Juan Diego Ramirez

Juan Diego Ramirez

To person
Full name	Juan Diego Ramírez Calderón
Date of birth	July 21, 1971
nation	Colombia
discipline	Street
End of career	2012
Most important successes
Pan American Championships 2001 - road race
Last updated: April 21, 2019

Juan Diego Ramírez Calderon (born July 21, 1971 ) is a former Colombian cyclist .

Athletic career

Juan Diego Ramírez was a professional cyclist from 1993 to 2012. In 1995 he finished fourth in the overall classification of the Clásico RCN , won a stage of the Vuelta a Colombia and was second overall. In the years that followed, he won four stages of the Tour of Colombia, finishing second eleven times. In 2000 and 2001 he won the Clásico RCN . The following year he became the Pan American road racing champion.

Ramírez started twice in major country tours in Europe: At the Vuelta a España 1997 he was 75th overall, he could not finish the Giro d'Italia 2002 . In 2006 he won the Doble Copacabana and in 2006 and 2009 each stage of the Vuelta a Colombia . In 2012 he ended his cycling career as a professional racing driver, but continued to compete in domestic races

successes

1995

• Combination classification and a stage Vuelta a Colombia

1997

• Mountain classification and a stage Vuelta a Colombia

1998

• Mountain classification Vuelta a Colombia

2000

• Overall and mountain classification Clásico RCN

2001

• Panamerican champions - road races
• Overall ranking and one stage Clásico RCN

2006

• Doble Copacabana
• a stage Vuelta a Colombia

2009

• one stage Vuelta a Colombia (prologue - team time trial)

Teams

• 1993-1996 Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería de Medellín
• 1997 Telecom-Flavia
• 1998 Kelme-Costa Blanca
• 2000 05 Orbitel
• 2002 Colombia-Selle Italia
• 2012 Colombia - Comcel

Web links

• Juan Diego Ramírez in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Juan Diego Ramírez in the Radsportseiten.net database