Elder Herrera

Élder Herrera Cortes (born December 28, 1968 in Cali ) is a former Colombian road cyclist .

Live and act

Elder Herrera started his career in 1990 with the American cycling team American Commerce National Bank . In the 1992 season he won the overall classification at the Vuelta al Valle del Cauca and in 1999 he was successful at the Vuelta a Mendoza. In 2000 he won a stage each at the Vuelta a Colombia and at the Clásico RCN . From the 2001 season he drove for the Colombian team 05 Orbitel . In his second year there he was first overall at the Vuelta a Tolima and he was again successful in a section of the Cláscio RCN. 2003 Herrera was Colombian road racing champion and he won a stage each at the Clásica Integración de la Guadua-Gobernación de Risaralda and at the Vuelta a Boyacà. In 2004 he won the seventh stage of the Vuelta de Higuito and in 2006 he was successful in a section of the Clásico RCN. In the 2007 season Herrera and his team won the team time trial at the Vuelta a Chiriquí and he won the eleventh stage. In 2009 he was successful in the team time trial of the Vuelta a Colombia.

successes

2000

• a stage Vuelta a Colombia

2003

• Colombian champion - road racing

2009

• Prologue Vuelta a Colombia (team time trial)

Teams

• 1990 American Commerce National Bank (from May 1st)

• 1996 Gobernación de Antioquía-Lotería de Medellín
• 1997 Telecom-Flavia
• 1998 Avianca Telecom Kelme

• 2001 05 Orbitel
• 2002 05 Orbitel
• 2003 05 Orbitel

Web links

• Élder Herrera in the Radsportseiten.net database