Ramón Hoyos Vallejo (26 May 1932 – 19 November 2014) was a Colombian

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who won the men's individual road race at the

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. He represented his native country twice at the

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; in 1956 and 1960. He also won the Vuelta a Colombia five times: in 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958.

Major results

;1952 : 1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia ;1953 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stages 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15 ;1954 : 1st Gold medal centralamerica

Team time trial,

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(with Héctor Mesa, Justo Londoño and Efraín Forero) : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stages 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Puerto Rico ::1st Stages 2 & 5 ;1955 : 1st Gold medal america

Road race,

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: 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18 ;1956 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stages 3, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16 & 17 : 1st Stages 7 & 14 Vuelta a Mexico ;1958 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stages 2, 11 & 14 ;1959 : 1st Gold medal centralamerica

Team time trial,

(with Pablo Hurtado and Efraín Forero) ;1960 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia

References

1932 births 2014 deaths Colombian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Colombia Cyclists from Antioquia Department Pan American Games gold medalists for Colombia Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1955 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{colombia-cycling-bio-stub