The Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia is a

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws a ...

race held annually since 1968 throughout Colombia. It is considered to be the under-23 version of the

Vuelta a Colombia The (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the Colombian Cyclin ...

. Many successful professional cyclists won the race early in their careers, including Rafael Antonio Niño,

Fabio Parra Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto (born November 22, 1959, in Sogamoso, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the ''Novatos'' classification for new riders or riders riding their ...

Oliverio Rincón Oliverio Rincón Quintana (born 24 April 1968) is a Colombian former road bicycle racer. He is the older brother of Daniel Rincón. Major results ;1988 : 4th Overall Clásico RCN ::1st Stage 8 ;1989 : 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st ...

Marlon Pérez Marlon is a masculine given name. According to the ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', the popularity of Marlon Brando led to general awareness of the name (his father was also named Marlon), though the origin of the name is not known. Speculatio ...

Mauricio Soler Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández (born January 14, 1983, in Ramiriquí, Boyacá) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTour team . He competed in the Tour de France for the first time in 2007, winning st ...

Fabio Duarte Fabio Andrés Duarte Arevalo (born 11 June 1986 in Facatativá, Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca) is a Colombian Track cycling, track and road bicycle racing, road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He is best known fo ...

Sergio Henao Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (born 10 December 1987) is a Colombian racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team . He previously competed for , and . Early life Henao was born in Rionegro (Antioquia), Rionegro in 1987, the same year that th ...

Carlos Betancur Carlos Alberto Betancur Gómez (born 13 October 1989) is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who most recently rode for Colombian amateur team . Career In 2010 he won the Girobio stage race; the amateur version of the Giro d'Italia; and in 201 ...

, Miguel Ángel López and

Richard Carapaz Richard Antonio Carapaz Montenegro (born 29 May 1993) is an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Carapaz won the 2019 Giro d'Italia, becoming the first Ecuadorian rider to win the race. In July 2021 ...

Winners

Men

References

{{reflist Cycle races in Colombia Recurring sporting events established in 1968 Men's road bicycle races 1968 establishments in Colombia