Leonardo Duque Explained
| Leonardo Duque |
| Fullname: | Leonardo Fabio Duque |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Height: | 170 cm |
| Weight: | 59 kg |
| Discipline: | Road
Track (former) |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Sprinter |
| Amateuryears1: | 2003 |
| Amateuryears2: | 2004 |
| Proyears1: | 2004–2005 |
| Proyears2: | 2006–2012 |
| Proyears3: | 2013–2015 |
| Proyears4: | 2016 |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2007)
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Leonardo Fabio Duque (born April 10, 1980 in Cali, Valle del Cauca) is a French-Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who last rode for the team.[1] After stage 19 of the 2009 Tour de France, Duque was named the most combative rider of the stage after aggressively pacing a breakaway. In 2011 he became the first Colombian-born cyclist to finish the cobbled One Day Cycling Monuments, the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2001
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup
- 2003
National Track Championships
1st Points race
1st Madison
1st Scratch race
Pan American Games
2nd Madison
3rd Points race
Vuelta a Guatemala
1st Stages 6 & 11
- 2004
1st GP de la Ville de Pérenchies
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Colombia
- 2005
1st Druivenkoers
1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain
- 2006
1st Overall Tour du Limousin
6th Paris–Camembert
- 2007
1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
3rd Boucles de l'Aulne
- 2008
1st Stage 4 Tour Méditerranéen
7th GP Miguel Indurain
- 2009
4th Trofeo Calvia
5th Paris–Camembert
- 2010
1st Overall French Road Cycling Cup
1st Cholet-Pays de Loire
2nd Tour du Finistère
3rd Tour du Doubs
4th GP Ouest–France
5th Paris–Camembert
7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2011
4th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano
5th Gran Premio di Lugano
7th Tour de la Somme
- 2012
3rd Overall Tour de Picardie
4th E3 Harelbeke
- 2013
1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Ain
6th Roma Maxima
10th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2014
1st Sprints classification, Giro del Trentino
- 2015
5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
8th Coppa Sabatini
- 2016
1st Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
1st Stage 7
7th Paris–Camembert
7th Tour of Yancheng Coastal Wetlands
10th Overall Tour of HainanGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish | |
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Notes and References
- https://www.elespectador.com/noticias/medio-ambiente/rompiendo-el-mito-del-oso-danino-de-la-montana-articulo-788994 "Rompiendo el mito del oso dañino de la montaña"
- Leonardo Duque Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101336/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/du/leonardo-duque-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 March 2020.
