Hernán Buenahora Gutíerrez (born March 18, 1967 in Barichara

Barichara

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, Santander

Santander Department

Santander is a department of Colombia. Santander inherited the name of one of the nine original states of the United States of Colombia. It is located in the central northern part of the country, east of the Magdalena River, bordered to the south and southeast by Boyacá, to the northeast by Norte...

) is a 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...

n road racing cyclist, who was nicknamed El Cabrito de Barichara during his career. He turned professional in 1990 and placed 18th in the 1994 Tour de France

Tour de France

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, 10th in the 1995 Tour, 22nd in the 1997 Tour, and 64th in the 1999 Tour.

Riding in the 2006-2007 UCI America Tour events, Buenahora won the overall titles

General Classification

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 of the Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes

Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes

Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes is a road bicycle race held annually in Venezuela. The main sponsor of the event is Banfoandes. The 2008 edition was contested over 10 stages. From 1990 to 2004 it was reserved to amateurs; since 2005 it is rated 2.2 on the UCI America Tour.-Winners:-References:*...

 and the Vuelta al Táchira

Vuelta al Táchira

The Vuelta ciclista al Táchira is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually each January in the state of Táchira, Venezuela...

 and rides for the Gobernación del Zulia - Alcaldía de Cabimas cycling team. In the prior season, he had been disqualified in the Vuelta al Colombia when, whilst leading the race, he had a non-negative doping control.

Major results

1994

18th, Overall, Tour de France

1994 Tour de France

The 1994 Tour de France was the 81st Tour de France and included two stages in England , Stage 4, Dover to Brighton and Stage 5, around Portsmouth. It took place July 2 to July 24, 1994...

1995

10th, Overall, Tour de France

1995 Tour de France

The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France, taking place July 1 to July 23, 1995. It was Miguel Indurain's fifth and final victory in the Tour. On the fifteenth stage Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died after an accident on the Col de Portet d'Aspet....

Winner Combativity award

Combativity award

The combativity award, , is a prize given in the Tour de France. It favours constant attackers and since 1981 the winner of the award has not won the whole Tour.- History :...

 in Tour de France

1997

22nd, Overall, Tour de France

1997 Tour de France

The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th Tour de France, it took place July 5–27, 1997. Jan Ullrich's victory margin, of 9' 09" was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10' 32"...

1998

1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya

1999

64th, Overall, Tour de France

1999 Tour de France

The 1999 Tour de France was the 86th Tour de France, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 1999. It was won by Lance Armstrong, his first of 7 consecutive wins, the most in Tour history. There were no French stage winners for the first time since the 1926 Tour de France.The 1999 edition of Tour de...

2000

6th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

2001

13th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

2001 Giro d'Italia

The 2001 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 84th running of the race, was held from 19 May to 10 June 2001. It consisted of a prologue plus 21 stages with one rest days, for a total of 3,356 km, ridden at an average speed of 40.170 km/h. It was won by Gilberto Simoni.- Stages :-Jersey Progress:- General...

1st, Overall, Vuelta a Colombia

2001 Vuelta a Colombia

The 51st edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from June 17 to July 2, 2001. There were a total number of 98 competitors from 13 teams.-2001-06-17: Ciudad de Popayán :-2001-06-18: Popayán — Cali :...

2006

1st, Overall, Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes

Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes

Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes is a road bicycle race held annually in Venezuela. The main sponsor of the event is Banfoandes. The 2008 edition was contested over 10 stages. From 1990 to 2004 it was reserved to amateurs; since 2005 it is rated 2.2 on the UCI America Tour.-Winners:-References:*...

2007

1st, Overall, Vuelta al Táchira

2007 Vuelta al Táchira

The 2007 Vuelta al Táchira was held from 7 to 21 January 2007 in Venezuela. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over seven stages with a total of over 1600 kilometres....

 (and two stage wins)

2nd, Overall, Vuelta a Colombia

2007 Vuelta a Colombia

-2007-07-28: Barranquilla — Barranquilla :-2007-07-29: Barranquilla — Aracataca :-2007-07-31: Aguachica — Barrancabermeja :-2007-08-01: Barrancabermeja — Piedecuesta :...

2008

2nd, Overall, Vuelta a Colombia

2008 Vuelta a Colombia

The 58th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from May 10 to May 25, 2008. Colombia's Giovanny Báez was crowned champion after 50 hours, 25 minutes and 55 seconds or riding through the plains and mountains of Colombia. The last stage, an urban race through the streets of Cali, was won by Artur...