Jefferson Cepeda

Jefferson Cepeda
To person
Full name	Jefferson Albeiro Cepeda Hernández
Date of birth	March 2, 1996
nation	Ecuador
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
Most important successes
	South American Games 2018 - road race Pan American Championships 2019 - road race
	Last updated: May 4, 2020

Jefferson Albeiro Cepeda Hernández (born March 2, 1996 in La Playa , Carchi Province ) is an Ecuadorian cyclist .

Athletic career

Jefferson Cepeda, who grew up on his grandparents' farm in El Playón de San Francisco , played football until he was 14 . Then the former cyclist and Olympian from 1992, Juan Carlos Rosero , encouraged him and other young men from the village to start cycling.

In 2016, Cepeda had its first successes in international races: He won a stage of the Volta Ciclística Internacional do Rio Grande do Sul and the mountain classification of the Vuelta a Guatemala . In the following year he also decided the mountain classifications in round trips - the Cascade Cycling Classic and the Vuelta a Guatemala - for himself, and in the round trip in Guatemala he also won a stage. In 2018 he became two-time national champion, in the individual time trial and in the road race. At the South American Games , he won the road race.

In 2019 Cepeda became the Pan American road racing champion.

family

Cepeda's two-year-old cousin Jefferson Alexander Cepeda Ortiz, with whom he trains daily, is also a successful cyclist, as he finished third in the 2019 U23 road race of the Pan American Championship. To distinguish himself, he calls himself Alexander Cepeda .

successes

2016

a stage Volta Ciclística Internacional do Rio Grande do Sul
Mountain classification Vuelta a Guatemala

2017

Mountain classification Cascade Cycling Classic
A stage and mountain classification Vuelta a Guatemala

2018

South American Games - Street Racing
Ecuadorian champion - road race, individual time trial

2019

Panamerican champions - road races

Teams

2015 Team Ecuador
2016 Team Ecuador
2017 Equipo Bolivia (until June 5th)
2017 Team Ecuador (from June 6th)
2018 Team Ecuador
2019 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA (from August 1st)
2020 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA

Web links

Jefferson Cepeda in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Jefferson Cepeda in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

↑ carchialdia: Jefferson Cepeda, un as en el deporte de las "bielas". In: carchialdia.com. February 20, 2019, accessed May 6, 2019 (Spanish).

personal data
SURNAME	Cepeda, Jefferson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Cepeda Hernández, Jefferson Albeiro (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Ecuadorian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH	La Playa , Carchi Province

[carchial-190220-1] rchialdia: Jefferson Cepeda, un as en el deporte de las "bielas". In: carchialdia.com. February 20, 2019, accessed May 6, 2019 (Spanish).