th Winston-Salem Classic Criterium ;2016 :1st Stage 3

Joe Martin Stage Race Joe Martin Stage Race is a road cycling stage race held annually in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

:2nd Clarendon Cup ;2017 :3rd Overall

Tour of Taihu Lake The Tour of Taihu Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held in China annually in November. It has been held since 2010, but the first edition was a one-day race. The 2010 and 2011 editions were rated 1.2 and 2.2, and was upgraded to 2.1 in 2013 ...

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* * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Valle del Cauca Department Colombian male cyclists Colombian track cyclists Cyclists at the 2007 Pan American Games Olympic cyclists for Colombia Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games medalists in cycling Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Colombia Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games South American Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in cycling Competitors at the 2010 South American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 20th-century Colombian people 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub