Mauricio Ezequiel Quiroga (13 March 1992 – 20 June 2022) was an Argentine racing cyclist.

Biography

In 2010, Quiroga joined the

World Cycling Centre The World Cycling Centre (WCC, french: Centre Mondial du Cyclisme) is a coaching and training centre in Aigle, Switzerland. It contains a indoor velodrome, a BMX racing track and other non-cycling facilities. It was built in 2002 to celebrate the ...

, where he met cyclists such as Ran Margaliot and

Daniel Teklehaimanot Daniel Teklehaimanot Girmazion ( ti, ዳንኤል ተክለሃይማኖት ግርማጽዮን, ; born 10 November 1988) is a professional road racing cyclist from Eritrea, who last rode for UCI Professional Continental team . Career Teklehaima ...

. In 2012, he became a professional cyclist, joining the Argentine team San Luis Somos Todos. Mauricio Quiroga committed suicide in on 20 June 2022 at the age of 30.

Major results

;2010 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Keirin,

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;2014 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotArgentina

Scratch ::1st MaillotArgentina

Kilometer ;2016 : 1st Stage 4 ;2017 : 1st : 1st ;2018 : 2nd Overall Giro del Sol San Juan ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Stage 5 Doble Bragado ;2022 : 2nd Overall

Vuelta del Porvenir San Luis 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 ...

::1st Stages 1 & 5 : 10th Overall Vuelta a Formosa Internacional ::1st Stage 3

References

External links

* 1992 births 2022 deaths 2022 suicides Argentine male cyclists People from San Luis, Argentina Sportspeople from San Luis Province Suicides in Argentina {{Argentina-cycling-bio-stub