Santiago Buitrago

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Santiago Buitrago
Buitrago at the 2020 La Flèche Wallonne
Personal information
Full nameSantiago Buitrago Sánchez
Born (1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 24)
Bogotá, Colombia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Bahrain Victorious
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2018–2019Team Cinelli
Professional team
2020–Bahrain–McLaren[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
2 individual stages (2022, 2023)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Buitrago and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Santiago Buitrago Sánchez (born 26 September 1999) is a Colombian racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[2] Buitrago has won two stages at the Giro d'Italia.

Career[edit]

Santiago Buitrago's first UCI rated result is at the Colombian Junior time trial championships where he finished fourth.[3]

Bahrain–McLaren (2020 to present)[edit]

Buitrago joined UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–McLaren on a two-year contract after impressing the team by finishing sixth at the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 2019.[4] His first race with the team was at the 2020 Tour Down Under where he finished second in the youth classification 15 seconds behind Pavel Sivakov.[5] The last race of the 2020 season was the Vuelta a España, his first Grand tour, he would finish in 53rd.[6][7]

In 2021 he finished tenth overall at the Tour de Hongrie after a strong tenth in the Queen-stage.[8][9] He then won the mountains classification at the Settimana Ciclistica Italiana after being in the break and attacking over the climbs of the day.[10] Buitrago finished eighth in the Vuelta a Burgos after fishing one second behind the winner on stage 1 of the race.[11] He also led the youth classification until the final stage where he lost the jersey to Einer Rubio who came second in the stage.[12]

2022 started with a win in the national race Circuito Feria de Manizales, followed his first professional win: stage 2 of the Saudi Tour. Buitrago attacked with 1 kilometre to go taking Andrea Bagioli with him. The two came to the line together with Buitrago winning the sprint and taking the race lead. The next rider finished seven seconds behind the pair.[13] He lost the race lead on stage 4 after Maxim Van Gils attacked and he was unable to follow. Buitrago maintained his second placing overall to the completion of the race.

The biggest win of his career so far came at the 2022 Giro d'Italia where he won stage 17. Joining the early break, Buitrago kept up with the other riders before making his move over the top of the Monterovere and powering away solo. He stayed away taking 35 seconds on Gijs Leemreize to win the stage.[14] His third win of the season came at the 2022 Vuelta a Burgos by winning stage 1.[15]

The follwoing year, he won his second Grand Tour stage: stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia in a solo victory on what was considered the "Queen Stage".[16] He ultimately finished the race in 13th overall.

His 2024 season got off to a good start, winning stage 4 of Paris–Nice.[17]

Major results[edit]

Sources:[18][19]

2017
3rd Overall Vuelta del Porvenir
1st Stage 1 & 4
2019
6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
9th GP Capodarco
2021
1st Mountains classification, Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
3rd Circuito de Getxo
8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
10th Overall Tour de Hongrie
2022 (3 pro wins)
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Saudi Tour
1st Stage 2
8th Overall Tour of the Alps
8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stage 1
2023 (1)
1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia
3rd Overall Saudi Tour
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
8th Overall Tour of the Alps
10th Overall Vuelta a España
2024 (1)
1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Young rider classification
5th La Flèche Wallonne

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — 12 13
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 53 — DNF 10
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP Race in Progress

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (26 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bahrain McLaren". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Bahrain Victorious". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ "National Championships Colombia MJ - ITT 2017 Time trial results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Bahrain-Merida hand contract to Fred Wright for 2020". cyclingnews.com. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  5. ^ "2020 Results". Santos Tour Down Under. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Vuelta a España Standings 2020". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Vuelta a España 2020". cyclingnews.com. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Tour de Hongrie: Howson seals overall victory as Theuns takes final stage". cyclingnews.com. 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Tour de Hongrie: Howson wins stage 4 and takes overall lead". cyclingnews.com. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  10. ^ Rosas, Diego Mateus (18 July 2021). "Santiago Buitrago campeón de la montaña en la Settimana Ciclística Italiana. Jhonatan Restrepo segundo en la etapa final". Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  11. ^ Puddicombe, Stephen (3 August 2021). "Vuelta a Burgos: Planckaert wins stage 1". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  12. ^ Farrand, Stephen (7 August 2021). "Vuelta a Burgos: Landa snatches overall victory as Bardet struggles". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  13. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (2 February 2022). "Saudi Tour: Buitrago wins stage 2 hilltop finish". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  14. ^ Hamilton, Alastair (25 May 2022). "GIRO'22 Stage 17: Brilliant Buitrago Bounds to Stage Win!". PezCycling News. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  15. ^ Ostanek, Daniel (2 August 2022). "Santiago Buitrago scores victory on opening day of Vuelta a Burgos". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  16. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (26 May 2023). "Giro d'Italia: Buitrago wins queen stage to Tre Cime Lavaredo". CyclingNews. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  17. ^ Ryan, Barry (6 March 2024). "Paris-Nice: Santiago Buitrago pushes ahead of Luke Plapp to win stage 4 on Mont Brouilly". CyclingNews. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Santiago Buitrago". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Santiago Buitrago". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

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