Raúl Alexander Montaña Herrera (born September 22, 1971 in

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city ...

) is a retired male

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 ...

from

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

, who became a professional rider in 1994.

Career

;1992 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23 (COL) ;1993 :1st in General Classification Vuelta a Boyacá (COL) ;1995 :1st in Stage 3 Clásico RCN, Armenia (COL) :1st in General Classification Clásico RCN (COL) ;1996 :1st in Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia, Palmira (COL) ;1997 : 1st in Stage 2 Clásico RCN, Monguí (COL) : 1st in Stage 5 Clásico RCN, Barrancabermeja (COL) : 1st in Stage 10 Clásico RCN, Bogotá (COL) :1st in General Classification Clásico RCN (COL) :1st in General Combination Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) :6th in General Classification Vuelta a Colombia (COL) ;1998 :1st in Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia, Barrancabermeja (COL) :1st in Stage 5 Clásico RCN, Buenaventura (COL) :1st in Stage 7 Clásico RCN, Armenia (COL) :1st in Stage 8 Clásico RCN, Espinal (COL) :1st in General Classification Clásico RCN (COL) ;1999 :1st in Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia, La Pintada (COL) :1st in Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia, Zipaquirá (COL) :1st in Stage 15 Vuelta a Colombia, Circuito en Bogotá (COL) ;2000 :1st in Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia, Medellín (COL) :1st in Stage 15 Vuelta a Colombia, Tunja (COL) :1st in Stage 1 Vuelta a Boyacá, Tunja (COL) :3rd in General Classification Vuelta a Boyacá (COL) :3rd in National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Colombia (COL) ;2001 :1st in Stage 12

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 ...

, Ocumare del Tuy (VEN) :8th in General Classification

(VEN)

References

* 1971 births Living people Cyclists from Bogotá Colombian male cyclists Vuelta a Colombia stage winners Vuelta a Venezuela stage winners Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Colombia 20th-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub