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Historic Overview Luis Herrera

Rider

Overall Rank516
NameLuis HERRERA
Country
  Colombia
Date of birth04-May-1961 - Fusagasuga (Cundinamarca)

Biography

Luis Herrera

Luis Alberto "Lucho" Herrera Herrera, known as "El jardinerito" ("the little gardener"; born May 4, 1961, in Fusagasugá, Colombia), is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Herrera was a professional from 1985 to 1992 but had a successful amateur career before that in Colombia.

He entered his first Vuelta a Colombia in 1981 where he finished 16th overall and 3rd in the New Rider competition. Although he abandoned his second Vuelta a Colombia in 1982, he won Colombia's second major stage-race, the Clásico RCN. In 1983 Herrera won Clásico RCN again as well as two stages and finished second overall to Alfonso Florez Ortiz in the 1983 Vuelta a Colombia. In 1984 he won the Vuelta a Colombia, and the Clásico RCN.

In 1984 he won stage 17 to Alpe d'Huez in the 1984 Tour de France, becoming the first Colombian to win a stage of the race, and the first amateur cyclist to win a stage in the history of the Tour de France. He won the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN four times each. His greatest achievement was in 1987, when he won the Vuelta a España, the first South American to win a Grand Tour. Herrera also won the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré in 1988 and 1991.

Herrera won five "King of the Mountains" jerseys from the three Grand Tours. He is the second rider to win the King of the Mountains jersey in all three Grand Tours. The first was Federico Bahamontes of Spain.

In 2025, Harrera was accused by an ex-paramilitary fighter of being involved in the killings of four farmers in Fusagasugá in 2003.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Dauphiné Libéré 1988, 1991
Vuelta a Colombia 1986
Vuelta a España 1987
Coors Classic - stages 1983 (2)
Dauphiné Libéré - stages 1988 (1), 1991 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1989 (2), 1992 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1984 (1), 1985 (2)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 1982 (1)
Volta Ciclista a Catalunya - stages 1991 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 1987 (1), 1991 (1)
More results

Seasons

Luis Herrera - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1981 Individual 5 851
2. 1982 Individual 124 343
3. 1983 Individual 72 420
4. 1984 Individual 601 103
5. 1985 Colpatria 1145 48
6. 1986 Café de Colombia - Varta 412 226
7. 1987 Varta - Café de Colombia 2135 11
8. 1988 Café de Colombia 1406 29
9. 1989 Café de Colombia - Mavic 993 52
10. 1990 Café de Colombia 468 169
11. 1991 Ryalcao - Postobon - Manzana 1346 36
12. 1992 Postobon - Manzana - Ryalcao 642 104
Overall: 9349 516