Efraín Forero Triviño, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Colombian racing cyclist
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Place of Birth: Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia
About Efraín Forero Triviño
- Efraín Forero Triviño (born 1931 in Zipaquirá, in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Forero or El Zipa as he was known was involved in the organisation of the first Vuelta a Colombia.
- He was chosen to ride between the cities of Fresno and Manizales, via Páramo de Letras, as a preliminary race, and to define the route of the tour.
- The following year, 1951, the first Vuelta a Colombia took place.
- It was a 1,233 kilometers race which was divided in 10 stages, including 3 days off.
- Forero won this first Vuelta a Colombia.
- He won seven stages along the way.
- He would win a further three stages and would finish 4th overall in 1953 and 1954 as well as second overall in the 1958 Vuelta a Colombia behind Spaniard José Gómez del Moral.
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