Rubén Darío Gómez Explained

Rubén Darío Gómez
Fullname:Rubén Darío Gómez Bedoya
Nickname:El Tigrillo de Pereira
Birth Date:3 March 1940
Birth Place:Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climbing specialist
Majorwins:Vuelta a Colombia (1959, 1961)
Clásico RCN (1961, 1962)
Vuelta a Guatemala (1964)

Rubén Darío Gómez (3 March 1940  - 23 July 2010) was a Colombian road racing cyclist.[1] He won the two most important stage races in Colombia, the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN two times.[2] He also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]

Major results

1957
  • 1st Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia
    1958
  • 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia
    1959
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
  • 1st Stages 2, 8, 12 & 14
    1960
  • 1st Stages 13 & 15 Vuelta a Colombia
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a Mexico
    1961
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
  • 1st Stages 2 & 7
  • 1st Overall Clásico RCN
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 1
    1962
  • 1st Overall Clásico RCN
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia
  • Central American and Caribbean Games
  • 2nd Team time trial
  • 3rd Road race
    1963
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
  • 1st Stages 1 & 10
    1964
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
  • 1st Stage 5
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a Mexico
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 2
    1965
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
  • 1st Stage 13
    1966
  • 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia
    1968
  • 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Falleció Rubén Darío Gómez doble campeón de la Vuelta a Colombia . Siteducyclisme.net . 2010-07-24 . 2013-01-22.
    2. Web site: Rubén Darío Gómez . De Wielersite . 2007-08-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081011214802/http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=16961 . 11 October 2008 .
    3. Web site: Rubén Darío Gómez Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054445/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/ruben-dario-gomez-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 2 August 2014 . sports-reference.com.

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