The 35th edition of the Clásico RCN

Clásico RCN

The Clásico RCN is an annual cycling road race that takes place over many stages through different regions of Colombia during October...

was held from March 11 to March 20, 1995 in Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. The stage race, with an UCI

UCI

UCI usually refers to the Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling.UCI may also refer to:* United Cinemas International* United Kennel Clubs International...

 rate of 2.4, started in Medellín

Medellín

Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...

, and finished in Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" one of the oldest and largest radio network

Radio network

There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...

s in the nation.

1995-03-11: Medellín

Medellín

Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...

 — Cerro Nutibara (5.8 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|00:08.13	|00:08.13

1995-03-12: Caldas

Caldas, Antioquia

Caldas is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Caldas is part of the Metropolitan Area of Medellín. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caldas.- Notable Caldenses :*Luis Fernando Montoya professional soccer coach...

 — Pereira

Pereira, Colombia

Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...

 (234 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|06:37.34

1995-03-13: Pereira

Pereira, Colombia

Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...

 — Cali

Calì

Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

 (201.4 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:32.08

1995-03-14: Cali

Calì

Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...

 — Armenia

Armenia, Colombia

Armenia is the capital of Quindío, a department in Colombia. The city is located at coordinates 4.5170° north, 75.6830° west, 290 kilometers west of Bogotá. Armenia is a mid-size city located between Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, the 3 largest Colombian cities. The city's area code for phone calls is...

 (185.6 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:57.20

1995-03-15: Armenia

Armenia, Colombia

Armenia is the capital of Quindío, a department in Colombia. The city is located at coordinates 4.5170° north, 75.6830° west, 290 kilometers west of Bogotá. Armenia is a mid-size city located between Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, the 3 largest Colombian cities. The city's area code for phone calls is...

 — Espinal

Espinal

Espinal is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 63,859 as of the 1993 census.The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Espinal....

 (166.5 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:24.38

1995-03-16: Espinal

Espinal

Espinal is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 63,859 as of the 1993 census.The town is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Espinal....

 — Mosquera

Mosquera

Mosquera is a surname of Spanish, in particular Galician, origin. The family crest states Gallego. Comes from the mansion of the family's founder, Ramiro de Mosquera, taking the last name from his hacienda. In the fifth century, it already figured linked to Moscoso, one of the oldest houses of...

 (137 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:04.57

1995-03-17: Tocancipá

Tocancipá

Tocancipá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The race track is located in the surroundings of the town, here they make vintage auto races as well as gt races....

 — Sogamoso

Sogamoso

Sogamoso is a city in the Boyacá department of Colombia.The origin of Sogamoso goes back in the cosmogony, Chibcha, to the creation of the Sun. In the valley of Iraca the Sun was born...

 (175 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:03.40

1995-03-18: Circuito Mundiales Ciclismo Duitama (138 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|03:32.34

1995-03-19: Paipa

Paipa

Paipa is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Tundama Province a subregion of Boyaca.- Location :Paipa is located to 15 km of Duitama...

 — Tunja

Tunja

Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km...

 (42 km)

Place	Stage 8 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|01:01.41

1995-03-20: Circuito Parque Nacional

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

 (136 km)

Place	Stage 9		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|03:15.48

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		ZG Mobili - Glacial	36:41:54
2.		Gaseosas Glacial	+ 0.38
3.		Pony Malta de Bavaria-Avianca	+ 1.18
4.		Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería Medellín	+ 1.38
5.		Gaseosas Glacial	+ 1.41
6.		Gaseosas Glacial	+ 2.06
7.		Ron Medellín-Lotería Medellín	+ 2.54
8.		Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería Medellín	+ 2.54
9.		Manzana Postobón	+ 3.19
10.		Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería Medellín	+ 3.32

Teams

Pony Malta-Kelme PRF

1.   Julio César Aguirre
   Julio César Aguirre
   Julio César Aguirre Cabrera is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2003.-Career:1994...
   
   
2.   Libardo Niño
   Libardo Niño
   Libardo Niño Corredor is a male road racing cyclist from Colombia. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 76th place in the Men's Individual Road Race. Colombia competed with three cyclists in this event; the other ones being José Robles and Héctor Palacio...
   
