Colombia (cycling team)

Colombia

Team information
UCI code	COL
Registered	Adro, Italy
Founded	2012 (2012)
Disbanded	2015
Discipline	Road
Status	UCI Professional Continental
Bicycles	Wilier[1]
Website	Team home page
Key personnel
General manager	Claudio Corti
Team manager(s)	Valerio Tebaldi Oscar Pelliccioli Oliverio Rincon Quintana Marco Corti
Team name history
2012 2013–2015	Colombia-Coldeportes Colombia
Jersey

Colombia (UCI team code: COL) are a Colombian UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in Adro (Italy) that participates in UCI Continental Circuits and UCI World Tour races.^[2]

In January 2012 it was announced that the team had received invites to the Italian classic races Tirreno–Adriatico, Milan–San Remo and Giro di Lombardia.^[3] They were invited to ride the 2013 Giro d'Italia.^[4] The team was also invited to the 2014 Giro d'Italia,^[5] where during the tenth stage of the race, members of the team wore a white cockade, in memory of the people who died in the Fundación bus fire in Colombia.^[6] In 2015 they were invited to the Vuelta a España for the first time.^[7] At 30 August it became clear that Cano, Qunitero and Ávila who all cycle for Team Colombia, was picked out for Colombia National Team at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia.^[8]

In October 2015, the team announced they would be disbanding and not returning for the 2016 season, citing shortfalls in sponsorship from the Colombian Sports Ministry.^[9]

Team roster

As of 31 January 2015.^[10]

Rider Date of birth  Edwin Ávila (COL) (1989-12-21) 21 December 1989  Alex Cano (COL) (1983-03-13) 13 March 1983  Camilo Castiblanco (COL) (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988  Edward Díaz (COL) (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994  Fabio Duarte (COL) (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986  Leonardo Duque (COL) (1980-04-10) 10 April 1980  Daniel Felipe Martinez (COL) (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996  Juan Sebastian Molano (COL) (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994  Darwin Pantoja (COL) (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990

Rider Date of birth  Jonathan Paredes (COL) (1989-04-04) 4 April 1989  Walter Pedraza (COL) (1981-11-27) 27 November 1981  Carlos Quintero (COL) (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986  Brayan Ramírez (COL) (1992-11-20) 20 November 1992  Carlos Ramírez (COL) (1994-10-26) 26 October 1994  Miguel Ángel Rubiano (COL) (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984  Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) (1987-03-28) 28 March 1987  Rodolfo Torres (COL) (1987-03-21) 21 March 1987  Juan Pablo Valencia (COL) (1988-05-02) 2 May 1988

Major results

National Champions

2014

1st Colombian Road Race Miguel Ángel Rubiano

References

External links

• Official website