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Historic Overview Luis Herrera Herrera

Rider

Overall Rank511
NameLuis HERRERA HERRERA
Country
  Colombia
Date of birth04-May-1961 - Fusagasuga (Cundinamarca)
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Biography

Luis Herrera 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, the Clásico RCN as well as winning 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 but 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 and five "King of the Mountains" jerseys from the three Grand Tours.

Luis Herrera is the second rider to win the King of the Mountains jersey in all three Grand Tours. The first was Federico Bahamontes of Spain.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

5 3 3 2 11 2 17

Major Victories

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

Luis Herrera Herrera - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1981 Individual 5 836
2. 1982 Individual 123 322
3. 1983 Individual 73 408
4. 1984 Individual 483 112
5. 1985 Colpatria 843 55
6. 1986 Café de Colombia - Varta 335 193
7. 1987 Varta - Café de Colombia 1923 13
8. 1988 Café de Colombia 1296 29
9. 1989 Café de Colombia - Mavic 762 62
10. 1990 Café de Colombia 453 138
11. 1991 Ryalcao - Postobon - Manzana 1269 31
12. 1992 Postobon - Manzana - Ryalcao 486 122
Overall: 8051 511