Efraín Forero Triviño (4 March 1930 – 12 September 2022)Murió Efraín Forero, leyenda del ciclismo colombiano was a Colombian road racing cyclist.
Forero or El Zipa as he was known was involved in the organisation of the first . He was chosen to ride between the cities of Fresno and Manizales, via Páramo de Letras, as a preliminary race, and to define the route of the tour. The following year, 1951, the first took place. It was a 1,233 kilometers race which was divided in 10 stages, including 3 days off. Forero won this first . He won seven stages along the way. He would win a further three stages and would finish 4th overall in 1953 and 1954, as well as second overall in the 1957 behind Spaniard José Gómez del Moral.
Major results
1950 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Team pursuit, Central American and Caribbean Games 1951 1st Overall 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10 1952 1st Stage 5 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 1953 1st Road race, National Road Championships 4th Overall 1st Stage 1 1954 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Héctor Mesa, Justo Londoño and Ramón Hoyos) 4th Overall 1st Stage 15 1956 3rd Overall 1957 2nd Overall 1958 1st Road race, National Road Championships 1959 1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Pablo Hurtado and Ramón Hoyos)
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