Carlos Alzate
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 Carlos Alzate in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar |
| Born | 23 March 1983 Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2010 | Rock Racing–Murcia |
| 2010 | Super Giros |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007 | Colombia es Pasión |
| 2008 | Toshiba–Santo |
| 2011–2012 | Team Exergy |
| 2013–2018 | UnitedHealthcare[1] |
| 2019 | GW–Shimano |
Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (born March 23, 1983, in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) is a Colombian professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia, who most recently rode for the GW–Shimano team. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Arles Castro and Jairo Pérez in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.
Major results
[edit]- 2003
- 1st in Aguascalientes, Team Pursuit
- alongside José Serpa, Alexander González, and Juan Pablo Forero
- 2nd National Points Race Championships
- 2004
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23
- 2005
- International Cycling Classic
- 1st Stages 7 & 13
- 3rd National Individual Pursuit Championships
Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit- 2006
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a El Salvador
- 2007
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
- Pan American Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit (alongside Jairo Pérez, Arles Castro, and Juan Pablo Forero)
Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit
- alongside Jairo Pérez, Arles Castro, and Juan Pablo Forero
- 2008
- 1st Stage 12 International Cycling Classic
- 2009
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Cundinamarca
- 2011
- 1st 13th Annual Ontario GP
- 3rd Roswell Criterium
- 3rd Beaufort Memorial Classic
- 3rd Global Imports Sandy Springs Cycling Challenge
- 4th Sea Otter Classic Criterium
- 6th Sea Otter Classic Circuit Race
- 2012
- 1st Circuito Feria de Manizales
- 1st USA Crits speedweek Walterboro Criterium
- 1st USA Crits speedweek Sandy Springs Criterium
- 1st Stage 2 Nature Valley Grand Prix
- 1st Stage 4 Cascade Classic
- 2nd Sunny King Criterium
- 2013
- 1st Sunny King Criterium
- 1st Costal Empire Cycling Festival
- 1st USA Crits speedweek
- 1st Belmont Criterium
- 1st Tour de Grove
- 1st Base Camp International Basking Ridge
- 2nd Glencoe GP
- 2nd Chris Thater memorial Criterium
- 3rd USA Crits Finals, Las Vegas[2]
- 2014
- 1st Charlotte Belmont Omnium
- 1st Sunny King Criterium
- 9th Winston Salem Cycling Classic Criterium
- 2015
- 7th Dana Point Grand Prix[3]
- 7th Wilmington Grand Prix[4]
- 8th Winston-Salem Classic Criterium[5]
- 2016
- 1st Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race
- 2nd Clarendon Cup[6]
- 2017
- 3rd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team (UHC) - USA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ Malach, Pat (2 February 2015). "Keough leads UnitedHealthcare sweep in Vegas". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "Menzies sprints to Dana Point Grand Prix victory". cyclingnews.com. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "White, Pic claim Wilmington GP victories". cyclingnews.com. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (31 May 2015). "White takes Winston-Salem criterium win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Magner claims Clarendon Cup victory". cyclingnews.com. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Jakub Mareczko wins Tour of Taihu Lake overall". cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
External links
[edit]- Carlos Alzate at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Carlos Alzate at ProCyclingStats
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