Clásico RCN

The Clásico RCN (sp., Dt .: RCN classic ) is a Colombian cycling - stage race .

For a long time, alongside the Vuelta a Colombia, the most important Colombian bike race will be. a. sponsored by Radio Cadena Nacional , one of the oldest and largest Colombian radio stations. The first race took place in 1961 and was won by Ruben Dario Gomez. Numerous famous Colombian professional cyclists have won the Clásico RCN, including Martín Emilio Rodríguez , Fabio Parra and Luis Herrera .

During the 1980s, some events of the Clásico RCN " open " were held. Professional cycling teams from Europe also took part in these races , including Peugeot-Shell-Michelin , Renault-Elf-Gitane , SEM-France Loire , La Vie Claire , Zor and Reynolds .

Two overall winners of the race were disqualified for doping : In 1971, Álvaro Pachón Morales was disqualified and the win was awarded to Rafael Antonio Niño. Likewise, in 1991, Fabio Hernán Rodríguez was declared the winner after the disqualification of Pablo Wilches.

A tragic racing accident occurred during the 1985 edition of the race: the driver Jorge Iván Ramírez died as a result of a fall.

From 2004 onwards, the race was no longer included in the international racing calendar of the World Cycling Federation Union Cycliste Internationale . a. allows the participation of Colombian Continental teams and a maximum of three foreign teams, but excludes the invitation of teams in the ProTeam and Professional Continental Team categories .

winner

1961: Rubén Darío Gómez 1962: Rubén Darío Gómez 1963: Martín Emilio Rodríguez 1964: Gabriel H. Buitrago 1965: Javier Suárez 1966: Javier Suárez 1967: Carlos Montoya 1968: Jairo Grijalva 1969: Álvaro Pachón 1970: Óscar González 1971: Rafael Antonio Niño 1972: Albeiro Mejía 1973: Juan de Dios Morales 1974: Norberto Cáceres 1975: Rafael Antonio Niño 1976: José Patrocinio Jiménez 1977: Rafael Antonio Niño 1978: Rafael Antonio Niño 1979: Rafael Antonio Niño 1980: Fabio Navarro 1981: Manuel I. Gutiérrez 1982: Luis Herrera 1983: Luis Herrera 1984: Luis Herrera 1985: Francisco Rodríguez 1986: Luis Herrera 1987: Fabio Parra 1988: Álvaro Mejía Castrillón 1989: Álvaro Mejía Castrillón

1990: Gustavo Wilches 1991: Fabio Hernán Rodríguez 1992: Alberto Camargo 1993: Luis Alberto González 1994: Julio César Aguirre 1995: Raúl Montaña 1996: Israel Ochoa 1997: Raúl Montaña 1998: Raúl Montaña 1999: Jairo Hernández 2000: Juan Diego Ramírez 2001: Juan Diego Ramírez 2002: José Joaquín Castelblanco 2003: José Joaquín Castelblanco 2004: Hernán Buenahora 2005: Libardo Niño 2006: Javier González 2007: Libardo Niño 2008: Óscar Seville 2009: Mauricio Ortega 2010: Félix Cárdenas 2011: Rafael Infantino 2012: Óscar Seville 2013: Camilo Gómez 2014: Óscar Soliz 2015: Omar Mendoza 2016: Oscar Sevilla 2017: Juan Pablo Suárez 2018: Alex Cano 2019: Óscar Seville

literature

• Clásico RCN 1961-2010. 50 años de ciclismo. Zetta comunicadores SA 2010, ISBN 978-958-44-7624-1 . Contains 5 digitized volumes on the history of the Clásico RCN (Spanish)

See also

• Cycling in Colombia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cyclingnews.com via the Clásico RCN accessed on July 28, 2011 (English)
2. ^ Compendio General del Clasico RCN . Archived from the original on October 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2007.
3. ^ Palmares del Clásico RCN . Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 2007. 
4. ^ Tragedia Ciclista . Archived from the original on April 6, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 2007. 
5. ↑ UCI regulations for road cycling, there 2.1.009 and 2.1.010 ( memento of the original from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on July 28, 2011 (English / French) 

Web links

• Official Website (Spanish)
• Clásico RCN in the Radsportseiten.net database