Martín Emilio Rodríguez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Colombian racing cyclist
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Place of Birth: Medellín, Antioquia Department, Colombia
About Martín Emilio Rodríguez
- Martín Emilio Rodríguez Gutiérrez (born 14 April 1942), known by the nickname Cochise, is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Cochise started his first Vuelta a Colombia in 1961.
- He would win his first Vuelta two years later in 1963 and would win the event four times in total.
- He was the road racing champion of Colombia in 1965.
- He had won gold in the 4,000 metre pursuit at the Central American Games in 1962, the Bolivarian Games in 1965, the American Games in 1965 and 1966 and the Pan-American Games in 1967.
- Cochise also won Colombia’s second most important stage race, the Clásico RCN, in 1963 as well as winning the Vuelta al Táchira in Venezuela three times.
- On the 7 October 1970, Cochise beat the world hour record. In 1971 in Track World Championships in Varese (Italy), Rodriguez won the Amateurs 4.000ms individual track pursuit beating Swiss Josef Fuchs.
- Cochise turned professional in 1973 where he won two stages in the Giro d'Italia.
- Cochise was partnered with the great Italian champion Felice Gimondi for two man time trial events and won the 1973 Baracchi Trophy and the Verona Grand Prix.
- Cochise rode the 1975 Tour de France and finished 27th overall.
- After 1975, Cochise returned to Colombia and competed again as an amateur, winning a final stage in the Vuelta a Colombia in 1980.
- Cochise is currently involved with a Colombian professional team Indeportes Antioquia that has former time trial world champion Santiago Botero.The nickname "Cochise" is derived from the fact that he was a great admirer of the Apache chief Cochise. He also competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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