Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez (born 11 August 1988) is a Colombian professional

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, who currently rides for

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Career

Lampre–ISD (2012–14)

He impressed the team managers after getting second place of the 2011

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, a smaller version of the Giro d'Italia for younger riders. The team signed him for 2012 and 2013. In December 2012, Anacona was injured in a training crash, after he collided with a dog. He suffered a broken peroneal malleolus and dislocated his ankle bone. In the mountainous 2014 Tour of Utah, Anacona helped his leader

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obtain the second place of the race, taking the third step of the podium himself. On the mountaintop finish of Stage 9 of the

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, Anacona almost took the leader's jersey by soloing to the line for the stage victory. He attacked from a breakaway of 31 riders and missed the top spot in the overall classification by a mere 9 seconds.

Movistar Team (2015–19)

In 2015, Anacona went to on an initial two-year contract. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.

Arkéa–Samsic

In September 2019, it was announced that Anacona – along with

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and

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– was moving to the team for the 2020 season.

Personal

Anacona was named after cyclists

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and Andrew Hampsten, but due to a mistake, his first name became Winner instead of Winnen.

Major results

;2006 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotColombia

Team pursuit ::1st MaillotColombia

Points race : 1st MaillotColombia

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 10th

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;2010 : 2nd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 8th Overall

: 10th

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;2011 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 6th

;2012 : 10th Overall

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;2014 : 1st Stage 9

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: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

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;2015 : 6th Overall

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;2016 : 6th Overall

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bi ...

: 9th Overall

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;2019 : 1st Jersey white

Overall

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::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall

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: 8th

Circuito de Getxo The Circuito de Getxo ( en, Getxo Circuit) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in July in Getxo, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

;2020 : 3rd

Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clásica de Ordizia is a Spanish professional cycle road race held in Ordizia, Basque Country. The first edition was held in 1922. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour ...

;2021 : 1st Trofeo Andratx – Mirador d’Es Colomer ;2022 : 1st Jersey white dots on blue

Mountains classification,

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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Winner Anacona Gomez profile
at Lampre-ISD 1988 births Living people Colombian male cyclists People from Tunja 2014 Vuelta a España stage winners Colombian Vuelta a España stage winners Sportspeople from Boyacá Department 21st-century Colombian people {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub