Mauricio Ortega (cyclist)

Mauricio Ortega

Mauricio Ortega (2013)
To person
Full name	Mauricio Ortega Ramírez
Date of birth	October 22, 1980
nation	Colombia
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	RTS-Monton Racing
function	driver
Last updated: November 27, 2016

Mauricio Ortega Ramírez (born October 22, 1980 in Salgar ) is a Colombian racing cyclist .

Career

In 2002, Mauricio Ortega was the Pan-American champion in the U23 class individual time trial . In 2003 he won a stage of the Vuelta a Guatemala . He received his first contract with an international cycling team in 2006 with the Colombian Continental Team Atom . He was initially successful in South American races on national cycling calendars, including the overall ratings of smaller stage races and four stages of the Clasico RCN from 2006 to 2011 . In 2010 he won a stage of the Vuelta al Valle del Cauca and was able to win the overall standings. In 2013 he won a stage of the Vuelta a Colombia , in which in 2016 he won the overall classification, the mountain classification and two stages. He also won the mountain classification of the Tour of Qinghai Lake in 2016 .

successes

2002

• Pan American Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)

2003

• a stage Vuelta a Guatemala

2013

• a stage Vuelta a Colombia

2016

• Overall ranking, mountain ranking and two stages of Vuelta a Colombia
• Mountain Classification Tour of Qinghai Lake

2017

• Mountain Classification Tour of Qinghai Lake
• Mountain classification Tour of China I
• Individual ranking UCI Asia Tour 2017

Teams

• 2006 atom
• 2007 atom

• 2009 UNE-EPM
• 2010 UNE-EPM
• 2011 EPM-UNE
• 2012 EPM-UNE
• 2013 Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería de Medellín
• 2014 Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería de Medellín-IDEA
• 2015 Orgullo Antioqueño
• 2016 RTS-Monton Racing (from July 1st)
• 2017 RTS-Monton Racing

Web links

• Mauricio Ortega in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Mauricio Ortega in the ProCyclingStats.com database