Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín (born December 29, 1982) is a Salvadoran cycle racer, who specialises as an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the only woman to do so, in 2004 and 2007. Born in Santa Ana, García competed in the

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and 2008, both times in the road race and the track individual pursuit. She also competed at the

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in the road race, finishing 26th.

Major results

;2002 : Central American and Caribbean Games ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Individual pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Scratch ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial ;2003 : UCI B World Championships ::2nd Silver medal blank

Individual pursuit ::2nd Silver medal blank

Time trial ;2004 : 1st Overall Vuelta a El Salvador ::1st Prologue, Stages 1, 2 & 3 ;2005 : 2nd Overall Vuelta a El Salvador ;2006 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 7th Overall Vuelta a El Salvador ::1st Stage 5 ;2007 : UCI B World Championships ::1st Jersey rainbow

Individual pursuit ::2nd Silver medal blank

Points race : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 1st Overall Vuelta a El Salvador ::1st Stages 3 ( ITT), 4, & 5 : 2nd GP Raiffeisen : Pan American Road Championships ::7th Time trial ::8th Road race ;2008 : 1st Reyrieux : 5th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships : 9th Overall Vuelta a El Salvador ;2009 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 1st Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 : 1st Overall Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala ::1st Stages 1 & 3 ;2010 : Central American Games ::1st Gold medal blank

Road race ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Time trial : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 1st Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica : 1st Campeonato de Copa III El Salvador : 2nd Silver medal blank

Time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games ;2011 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 2nd Silver medal blank

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: Pan American Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal america

Road race ::7th Time trial ;2012 : 1st Grand Prix GSB : 3rd Overall Vuelta a El Salvador : 5th Grand Prix el Salvador ;2013 : 1st Gold medal blank

Time trial, Central American Games : 4th Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica ::1st Stage 1 : 4th Grand Prix de Oriente : 6th Overall Vuelta a El Salvador : 10th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships ;2014 : 5th Time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games ;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 3rd Bronze medal blank

: 6th Overall Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica ;2016 : Pan American Road Championships ::4th Time trial ::8th Road race ;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial

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