   
3.   Chepe González
   Chepe González
   José Jaime González Pico , also known as Chepe González, is a Colombian former road bicycle racer. He won stages in Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He also won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1994 and 1995....
   
   
4.   José Martín Farfán
   José Martín Farfán
   José Martín Farfán Pulido is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1988 to 1995. He was nicknamed Farfantastico during his career.-Career:198819891990...
   
   
5.   Federico Muñoz
   Federico Muñoz
   Federico Muñoz Fernández is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1988 to 2004.-Career:1993...
   
   
6.   Héctor Castaño
   Héctor Castaño
   Héctor Manuel Castaño Betancurt is a retied male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1994199619992000-References:...
   
   
7.   Hernán Buenahora
   Hernan Buenahora
   Hernán Buenahora Gutíerrez is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who was nicknamed El Cabrito de Barichara during his career...
   
   
8.   Julio Ortegón
9.   Ángel Camargo
   Ángel Camargo
   Ángel Yesid Camargo Ochoa is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1992 to 1998.-Career:199019911992 19931994-References:...
   
   
10.   Jair Bernal
    Jair Bernal
    Jair Humberto Bernal Sepúlveda is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19891992...
    
    

Le Gropment (Francia) PRF

11.   Luc Leblanc
    Luc Leblanc
    Luc Leblanc is a retired professional male cyclist from France. In 1994 he became World Road Champion.-Biography:...
    
    
12.   Robert Millar
    Robert Millar
    Robert Millar is a former Scottish professional cyclist who won the “King of the Mountains” competition in the 1984 Tour de France and finished fourth overall – sharing the highest Tour position for a British cyclist with Bradley Wiggins, and the first time a Briton had won a major Tour...
    
    
13.   Marcel Wüst
    Marcel Wüst
    Marcel Wüst is a German former road bicycle racer. He won stages in all of the three Grand Tours; twelve stages in the Vuelta a España, one stage in the Tour de France and a stage in the Giro d'Italia. In 2000 a crash left him without sight in one eye and prematurely ended his professional career...
    
    
14.   Stéphane Hennebert
15.   Philippe Bouvatier
    Philippe Bouvatier
    Philippe Bouvatier is a French professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :19811982Philippe Bouvatier is a French professional road bicycle racer.- Palmarès :1981...
    
    
16.   David Dorique
17.   Nelson Rodríguez

Manzana Postobón PRF

21.   Luis Alberto González
    Luis Alberto González
    Luis Alberto González Gallego is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1987 to 1996.-Career:1987198819891992...
    
    
22.   Luis Espinosa
    Luis Espinosa
    Luis Edgar Espinosa Sepúlveda is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1992 to 1997.-Career:19911992...
    
    
23.   Efraím Rico
    Efraím Rico
    Efraím Rico Lizarazo is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 1998...
    
    
24.   Julio César Rangel
    Julio César Rangel
    Julio César Rangel Melo is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1996199719992002Julio César Rangel Melo is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1996...
    
    
25.   Edgar Humberto Ruiz
    Edgar Humberto Ruiz
    Edgar Humberto Ruiz Sierra is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1994 to 1995.-Career:199019921993-References:...
    
    
26.   Ruber Marín
    Ruber Marín
    Ruber Alveiro Marín Valencia is a Colombian cyclist who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
    
    
27.   Julio Ernesto Bernal
    Julio Ernesto Bernal
    Julio Ernesto Bernal González is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2002.-Career:1991199219931994199619971998199920002001-References:...
    
    
28.   Álvaro Lozano
    Álvaro Lozano
    Álvaro Lozano Moncada is a Colombian road racing cyclist.-Career:19901991199319941996Álvaro Lozano Moncada is a Colombian road racing cyclist....
    
    
29.   José Robles
    José Robles
    José Robles Pazos was a Spanish academic and independent left-wing activist. Born to an aristocratic family, Robles embraced left-wing views which forced him to leave Spain and go into exile in the United States....
    
    
30.   Juan Carlos Rosero
    Juan Carlos Rosero
    Juan Carlos Rosero García is a retired male road cyclist from Ecuador, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-Career:19861987198919911992...
    
