Efraín Forero Triviño (4 March 1930 – 12 September 2022) was a Colombian

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 comm ...

. Forero or El Zipa as he was known was involved in the organisation of the first . He was chosen to ride between the cities of Fresno and

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, via Páramo de Letras, as a preliminary race, and to define the route of the tour. The following year, 1951, the first took place. It was a 1,233 kilometers race which was divided in 10 stages, including 3 days off. Forero won this first . He won seven stages along the way. He would win a further three stages and would finish 4th overall in 1953 and 1954, as well as second overall in the 1957 behind Spaniard

José Gómez del Moral José Gómez del Moral (4 December 1931 – 7 August 2021) was a Spanish road racing cyclist. He was a professional cyclist from 1955 to 1963. During this time he won the Volta a Catalunya and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 1955 and the Vuelta a Co ...

Major results

;1950 : 1st MaillotColombia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Gold medal centralamerica

Team pursuit,

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;1951 : 1st Overall ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10 ;1952 : 1st Stage 5 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;1953 : 1st MaillotColombia

Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall ::1st Stage 1 ;1954 : 1st MaillotColombia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Gold medal centralamerica

Team time trial,

(with

Héctor Mesa Héctor Mesa Monsalve was a Colombian road cyclist active during the 1950s. Major results ;1953 : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 14 ;1954 : Central American and Caribbean Games ::1st Team time trial (with Ramón Hoyos, Justo Londoño ...

Justo Londoño Justo () is a Spanish surname and male given name meaning ''just'', i.e. ''fair''. Given name Notable people with this given name include: * Justo Albarracín (born 1951), Argentine equestrian * Justo Almario (born 1949), Colombian musician * Ju ...

and

Ramón Hoyos Ramón Hoyos Vallejo (26 May 1932 – 19 November 2014) was a Colombian road bicycle racer who won the men's individual road race at the 1959 Pan American Games. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics; in 1956 and 1960. He ...

) : 4th Overall ::1st Stage 15 ;1956 : 3rd Overall ;1957 : 2nd Overall ;1958 : 1st MaillotColombia

Road race, National Road Championships ;1959 : 1st Gold medal centralamerica

Team time trial,

(with Pablo Hurtado and

)

References

1930 births 2022 deaths Colombian male cyclists People from Zipaquirá Cyclists from Cundinamarca Department 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{colombia-cycling-bio-stub