Horacio Gallardo

Horacio Gallardo

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Full name	Horacio Gallardo Burgos
Nickname	torpedo
Date of birth	May 29, 1981
nation	Bolivia
discipline	Street
Last updated: May 27, 2016

Horacio Gallardo Burgos (born May 29, 1981 in San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarixa ) is a Bolivian cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2005 Horacio Gallardo became Bolivian road racing champion for the first time . Also in 2005 and 2006 he made it onto the podium several times on sections of the Doble Copacabana Grand Prix Fides and the Doble Sucre Potosí GP . In the 2007 season he won a stage at the Doble Sucre Potosí GP and he was Bolivian road champion for the second time.

At the 2008 Olympic road bike race , Gallardo caused a sensation when he and Chilean Patricio Almonacid drove 120 kilometers in front of the field, sometimes with a lead of over 15 minutes. Still, it wasn't a problem for the favorites to catch up with the duo again in the middle of the race; Gallardo, on the other hand, was unable to finish the race.

By 2016, Gallardo was four times Bolivian road racing champion .

successes

2005

• Bolivian champion - road race

2007

• a stage Doble Sucre Potosí GP
• Bolivian champion - road race
• a stage Doble Copacabana Grand Prix Fides

2008

• Bolivian champion - road race

2009

• a stage Vuelta a Bolivia

2012

• Bolivian champion - road race
• a stage Vuelta a Bolivia

2013

• Scoring Vuelta a Bolivia

2016

• Bolivian Championship - Road Race

Teams

• 2012 glass Casa Real Campos de Solana
• 2014 glass Casa Real

Web links

• Horacio Gallardo in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Horacio Gallardo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Horacio Gallardo in the ProCyclingStats.com database