Rubén Darío Gómez (3 March 1940 – 23 July 2010) was a Colombian road racing cyclist.[1] He won the two most important stage races in Colombia, the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN two times.[2] He also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3]

Rubén Darío Gómez
Personal information
Full nameRubén Darío Gómez Bedoya
NicknameEl Tigrillo de Pereira
Born(1940-03-03)3 March 1940
Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia
Died23 July 2010(2010-07-23) (aged 70)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Major wins
Vuelta a Colombia (1959, 1961)
Clásico RCN (1961, 1962)
Vuelta a Guatemala (1964)

Major results

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1957
1st Stage 10 Vuelta a Colombia
1958
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia
1959
1st   Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2, 8, 12 & 14
1960
1st Stages 13 & 15 Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Overall Vuelta a Mexico
1961
1st   Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2 & 7
1st   Overall Clásico RCN
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
1962
1st   Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 14 Vuelta a Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games
2nd   Team time trial
3rd   Road race
1963
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 1 & 10
1964
1st   Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
1st Mountains classification
2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 5
3rd Overall Vuelta a Mexico
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
1965
3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 13
1966
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia
1968
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia

References

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  1. ^ "Falleció Rubén Darío Gómez doble campeón de la Vuelta a Colombia". Siteducyclisme.net. 24 July 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Rubén Darío Gómez". De Wielersite. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 11 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Rubén Darío Gómez Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2014.