Martín Emilio "Cochise" Rodríguez

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Martín Emilio Rodríguez


fullname = Martín Emilio Rodríguez Gutiérrez
nickname = Cochise
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1942|04|14
country = COL
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climbing specialist
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majorwins = Vuelta a Colombia (1963, 1965, 1966, 1967)
Vuelta al Táchira (1966, 1968, 1971)
updated = August 9, 2007

Martín Emilio "Cochise" Rodríguez (born April 14, 1942 in Medellín, Colombia) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. He is known by his nickname "Cochise". 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. [cite book|last=Rendell|first=Matt|title=Kings of the Mountains|id=ISBN 1-85410-837-9|date=2002] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.lopaisa.com/cochise.html|title=Martin Emilio Cochise Roderiguez|publisher=Lopasia|accessdate=2007-08-09] On the October 7, 1970, Cochise beat the world hour record. 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.

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