Alfonso Florez Ortis

Alfonso Florez Ortis (born November 5, 1952 in Bucaramanga , † April 24, 1992 in Medellin ) was a Colombian cyclist .

Athletic career

1970 was the year he started cycling (initially on a regional level). Florez first appeared internationally by winning the junior ranking in the Vuelta a Colombia 1974 (with two stage wins). A year later he finished second in the road race at the Pan American Games in Mexico behind Cuban Aldo Arencibia . In the following years he won several stages of the home tour , finally he was the overall winner of the tour in 1979 (as later again in 1983). Also in 1977 and 1978 he stood on the podium of the tour. This was followed by the victory at the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile in 1979. In 1980 he celebrated his first tour victory on European soil by winning the Tour de l'Avenir . In 1983 he was for the first time with the Colombian team Varta as an amateur at the start of the Tour de France , but retired. A year later, in 1984 , he was 18th overall. In 1986 he was back on the tour and was classified 27th. In 1985 he also drove the Vuelta a España , but retired. In 1977 he started for the first time at the UCI Road World Championships , which were held in his home country; he finished 12th in the road race. In 1983 he started again at the World Championship and was classified 50th in the amateur road race, in 1983 he was 50th. In 1987 he ended his career.

He died in an assassination attempt in Medellin in 1992 that could never be solved.

Web links

Alfonso Florez Ortis in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

↑ Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 410 .
^ Rene Jacobs et al: Velo . Dendermonde 1984, p. 131 .
↑ Casa Editorial El Tiempo: FUE ASESINADO ALFONSO FLÓREZ EN MEDELLÍN. In: eltiempo.com (Spanish). April 24, 1992, accessed February 19, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Florez Ortis, Alfonso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Colombian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	5th November 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bucaramanga
DATE OF DEATH	April 24, 1992
Place of death	Medellin

[1] Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 410 .

[2] Rene Jacobs et al: Velo . Dendermonde 1984, p. 131 .

[eltiempo-99205-3] Casa Editorial El Tiempo: FUE ASESINADO ALFONSO FLÓREZ EN MEDELLÍN. In: eltiempo.com (Spanish). April 24, 1992, accessed February 19, 2020 .