Marcelo Arriagada Quinchel (born 22 August 1973) is a male professional

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and

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from

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. An older brother of

Marco Arriagada Marco Antonio Arriagada Quinchel (born October 30, 1975 in Curicó) is a Chilean professional racing cyclist. He is the brother of cyclist Marcelo Arriagada. He carried the flag for his native country at the opening ceremony of the 2007 Pan Am ...

he competed for his native country at the

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, where he didn't finish the men's individual road race. He was born in

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, Chile.

Career

;2000 :8th in General Classification

Vuelta Ciclista de Chile The Vuelta Ciclista de Chile is an annual Chilean elite men's professional road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility ...

(CHI) ;2003 :3rd in Stage 1 Vuelta a Zamora, Santa Cristina (ESP) ;2004 :2nd in Stage 7 Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider, Villa Alemana (CHI) :3rd in General Classification

(CHI) ;2005 :1st in Stage 7 Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider, Concepción (CHI) :10th in General Classification

;2006 :2nd in Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Lider, Osorno (CHI) ;2008 :1st in Stage 4

Vuelta a Mendoza Vuelta, Spanish for "lap" or "roundtrip", is used in the name of a number of cycling races in Spanish speaking countries, as well as a few other contexts: Cycling races * Vuelta a Andalucía * Vuelta a Aragón, Spain * Vuelta a Asturias, Spain * V ...

, Las Heras (ARG)

References

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* * 1973 births Living people Chilean male cyclists Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Chile {{Chile-cycling-bio-stub