Aristóbulo Cala
Personal information
Full nameAristóbulo Cala Cala
Born (1990-05-13) 13 May 1990
Hato, Santander, Colombia
Team information
Current teamColdeportes Bicicletas Strongman
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013–2014Formesan–Bogotá Humana
2016Sogamoso Ciudad–Influyente
Professional team
2017–Bicicletas Strongman
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships
(2021)

Aristóbulo Cala Cala (born 13 May 1990 in Hato, Santander) is a Colombian cyclist riding for Coldeportes Bicicletas Strongman.[1]

Career

Cala rode the first bicycle at his 14 years old, it was borrow from his cousin because he did not have its own bike. Aristobulo come from a farmer family with limited resources but his love by the bike took him to save for his first bike and started to be present at local stages when he was 18 years old. He always was in the podium even when he did not know the riding techniques, his outstanding results and performance specially in the high hills called the attention from more experienced riders and sponsors saying he was born for cycling, he has the cycling in his genes. Therefore he was taken to Boyacá at 20 years old, to be trained at 2,600 m above sea level and participated in his first national games where he was 3rd in sub-23 category. From there he is always a great protagonist in each presentation, specially in those stages with high mountains where is very hard for others, he is feeling like at home, a pure climber. His major achievement is the overall winner in La Vuelta Colombia 2017 and recently 8th in Colombia Oro y Paz competition where he was at level of world-tour figures. Aristobulo demonstrated that his body respond favorable with more days in the competitions making him ideal for 2 or 3 weeks competitions.

Major results

2010
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2017
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
2018
8th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz
10th Overall Vuelta a Costa Rica
1st Stage 10
2019
4th Road race, National Road Championships
2021
1st Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

References

  1. ↑ "Aristóbulo Cala". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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