Jonathan Kléver Caicedo Cepeda (born 28 April 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for

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Career

Caicedo is from the town of Santa Martha de Cuba in Ecuador's

Tulcán Canton Tulcán Canton is a canton of Ecuador, located in Carchi Province. Its capital is the city of Tulcán. The population of the canton in the 2001 census was 77,175 and 86,498 in the 2010 census. The area of the canton is . Most of the population ...

, from which he gets his nickname, ''Cubanito'' ("Little Cuban"). Whilst at school, Caicedo was a member of a cycling club founded by one of his teachers, former Olympic racing cyclist Juan Carlos Rosero. The club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including

Richard Carapaz Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian rider to win the race. In July 2021 ...

and

Jhonatan Narváez Jhonatan Manuel Narváez Prado (born 4 March 1997) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Originally from El Playón de San Francisco in Ecuador's Sucumbíos Canton, whilst at school ...

. Prior to joining EF for 2019, he rode for the Colombian teams and . In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

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. The following month, he won both the road race and the time trial in the

Ecuadorian National Road Championships The Ecuadorian National Road Championships are held annually to decide the cycling champions in both the road race and time trial discipline, across various categories. Men Road race Time trial Women References {{National Road ...

. Caicedo was again selected by EF for the

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, where he won the race's third stage, forming part of the day's early breakaway before dropping the remainder of the breakaway riders alongside Giovanni Visconti in the closing stages before dropping Visconti with an attack and reaching the summit finish on Mount Etna alone, additionally taking the lead in the

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Major results

Source: ;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st Ecuador_NC

Time trial ::3rd Road race ;2016 : 1st PanAmericanJersey

Road race, Pan American Road Championships : 1st Stage 12

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: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2017 : 4th Overall

Vuelta a Colombia The Vuelta a Colombia (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the ...

;2018 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

: 2nd Overall

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::1st

Points classification : 3rd Overall

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: 6th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic ;2019 : National Road Championships ::1st Ecuador_NC

Road race ::1st Ecuador_NC

Time trial : 4th Overall

Adriatica Ionica Race The Adriatica Ionica Race is an Italian annual professional men's road bicycle race introduced in the 2018 season as a part of the UCI Europe Tour, and currently classified as a 2.1 event. The race is organised by former professional cyclist M ...

;2020 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 3 ::Held MaillotAzul

after Stages 3–4 : 3rd Overall

Tour Colombia The Tour Colombia, called earlier Colombia Oro y Paz is a stage professional cycling race held annually in Colombia since 2018. It is part of UCI America Tour in category 2.1. Winners See also * Vuelta a Colombia The Vuelta a Colombia ...

::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ;2022 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall

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;2023 : 1st Ecuador_NC

Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caicedo, Jonathan 1993 births Living people Ecuadorian male cyclists People from Carchi Province Ecuadorian Giro d'Italia stage winners 21st-century Ecuadorian people