Efraín Forero Triviño

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Efraín Forero Triviño


fullname = Efraín Forero Triviño
nickname = El Zipa
El indomable zipa
dateofbirth = 1931
country = COL
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climbing specialist
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majorwins = Vuelta a Colombia (1951)

updated = August 11th, 2007

Efraín Forero Triviño (born in 1931 in Zipaquirá, in the department of Cundinamarca,Colombia) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Forero or El Zipa as he was known was involved in the organisation of the first Vuelta a Colombia. 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 Vuelta a Colombia took place. It was a 1,233 kilometers race which was divided in 10 stages, including 3 days off. Forero won this first Vuelta a Colombia. [cite web|url= http://www.jet.com.co/ingles/eventos_vuelta_colombia.htm|title=History of the Vuelta a Colombia|publisher=Compania Nacional de Chocolates|accessdate=2007-08-10] He won seven stages along the way. [cite web|url= http://www.ciclismodecolombia.com/index.cfm?doc=contenido&idmenu2=3&idseccion=43|title=Vuelta a Colombia Histoia 1951|publisher=Ciclismo de Colombia|accessdate=2007-08-11] He would win a further three stages and would finish 4th overall in 1953 and 1954 [cite book|last=Rendell|first=Matt|title=Kings of the Mountains|publisher=Aurum Press|date=2002|id=ISBN 1854108379] as well as second overall in the 1958 Vuelta a Colombia behind Spaniard José Gómez del Moral. [cite web|url=http://www.velo-club.net/article.php?sid=17719|title=Palmares du Tour de Colombie|publisher=Velo Club|accessdate=2007-08-11]

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