    

Aguardiante Antioqueño-Lotería de Medellín

31.   Carlos Jaramillo
    Carlos Jaramillo
    Carlos María Jaramillo Mesa is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1985 to 1996. He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics...
    
    
32.   Óscar Vargas
    Óscar Vargas
    Óscar de Jesús Vargas Restrepo is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1995.-Career:1986...
    
    
33.   Javier "El Milagroso" Zapata
    Javier de Jesús Zapata
    Javier de Jesús Zapata Villada is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 2004...
    
    
34.   Jorge Otálvaro
    Jorge Otálvaro
    Jorge Leon Otálvaro Restrepo is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1990 to 1997. He was nicknamed "Chacho" during his career.-Career:19911992-References:...
    
    
35.   Juan Diego Ramírez
    Juan Diego Ramírez
    Juan Diego Ramírez Calderón is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19941995Juan Diego Ramírez Calderón is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:...
    
    
36.   Argiro Zapata
    Argiro Zapata
    Argiro Alberto Zapata Franco is a retied male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199419961997...
    
    
37.   Jaime Bolívar
38.   Leonardo Cardona
    Leonardo Cardona
    Leonardo Jesús Cardona Palacio is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1995.-Career:19951997-References:...
    
    
39.   Héctor Palacio
    Héctor Palacio
    Héctor Ivan Palacio Montoya, born 12 May 1969 in Envigado, is a former professional Colombian cyclist.During the 1992 Olympic Games, Palacio represented Colombia in the individual road race, where he ended 52nd.-References:...
    
    
40.   Dubán Ramírez
    Dubán Ramírez
    Dubán Alberto Ramírez Rodríguez is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 1998...
    
    

Gasesosas Glacial

41.   Henry Cárdenas
    Henry Cárdenas
    Henry Cárdenas Orduz is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1986 to 1997. He was nicknamed "Cebollita".-Career:1987...
    
    
42.   Álvaro Sierra
    Álvaro Sierra
    Álvaro Sierra Peña is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199019911993 19941995...
    
    
43.   Raúl Montaña
    Raúl Montaña
    Raúl Alexander Montaña Herrera is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1994.-Career:199219931995...
    
    
44.   Celio Roncancio
    Celio Roncancio
    Celio Roberto Roncancio González is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1988 to 1997.-Career:1994...
    
    
45.   Fabio Rodríguez
46.   Elkin Barrera
    Elkin Barrera
    Elkin Gilberto Barrera Chapparo is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1995 to 2000.-Career:1995...
    
    
47.   Luciano Bonilla
48.   Miguel Ángel Sanabria
    Miguel Ángel Sanabria
    Miguel Ángel Sanabria Acevedo was a male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1990 to 1998...
    
    
49.   Rubén Beltrán
50.   Israel Ochoa
    Israel Ochoa
    Israel Antonio Ochoa Plazas is a retired male professional racing cyclist from Colombia, who was nicknamed El Rápido during his career.-Career:1993199419951996...
    
    

Lituania - Mixto

51.   Stakenas Kestutis
52.   Arunas Bendaravicius
53.   Stakenas Genininas
54.   Alexsiej Kulikov
55.   Donatas Virbickas
56.   Saulius Ruskis
57.   Luis Alfredo López
    Luis Alfredo López (cyclist)
    Luis Alfredo López Pedraza is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1995-References:...
    
    
58.   Gildardo Sepúlveda
59.   Nélson Pérez
60.   Santo Álvarez

Manzana Postobón Aficionado

61.   José Luis Vanegas
62.   Nélson Rodríguez
63.   Giovanny Huertas
64.   César Grajales
65.   Gregorio Ladino
    Gregorio Ladino
    Gregorio Ladino Vega is a male road cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1996.-Career:19951997...
    
    
66.   Alexis Rojas
    Alexis Rojas
    José Alexis Rojas Díaz is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1995José Alexis Rojas Díaz is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1995...
    
    
67.   José Díaz
68.   Freddy Moncada
    Freddy Moncada
    Freddy Alonso Moncada Torres is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19921993199419971998 ganador de etapa en vuelta a mejico2000-References:...
    
