Abelardo Ríos
Personal information
Full nameAbelardo Ríos Osorio
Born (1952-01-20) 20 January 1952
Alejandría, Colombia
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1971Administradora Postal Nacional
1972–1976Polímeros Colombianos
1976–1977Libreta de Plata
1978Castalia
1979Freskola
1980–1982Pilsen Cervunión
1983–1984Pilas Varta–Colombia
Professional teams
1985Colpatria
1985Varta–Café de Colombia–Mavic
1986Felipe Almacenes y Joyerias
1986Coca Cola–Caja Social
1987Western–Rossin
1988Pony Malta

Abelardo Ríos Osorio[lower-alpha 1] (born 20 January 1952) is a Colombian former professional racing cyclist.[1] He rode in two editions of the Tour de France and one edition of the Giro d'Italia. He also competed in the individual road race at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]

Major results

1971
4th Overall Clásico RCN
1st Young rider classification
1972
4th Overall Clásico RCN
1973
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia
9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1974
3rd Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
1975
2nd Overall Clásico RCN
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
1976
1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
1st Stages 4 & 6
1st Points classification
1st Combination classification
2nd Overall Vuelta a Cuba
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
9th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 4
1977
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez
1978
1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
1st Stage 1 Clásico RCN
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Boyacá
1979
1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia
1981
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 4 Clásico RCN
1982
1st Overall Clásica de El Carmen de Viboral
1983
9th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1986
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Colombia
1987
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1983 1984 1985
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 62
A yellow jersey Tour de France 44 DNF
A gold jersey Vuelta a España

Notes

  1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ríos and the second or maternal family name is Osorio.

References

  1. "Abelardo Ríos". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abelardo Ríos". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
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