The 40th edition of the annual 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 August 11 to August 20, 2000 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.

2000-08-11: 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...

 — Pueblito Paisa (5.4 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|00:08.02	|00:08.02
2.	|+ 0.01	|+ 0.01
3.	|+ 0.02	|+ 0.02

2000-08-12: 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...

 — Jardín

Jardín

Jardín is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia.-External links:...

 (172 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|05:05.32	|05:13.39
2.	|+ 0.08	|+ 0.14
3.	|+ 0.10	|+ 0.16

2000-08-13: Jardín

Jardín

Jardín is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia.-External links:...

 — Manizales

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

 (210 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|05:40.19	|10:54.04
2.	|—	|+ 0.14
3.	|—	|+ 0.18

2000-08-14: Manizales

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

 — Cartago (207 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|05:25.34	|16:19.33
2.	|—	|+ 0.12
3.	|—	|+ 0.14

2000-08-15: Roldanillo

Roldanillo

Roldanillo is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.TurismMuseo Rayo Museum rayo...

 — 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:...

 (131 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|03:06.18	|19:25.51
2.	|—	|+ 0.12
3.	|—	|+ 0.14

2000-08-16: Palmira

Palmira

Palmira is a city and municipality in southwestern Colombia in the department of Valle del Cauca, located about east from Cali, the department's capital and main city.-Geography :...

 — 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...

 (182 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:23.02	|23:52.34
2.	|+ 0.08	|+ 0.12
3.	|—	|+ 0.14

2000-08-17: 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...

 — Ibagué

Ibagué

Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...

 (126 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|03:41.40	|27:34.14
2.	|+ 0.28	|+ 0.21
3.	|—	|+ 0.30

2000-08-18: Ibagué

Ibagué

Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...

 — Madrid (188 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|05:19.55	|30:56.41
2.	|+ 1.20	|+ 0.26
3.	|+ 1.35	|+ 0.58

2000-08-19: Circuito Parque Nacional, 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...

 (102 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|02:36.25	|35:33.18
2.	|—	|+ 0.26
3.	|—	|+ 0.58

2000-08-20: Plaza de Bolívar — Patios, 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...

 (18.5 km)

Place	Stage 9 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|00:35.12	|36:08.31
2.	|+0.01	|+ 0.57
3.	|+0.01	|+ 1.19

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		05 Orbitel	36:08:11
2.		05 Orbitel	+ 0.57
3.		05 Orbitel	+ 1.19
4.		Aguardiente Cristal Chec	+ 1.43
5.		Lotería de Boyacá	+ 2.10
6.		05 Orbitel	+ 2.27
7.		Aguardiente Néctar Café Aguila Roja	+ 3.15
8.		05 Orbitel	+ 7.37
9.		Aguardiente Néctar Café Aguila Roja	+ 8.05
10.		05 Orbitel	+ 8.27

Teams

05 Orbitel

1.   Jairo Hernández
   Jairo Hernández (cyclist)
   Jairo de Jesús Hernández Montoya is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19901993...
   
   
2.   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:...
   
   
3.   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...
   
   
4.   Javier 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...
   
   
5.   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...
   
   
6.   Héctor Castaño
   Héctor Castaño
   Héctor Manuel Castaño Betancurt is a retied male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1994199619992000-References:...
   
   
7.   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:...
   
   
8.   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...
   
   
9.   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....
   
   
10.   Carlos Osorio

Lotería de Boyacá

11.   Álvaro Sierra
    Álvaro Sierra
    Álvaro Sierra Peña is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199019911993 19941995...
    
    
12.   Jair Bernal
    Jair Bernal
    Jair Humberto Bernal Sepúlveda is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19891992...
    
    
13.   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...
    
    
14.   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:...
    
    
15.   Ricardo Mesa
16.   Giovanny Huertas
17.   Víctor Niño
18.   Urbelino Mesa
    Urbelino Mesa
    Urbelino Mesa Estepa is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia. He is the older brother of Ubaldo Mesa.-Career:19972000...
    
    
19.   Giovanny Torres
20.   Ubaldo Mesa
    Ubaldo Mesa
    Ubaldo Mesa Estepa was a male professional road cyclist from Colombia. He was the younger brother of Urbelino Mesa....
    
    

Aguardiente Antioqueño—Lotería de Medellín

21.   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...
    
    
22.   Argiro Zapata
    Argiro Zapata
    Argiro Alberto Zapata Franco is a retied male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199419961997...
    
    
23.   Hernán Bonilla
24.   Nélson Vargas
    Nélson Vargas
    Nélson Vargas de Jesús is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19992001-References:...
    
    
25.   Ariel Martínez
26.   Jorge Humberto Martínez
    Jorge Humberto Martínez
    Jorge Humberto Martínez Correa is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1999Jorge Humberto Martínez Correa is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:...
    
    
27.   Oved Ramírez
28.   Oscar Álvarez
    Oscar Álvarez (cyclist)
    Oscar Mauricio Álvarez Paniagua is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002Oscar Mauricio Álvarez Paniagua is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002Oscar Mauricio Álvarez Paniagua is a male professional road...
    