    
69.   Ubaldo Mesa
    Ubaldo Mesa
    Ubaldo Mesa Estepa was a male professional road cyclist from Colombia. He was the younger brother of Urbelino Mesa....
    
    
70.   Juan Robayo
71.   Luis Cárdenas
    Luis Cárdenas
    Luis Germán Cárdenas Amaya is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199119931995-References:...
    
    

Ron Medellín-Lotería de Medellín

71.   Elder Herrera
    Elder Herrera
    Élder Herrera Cortes is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19921995Élder Herrera Cortes is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia....
    
    
72.   Marco Isaías
73.   Hernan Darío Muñoz
    Hernán Darío Muñoz
    Hernán Darío Muñoz Giraldo is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1996.-Career:1997...
    
    
74.   Otoniel Soto
75.   Germán Ospina
    Germán Ospina
    Germán Alirio Ospina Castro is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1996 to 1997.-Career:19951996...
    
    
76.   Ramón Fernando García
    Ramón Fernando García
    Ramón Fernando García is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19961999-References:...
    
    
77.   Luis Eduardo Acevedo
78.   Néstor Barrera
79.   Francisco Orozco
80.   John Freddy Restrepo

Pony Malta–Avianca

91.   Pedro Rodríguez
    Pedro Rodríguez (cyclist)
    Pedro Álvaro Rodríguez Rosero is a retired male road cyclist from Ecuador, who was a professional from 1992 to 1995. Nicknamed "El Aguila de Tulcán" he competed for his native South American country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in the men's road race, alongside Héctor Chiles and...
    
    
92.   Víctor Hugo Bolívar
93.   Ricardo Mesa
94.   Eduardo Guerrero
    Eduardo Guerrero (cyclist)
    Eduardo Guerrero Cartagena is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia. He was nicknamed "El Guerrero del Camino" during his career.-Career:19941999200020012005-References:...
    
    
95.   Santiago Amador
    Santiago Amador
    José Santiago Amador Abril Ospina is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was nicknamed "Pingüino" during his career.-Career:1993...
    
    
96.   Félix Cárdenas
    Félix Cárdenas
    Félix Rafael Cárdenas Ravalo is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld until the team's demise.-Palmarès:*1996...
    
    
97.   Diego Garavito
98.   Omar Trompa
99.   Ismael Sarmiento
    Ismael Sarmiento
    José Ismael Sarmiento Riaño is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia. He was nicknamed "Pocholo" during his career.-Career:199519961998...
    
    
100.   José Ibáñez
     José Ibáñez
     José Audelio Ibáñez is a retired racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1997 to 1998. He was nicknamed "El Barón Gallero" during his career.-Career:19922006-References:...
     
     

Línea Gacela-Gobernación de Boyacá

101.   Carlos Julio Rincón
102.   Luis Enrique Pinzón
103.   Javier Niño
104.   Iván Aguirre
105.   Miguel Ángel Sanabria
106.   Fabio Arenas
107.   Alfonso Alayón
108.   José Florencio Franco
109.   Augusto Bohórquez
110.   Jairo Camargo

Cicloases-Cundinamarca

111.   Jaime Acosta Cruz
112.   Juan Carlos Fonseca
113.   Carlos Vergara
114.   Víctor Hugo García
115.   Carlos Balaguera
116.   Agustín Rodriguez
117.   Marco Antonio Gómez
118.   Ricardo Sánchez Arévalo
119.   Henry Castro
120.   Jorge Enrique Piñeda

Provincia Cundinamarca

121.   Luis Enrique Vargas
122.   Carlos Saavedra
123.   Leonardo Bermúdez
124.   Hildebrando Rodríguez
125.   Celso González
126.   Oscar Múnera
127.   Segundo Chaparro
128.   Joseph Muñoz
129.   Armando Ospina

Mixto

131.   Luis Alfredo López
     Luis Alfredo López (cyclist)
     Luis Alfredo López Pedraza is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1995-References:...
     
     
132.   Gildardo Sepúlveda
133.   Nélson Pérez
134.   Santo Álvarez