 Atapuma at the 2014 Tour de San Luis | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado |
| Nickname | El Puma |
| Born | 15 January 1988 Túquerres, Nariño, Colombia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Istanbul Büyükșehir Belediye Spor Türkiye |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2021 | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009–2011 | Colombia es Pasión–Coldeportes |
| 2012–2013 | Colombia–Coldeportes |
| 2014–2016 | BMC Racing Team[1] |
| 2017–2018 | UAE Abu Dhabi |
| 2019 | Cofidis[2] |
| 2020 | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas[3] |
| 2022 | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Shimano |
| 2023– | Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü |
| Major wins | |
| Single-day races and Classics | |
Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (born 15 January 1988) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Istanbul Büyükșehir Belediye Spor Türkiye.[4]
After two seasons with Colombia,[5] Atapuma left the team at the end of the 2013 season and joined the BMC Racing Team for 2014.[1] In 2015, he finished 16th in the Giro d'Italia and 56th in the Vuelta a España.[6] In the 2016 Vuelta a España, he held the red jersey after a second-place finish in Stage 4.[7] In September 2016 Atapuma announced that he would join UAE Abu Dhabi on a two-year deal from 2017.[8]
Major results
[edit]- 2007
- 6th Overall Vuelta al Ecuador
- 1st Stages 2 & 8
- 2008
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2009
- 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2010
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 8th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2011
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2012
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 4
- 9th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 10th Overall Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania
- 2013
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne
- 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 6th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 2014
- 9th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2016
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 4th Overall Tour of Utah
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- Vuelta a España
- Held
& 
after Stages 4–7
- Held
- 2017
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France- 2019
- 10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2021
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
18 | — | 16 | 9 | — | 61 | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | DNF | — | — | 41 | 69 | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | 56 | 32 | 20 | — | 61 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Darwin Atapuma signs for BMC as American team buy into Colombian climbing revolution". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ Bonnefoy, François (29 November 2018). "Route - L'effectif de l'équipe Cofidis pour la saison 2019" [Road - The Cofidis squad for the 2019 season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- ^ "Colombia Tierra de Atletas GW Bicicletas". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ "Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ "Atapuma makes his mark on Tour of Poland's first stage". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- ^ "LaVuelta.com". LaVuelta.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ^ "2016 Vuelta a España, stage 4". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ^ "Atapuma leaves BMC to join Project TJ Sport in 2017 - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
External links
[edit]- Darwin Atapuma on Twitter
- Darwin Atapuma at ProCyclingStats
- Darwin Atapuma at bmcracingteam.com
- ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin at cqranking.com
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