- Luis Herrera
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Luis Herrera
fullname = Luis Alberto Herrera
nickname = Lucho
El jardinerito de Fusagasugá
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|4|4
country = COL
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climbing specialist
amateurteams =Valyin de Pereira
Lotería de Boyacá
Leche La Gran Vía
Varta Nacional A
amateuryears = 1981
1982
1983
1984
proyears =1985-1990 1991-1992
proteams =Café de Colombia
Ryalco Postobon
majorwins = Vuelta a España (1987), 2 stages
:King of the Mountains (1987, 1991)Tour de France, 3 stages:King of the Mountains (1985, 1987)Giro d'Italia, 3 stages:King of the Mountains (1989)Dauphiné Libéré (1988, 1991)
Clásico RCN (1982, 1983, 1984, 1986)
Vuelta a Colombia (1984, 1985, 1986, 1988)
updated =January 10 ,2007 :"For the former president of Venezuela, seeLuis Herrera Campins . For the footballer, seeLuis Fernando Herrera .Luis Alberto "Lucho" Herrera known as "el jardinerito" (the little gardener) (born
May 4 ,1961 inFusagasugá ,Colombia ) is a retiredColombia n road racing cyclist. Herrera was a professional from 1985 to 1992 but had a successful amateur career before that inColombia .He entered his first Vuelta a Colombia in 1981 where he finished 16th overall and 3rd in the New Rider competition. [cite web|url=http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1981.htm|title=31a Vuelta a Colombia 1981|accessdate=2007-10-20] Although he abandoned his second Vuelta a Colombia in 1982, he won Colombia's second major stage-race the
Clásico RCN . In 1983 Herrera wonClásico RCN again as well as two stages and finishing second overall toAlfonso Florez Ortiz in the 1983Vuelta a Colombia . [cite web|url=http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1983.htm|title=33a Vuelta a Colombia|accessdate=2007-10-20] In 1984 he would win theVuelta a Colombia , theClásico RCN as well as winning stage 17 toAlpe d'Huez in the1984 Tour de France , becoming the first Colombian to win a stage of the race. He would win theVuelta a Colombia and theClásico RCN four times each but his greatest achievement was in 1987, when he won theVuelta a España , the first South American to win aGrand Tour . Herrera also won theDauphiné Libéré in 1988 and 1991 and five "King of the Mountains " jerseys from the threeGrand Tours .Luis Herrera is the second rider to win the "
King of the Mountains jersey in all threeGrand Tours . The first wasFederico Bahamontes of Spain.Major accomplishments
;Tour de France: 27th overall (1984):: 1st, Stage 17: 7th overall (1985):: 1st, Stage 11:: 1st, Stage 14::Winner ): 22nd overall (1986): 5th overall (1987)::Winner ): 6th overall (1988): 19th overall (1989);
Giro d'Italia : King of the Mountains (maglia verde ) (1989);Vuelta a España : 1st overall (1987): King of the Mountains (green jersey ) (1987, 1991);Dauphiné Libéré : 1st overall (1988, 1991)References
External links
* [http://www.biciclopedia.com/mediawiki-1.4.0/index.php?title=Luis_Herrera Palmarès]
* [http://www.dewielersite.net/db2/wielersite/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8584 Wielersite Profile]
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