Tweet

Historic Overview Martín Emilio "Cochise" Rodríguez Gutiérrez

Rider

Overall Rank2652
NameMartín Emilio "Cochise" RODRÍGUEZ GUTIÉRREZ
Country
  Colombia
Date of birth14-Apr-1942 - Medellin (Antioquia)

Biography

Martín Emilio "Cochise" Rodríguez Gutiérrez

Martín Emilio Rodríguez Gutiérrez (born 14 April 1942), known by the nickname Cochise, is a retired Colombian road and track cyclist.

Cochise started his first Vuelta a Colombia in 1961. He would win his first Vuelta two years later in 1963 and would win the event four times in total. He was the road racing champion of Colombia in 1965. He had won gold in the 4,000-metre pursuit at the Central American Games in 1962, the Bolivarian Games in 1965, the American Games in 1965 and 1966 and the Pan-American Games in 1967. Cochise also won Colombia's second most important stage race, the Clásico RCN, in 1963 as well as winning the Vuelta al Táchira in Venezuela three times. On 7 October 1970, Cochise beat the world hour record, with a distance of 47.566 km.

In 1971 in Track World Championships in Varese (Italy), Rodriguez won the Amateurs 4.000ms individual track pursuit beating Swiss Josef Fuchs. Cochise turned professional in 1973 where he won two stages in the Giro d'Italia. Cochise was partnered with the great Italian champion Felice Gimondi for two-man time trial events and won the 1973 Baracchi Trophy and the Verona Grand Prix. Cochise rode the 1975 Tour de France and finished 27th overall. After 1975, Cochise returned to Colombia and competed again as an amateur, winning a final stage in the Vuelta a Colombia in 1980. Cochise is currently involved with a Colombian professional team Indeportes Antioquia that has former time trial world champion Santiago Botero.

The nickname "Cochise" is derived from the fact that he was a great admirer of the Apache chief Cochise.

He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

8 2 4 60

Major Victories

Vuelta a Colombia 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967
Campeonato Nacional de Colombia 1965
Trofeo Baracchi 1973
G.P. Camaiore 1973
Vuelta al Táchira 1966, 1968, 1971
Clásico RCN 1963
Giro d'Italia - stages 1973 (1), 1975 (1)
Vuelta a Colombia - stages 1961 (1), 1962 (2), 1963 (6), 1964 (9), 1965 (1), 1966 (8), 1967 (4), 1968 (1), 1969 (2), 1970 (1)
Vuelta al Táchira - stages 1966 (2), 1968 (3), 1971 (4)
Clásico RCN - stages 1962 (1), 1963 (2)
More results

Seasons

Martín Emilio "Cochise" Rodríguez Gutiérrez - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1961 Individual 13 820
2. 1962 Individual 16 724
3. 1963 Individual 39 516
4. 1964 Individual 69 425
5. 1965 Individual 45 484
6. 1966 Individual 44 483
7. 1967 Individual 30 496
8. 1968 Individual 177 221
9. 1969 Individual 11 718
10. 1970 Individual 15 588
11. 1971 Individual 15 597
12. 1972 Salvarani 8 675
13. 1973 Bianchi - Campagnolo 392 130
14. 1974 Bianchi - Campagnolo 665 77
15. 1975 Bianchi - Campagnolo 562 90
16. 1976 Individual 23 518
17. 1979 Individual 13 611
18. 1980 Individual 3 939
Overall: 2140 2652