Germán Chaves Explained

Germán Chaves
Full Name:Germán Enrique Chaves Torres
Birth Date:9 March 1995
Birth Place:Chocontá, Colombia
Death Place:Chocontá, Colombia[1]
Height:1.78 m
Weight:60 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2014–2016
Amateuryears2:2021–2022
Amateuryears3:2023
Amateurteam3:Team Sistecrédito–GW[2]
Proyears1:2017–2019
Proyears2:2020
Proteam2:[3]

Germán Enrique Chaves Torres (9 March 1995 – 4 June 2023) was a Colombian professional cyclist. He last raced for Team Sistecredito–GW.

Chaves died on 4 June 2023, after being hit by a truck while he was training with his father in Cundinamarca. He was 28.[4]

Major results

2013
  • 1st Stage 3 Vuelta del Porvenir
    2014
  • 3rd Overall
    2017
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
  • 1st Stage 1[5]
  • National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 4th Road race
    2018
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacá[6]
  • 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
    2019
  • 5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
  • 1st Stage 1
    2020
  • 1st Overall Clásica de Cómbita
  • 1st Stage 2
    2021
  • 1st Overall
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta al Tolima
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
  • 1st Prologue
    2022
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
  • 3rd Overall
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 4th Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
  • 1st Stage 5
    2023
  • 1st Overall
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 1

    Notes and References

    1. https://www.publimetro.co/deportes/2023/06/04/german-chaves-ciclista-colombiano-murio-tras-un-grave-accidente-de-transito-en-cundinamarca/ «Germán Chaves, ciclista colombiano, murió tras un grave accidente de tránsito en Cundinamarca»
    2. Web site: Germán Chaves . FirstCycling.com . 7 June 2023.
    3. Web site: 8 November 2019 . EPM Scott presenta seis refuerzos de lujo para 2020 . el sitio de Ciclismo.
    4. Web site: 4 June 2023 . Muere el ciclista colombiano Germán Chaves arrollado por un camión mientras entrenaba . 6 June 2023. Infobae . es.
    5. Web site: 24 April 2017 . Germán Chaves ganó la primera etapa de la Vuelta de la Juventud . noticias.caracoltv.com.
    6. Web site: 8 September 2018 . 40 Vuelta a Boyacá 2018 . clasificacionesdelciclismocolombiano.com.

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