Germán Enrique Chaves Torres (9 March 1995 – 4 June 2023) was a Colombian professional cyclist. He last raced for Team Sistecredito–GW.
 Chaves in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Germán Enrique Chaves Torres |
| Born | 9 March 1995 Chocontá, Colombia |
| Died | 4 June 2023 (aged 28) Chocontá, Colombia[1] |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2014–2016 | Coldeportes–Zenú |
| 2021–2022 | EPM–Scott |
| 2023 | Team Sistecrédito–GW[2] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2017–2019 | Coldeportes–Zenú |
| 2020 | EPM–Scott[3] |
Chaves died on 4 June 2023, after being hit by a truck while he was training with his father in Cundinamarca. He was 28.[4]
Major results edit
- 2013
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta del Porvenir
- 2014
- 3rd Overall Clásica de Rionegro
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
- 1st Stage 1[5]
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 4th Road race
- 2018
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Boyacá[6] - 8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
- 2019
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
- 1st Stage 1
- 2020
- 1st Overall Clásica de Cómbita
- 1st Stage 2
- 2021
- 1st Overall Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Overall Vuelta al Tolima
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
- 1st Prologue
- 2022
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Clásica de El Carmen de Viboral
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
- 3rd Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
- 1st Stage 5
- 2023
- 1st Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
References edit
- ^ «Germán Chaves, ciclista colombiano, murió tras un grave accidente de tránsito en Cundinamarca». Publimetro Colombia. 4 June 2023
- ^ "Germán Chaves". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "EPM Scott presenta seis refuerzos de lujo para 2020". el sitio de Ciclismo. 8 November 2019.
- ^ "Muere el ciclista colombiano Germán Chaves arrollado por un camión mientras entrenaba". Infobae (in Spanish). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Germán Chaves ganó la primera etapa de la Vuelta de la Juventud". noticias.caracoltv.com. 24 April 2017.
- ^ "40 Vuelta a Boyacá 2018" (PDF). clasificacionesdelciclismocolombiano.com. 8 September 2018.
External links edit
- Germán Chaves at UCI
- Germán Chaves at Cycling Archives
- Germán Chaves at ProCyclingStats
