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Place of Birth: Medellín, Antioquia Department, Colombia
About Santiago Botero
- Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer.
- He was a pro from 1996 to 2010, during which time he raced in three editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a España (the Tour of Spain).
- He was best known for winning the mountains classification in the Tour de France, and the World Championship Time Trial.He was, for the greater part of his career, a member of the Kelme team, but in 2003 joined T-Mobile Team (then named Team Telekom).
- His performances as part of the Kelme dissipated in Team Telekom, with the team management blaming his lack of discipline in training, but he claimed health problems.
- In October 2004 he joined Phonak, together with Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero from Saunier Duval, and Víctor Hugo Peña and Floyd Landis from Discovery Channel-Berry Floor.
- He lives in both Colombia and Madrid, Spain with his wife.
- Botero joined the American domestic team, Rock Racing, for the 2008 season.
- Botero finished his professional career riding for the Colombian team Indeportes Antioquia-IDEA-FLA-Lotería de Medellín.
- He is currently the manager of UCI Continental team Gobernación de Antioquia-Indeportes Antioquia.
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