Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)
Miguel Ángel López Moreno (born February 4, 1994) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana.[3]
 López at the 2016 Tour de Suisse | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Ángel López Moreno |
| Nickname | Superman |
| Born | February 4, 1994 Pesca, Colombia |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Astana |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2014 | Lotería de Boyacá |
| Professional team | |
| 2015– | Astana[2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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In 2016, López won his first World Tour stage race at the Tour de Suisse[4] and achieved his maiden grand tour stage victory the following season on Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España, followed by another victory on Stage 15.[5][6] He was the overall winner of the Tour Colombia and the Volta a Catalunya in 2019.
Career
López was born in Pesca.
2014
López celebrated success in 2014, winning multiple stage races while still an amateur. In August he won the Tour de l'Avenir, the most prestigious under 23 cycling race. López also won the U23 version of the Vuelta a Colombia.
2015
Following his success in 2014, López was granted a contract with Astana, a UCI WorldTeam. His success in stage races continued, finishing 4th overall and winning a stage at the Vuelta a Burgos and 7th overall in the Tour de Suisse.
2016
2016 was López's breakthrough season. He finished 4th in the Tour de San Luis, the first race of his season, winning Stage 6 and taking the young rider classification. One month later, López finished third and won a stage at the Tour de Langkawi, an eight-day race held in Malaysia. The biggest win yet of his career came at the Tour de Suisse, where he won the general classification ahead of Ion Izagirre and Warren Barguil. Following these successes, López was one of five riders selected to represent Colombia in the road race at the Olympics. López started his first grand tour at the Vuelta a España[7] where he was the chosen team leader but he was forced to abandon the race on Stage 6 following a crash on Stage 3.[8]
2017
López was named on the start list for the Vuelta a España in a strong Astana line-up alongside former race winner Fabio Aru. On Stage 11, he took his first grand tour stage victory, distancing himself from race favourites Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Wilco Kelderman in the last 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) of the first-category climb up to the Calar Alto Observatory.[5] López's fine form in the mountains continued on Stage 14 to Sierra de la Pandera where he once again distanced the race leaders to finish second to Rafał Majka on the first especial category climb of the race.[9] He went on to win the following Stage 15 after a solo escape on the summit finish, yet again distancing the race favorites for his second Vuelta stage victory.[10]
2018
In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia;[11] he finished in third place overall, behind Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin.
2019
López won stage 4 and the general classification in the Volta a Catalunya in March.[12]
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López competed in the Giro d'Italia, finishing seventh overall and winning the young rider classification for a second time in a row. During stage 20 of the race, López was brought down in an incident with a fan about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the finish. He proceeded to hit the spectator four times, including knocking the hat off his head. While the regulations of the sport's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), call for disqualification of a rider who assaults someone during a race, the race jury decided against applying a punishment to López. He later apologised for the incident, but stated that riders should receive more respect from the crowd.[13] One day later, after the Giro had ended, the UCI announced that they were investigating the lack of a penalty for his behaviour.[14]
Major results
- 2014
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Stage 1 Clásica Fusagasugá
- 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2015
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 4
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2016
- 1st
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 1st
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 5
- 8th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st
- 1st Stages 11 & 15
- 1st
- 2018
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour of Oman
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a España
- 3rd Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Alps
- 1st Stage 2
- 2019
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held
- Held
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2020
- 3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
General classification results timeline
| Grand Tour general classification results timeline | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Tour | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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— | — | — | 3 | 7 | |
|
Has not contested during his career | |||||
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— | DNF | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Major stage race general classification results timeline | ||||||
| Race | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|
— | — | — | — | 28 | — |
|
— | — | — | 16 | — | |
|
DNF | 42 | — | — | 1 | NH |
|
— | 20 | — | — | — | NH |
|
— | DNF | — | — | — | NH |
 |
— | — | — | — | — | 5 |
|
7 | 1 | DNF | — | — | NH |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DSQ | Disqualified |
References
- "Astana - Pro Team". Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- "Tour de Suisse 2016: Stage 9 Results - Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com.
- "Stage 11 - Lorca > Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto". La Vuelta 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- "La Vuelta: Miguel Angel Lopez wins again as Chris Froome extends lead after Stage 15". Eurosport. 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- "Simon Yates times it well". Le Tour. Archived from the original on 3 September 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- "Stage 14 - Écija > Sierra de La Pandera". La Vuelta 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- "Lopez secures second mountaintop win at Vuelta a Espana | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
- "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- "Volta a Catalunya 2019". CyclingStage.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- Brown, Gregor (1 June 2019). "Miguel Ángel López reacts to spectator crash: 'Riders deserve more respect but I'm sorry'". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- Farrand, Stephen (2 June 2019). "UCI jury decision under scrutiny after Lopez's assault on Giro d'Italia fan goes unpunished". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
External links
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