José Alirio Contreras Vásquez (born March 21, 1978) is a retired

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

n professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. A mountain specialist, he led the 2010 Vuelta al Táchira for much of the race. Contreras raced with the Lotería del Táchira team for most of his professional career. After the 2015 Vuelta al Tachira, Contreras signed with a new cycling team, sponsored by the Government of Mérida – Fundarujano. Contreras recorded his last professional race two months later in April 2015, when he did not finish stage six of the Vuelta Mexico.

Career

;2005 : 3rd in General Classification Vuelta a Santa Cruz de Mora (VEN) : 1st in Mountains Classification

Vuelta a Venezuela The Vuelta a Venezuela () is a men's multi-day road cycling race held annually in Venezuela. Between, 2005 and 2019 and 2021 and 2022, the race carried a UCI rating of 2.2 and was part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Contin ...

(VEN) ;2006 : 3rd in General Classification Vuelta al Tachira (VEN) ;2009 : 7th in General Classification

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* * 1978 births Living people Venezuelan male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games {{Venezuela-cycling-bio-stub