Hernán Buenahora

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Buenahora and the second or maternal family name is Gutíerrez.

Hernán Buenahora

Hernán Buenahora Gutíerrez (born March 18, 1967 in Barichara, Santander) is a Colombian 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, 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 of the Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes and the Vuelta al Táchira 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
1995: 10th, Overall, Tour de France; Winner Combativity award in Tour de France
1997: 22nd, Overall, Tour de France
1998: 1st, Overall, Volta a Catalunya
1999: 64th, Overall, Tour de France
2000: 6th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
2001: 13th, Overall, Giro d'Italia; 1st, Overall, Vuelta a Colombia
2006: 1st, Overall, Clasico Ciclistico Banfoandes
2007: 1st, Overall, Vuelta al Táchira (and two stage wins); 2nd, Overall, Vuelta a Colombia
2008: 2nd, Overall, Vuelta a Colombia

References

Hernán Buenahora profile at Cycling Archives

Tour de France combativity award winners

Combativity award classification	1956: André Darrigade 1957: Nicolas Barone 1958: Federico Bahamontes 1959: Gérard Saint 1960: Jean Graczyk 1961 Team West-Southwest 1962: Eddy Pauwels 1963: Rik Van Looy 1964: Henry Anglade 1965: Felice Gimondi 1966: Rudi Altig 1967: Désiré Letort 1968: Roger Pingeon 1969–1970: Eddy Merckx 1971: Luis Ocaña 1972: Cyrille Guimard 1973: Luis Ocaña 1974–1975: Eddy Merckx 1976: Raymond Delisle 1977: Gerrie Knetemann 1978: Paul Wellens 1979: Hennie Kuiper 1980: Christian Levavasseur 1981: Bernard Hinault 1982: Régis Clère 1983: Serge Demierre 1984: Bernard Hinault 1985: Maarten Ducrot 1986: Bernard Hinault 1987: Régis Clère 1988: Jérôme Simon 1989: Laurent Fignon 1990: Eduardo Chozas 1991–1992: Claudio Chiappucci 1993: Massimo Ghirotto 1994: Eros Poli 1995: Hernán Buenahora 1996–1997: Richard Virenque 1998–1999: Jacky Durand 2000: Erik Dekker 2001–2002: Laurent Jalabert

Super-combativity award	2003: Alexander Vinokourov 2004: Richard Virenque 2005: Óscar Pereiro 2006: David de la Fuente 2007: Amets Txurruka 2008: Sylvain Chavanel 2009 None 2010: Sylvain Chavanel 2011: Jérémy Roy 2012: Chris Anker Sørensen 2013: Christophe Riblon 2014: Alessandro De Marchi 2015: Romain Bardet 2016: Peter Sagan

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