Aldo Arencibia

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Gregorio Aldo Arencibia Guerra (born March 12, 1947 in Havana ) is a former Cuban cyclist .

Aldo Arencibia won the Tour of Cuba three times in his career (1972, 1976 and 1980 ). In 1972 and 1978 he also won the mountain classification of the tour and in 1972 also the jersey of the best in points. In 1971 and 1978 he took second place in the overall ranking, 1973, 1974 and 1977 third.

Arencibia took part in the Summer Olympics three times. At the 1972 Games in Munich , he started in three races. In the road race over 182.4 km, he finished 75th. In the 100 km team time trial, he finished 16th with his compatriots Roberto Menéndez , Pedro Rodríguez and Raúl Marcelo Vázquez and in the 4,000 m team pursuit on the track, he finished 18th with Roberto Heredero , Roberto Menéndez and Raúl Marcelo Vázquez. Space. Four years later in Montreal , Arencibia started twice, in the road individual and in the 100 km team time trial. In the road singles he did not finish, in the time trial he finished 14th with Carlos Cardet , Jorge Gómez and Raúl Marcelo Vázquez. In 1980 in Moscow Arencibia started in the street singles and gave up the race.

In 1975 he was the Pan-American Champion ahead of Alfonso Flores from Colombia and his compatriot Carlos Cardet .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Radsportler, 1st March issue 1980, "The Vuelta a Cuba saw its third coup: Aldo Arencibia", page 1, publisher: German Cycling Association of the GDR

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SURNAME Arencibia, Aldo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arencibia Guerra, Gregorio Aldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana , Cuba