    
29.   Ramón García
    Ramón Fernando García
    Ramón Fernando García is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19961999-References:...
    
    
30.   John Parra
    John Parra
    John Fredy Parra Celada is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002John Fredy Parra Celada is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002John Fredy Parra Celada is a male professional road cyclist...
    
    

Aguardiente Néctar—Café Águila Roja

31.   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...
    
    
32.   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...
    
    
33.   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...
    
    
34.   Jairo Pérez
    Jairo Pérez
    Jairo Pérez Suárez is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Arles Castro and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit...
    
    
35.   José Luis Vanegas
36.   Fredy González
    Fredy González
    Freddy Excelino González Martínez , also known as Fredy González, is a Colombian road racing cyclist. He is a two-time winner of the maglia verde , awarded to the best cyclist in the King of the Mountains category in the Giro d'Italia . His victories came in the 2001 and 2003 races...
    
    
37.   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...
    
    
38.   César Goyeneche
39.   Juan Fonseca

Aguardiente Cristal—Chec

41.   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...
    
    
42.   Ruber Marín
    Ruber Marín
    Ruber Alveiro Marín Valencia is a Colombian cyclist who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:*...
    
    
43.   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...
    
    
44.   Álvaro Lozano
    Álvaro Lozano
    Álvaro Lozano Moncada is a Colombian road racing cyclist.-Career:19901991199319941996Álvaro Lozano Moncada is a Colombian road racing cyclist....
    
    
45.   Jhon García
    Jhon García
    Jhon Freddy García Fería is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1999...
    
    
46.   Gregorio Ladino
    Gregorio Ladino
    Gregorio Ladino Vega is a male road cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1996.-Career:19951997...
    
    
47.   Herbert Gutiérrez
    Herbert Gutiérrez
    Herbert Gutiérrez García is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia. His first name is sometimes also spelled as Héberth.-Career:1996...
    
    
48.   Raúl Gómez
49.   Víctor Herrera
    Víctor Herrera
    Víctor Hugo Herrera Ramos is a retired male track and road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19992001...
    
    
50.   Ferney Naranjo

Cuba de Aviación

51.   Pedro Pablo Pérez
    Pedro Pablo Pérez
    Pedro Pablo Pérez Márquez is a Cuban professional racing cyclist. Known as "Pedro Pablo" by fans and competitors alike, Pérez is a five-time winner of the Vuelta a Cuba, a Pan American Games medalist, many times the National Champion of Cuba and a winner of international cycling events across the...
    
    
52.   Eliécer Valdéz
53.   Giovanny Falcón
54.   Rolando Basulto
55.   Luis Alberto Romero
    Luis Alberto Romero
    Luis Alberto Romero Alconchel , known as Luis Alberto, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sevilla FC as a forward.-Football career:...
    
    
56.   Iddis Tabares

Club Ciclo Guachucal Nariño

61.   Carlos Estancio
62.   Germán Canchalá
63.   Wálter Barco
64.   Euler Herrera
65.   Luis Alonso Irúa
66.   Jorge Aguirre
67.   Jorge Ceballos

Ron Boyacá—Covarachía—Dosmopar

71.   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...
    
    
72.   José Florencio Franco
73.   Jairo Camargo
74.   Néstor Bernal
75.   Augusto Bohórquez
76.   Gustavo Guzmán
    Gustavo Guzmán
    Gustavo Guzmán Sepúlveda. Mr. Guzmán holds a BA in Communications from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey , where he also studied a Master Degree in Business....
    
    

Santa Fe Ron Añejo ELC

81.   Víctor Hugo González
    Víctor Hugo González
    Víctor Hugo González Melo is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:20012002...
    
    
82.   Edward Ruiz
83.   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:...
    
    
84.   Rigoberto Ibáñez
85.   Javier Guerrero
86.   Miguel Ángel Niño
    Miguel Ángel Niño
    Miguel Ángel Niño Corredor is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19961997...
    
    

Mixto Antioquia

91.   Olmedo Capacho
92.   Jorge Iván González
93.   Luis Castañeda
94.   Jorge Eliécer
95.   José Diego Marín
96.   John Freddy Restrepo
97.   Otoniel Soto
98.   Juan Carlos Arias

Mixto Cauca—Cicloases

101.   Ricardo Arcila
102.   Julio Viveros
103.   Alfredo Muñoz
104.   Freddy Rincón
105.   Gerson Sánchez
106.   Javier Castiblanco
107.   Hildebrando Rodríguez

Kazakhstan—Mixto Boyacá

111.   Sergey Tretyakov
112.   Sergey Lavrenenko
113.   Vadim Kravchenko
114.   Mikhail Andreyev
115.   Graciano Fonseca
     Graciano Fonseca
     Graciano Fonseca Fuken is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199620002001...
     
     
116.   Luis Ernesto Cely