Javier Suárez (cyclist)

Javier Amado Suárez Cueva (born 3 November 1943) is a retired Colombia road racing cyclist. He won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1965 and the Clásico RCN in 1965 and 1966.[2] His nickname was El ñato.

Javier Suarez
Personal information
Full nameJavier Amado Suárez Cueva
NicknameEl Ñato
Pugnose[1]
Born (1943-11-03) 3 November 1943
Don Matías, Antioquia, Colombia
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1962–1964Tapetes Telaraña
1965–1966Suramericana de Seguros
1967Postre Royal
1968–1972Suramericana de Seguros

He also competed in the team time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as part of the Colombian team.[3]

Major results

1962
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 11
1963
1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Colombia
1964
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia
1965
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 7, 11, 14, 15 & 17
1st Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 1
1966
1st Overall Clásico RCN
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
Central American and Caribbean Games
1st Team time trial
2nd Road race
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 14
1967
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 19
1968
1st Stage 3 Clásico RCN
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

References

  1. Rendell, Matt (2002). Kings of the Mountains. ISBN 1-85410-837-9.
  2. "Javier Suarez". Cyclebase. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  3. "Javier Suárez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.


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