Germán Chaves

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chaves and the second or maternal family name is Torres.
Germán Chaves
Chaves in 2018
Personal information
Full nameGermán Enrique Chaves Torres
Born(1995-03-09)9 March 1995
Chocontá, Colombia
Died4 June 2023(2023-06-04) (aged 28)
Chocontá, Colombia[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2014–2016Coldeportes–Zenú
2021–2022EPM–Scott
2023Team Sistecrédito–GW[2]
Professional teams
2017–2019Coldeportes–Zenú
2020EPM–Scott[3]

Germán Enrique Chaves Torres (9 March 1995 – 4 June 2023) was a Colombian professional cyclist. He last raced for Team Sistecredito–GW.

Chaves died on 4 June 2023, after being hit by a truck while he was training with his father in Cundinamarca. He was 28.[4]

Major results

2013
1st Stage 3 Vuelta del Porvenir
2014
3rd Overall Clásica de Rionegro [fr]
2017
2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia
1st Stage 1[5]
National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Time trial
4th Road race
2018
1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacá[6]
8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2019
5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
1st Stage 1
2020
1st Overall Clásica de Cómbita
1st Stage 2
2021
1st Overall Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez [es]
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Vuelta al Tolima
1st Stage 4
5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
1st Prologue
2022
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Clásica de El Carmen de Viboral [fr]
3rd Overall Vuelta a Boyacá
3rd Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá [fr]
1st Mountains classification
4th Overall Vuelta a Antioquia
1st Stage 5
2023
1st Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá [fr]
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1

References

  1. ^ «Germán Chaves, ciclista colombiano, murió tras un grave accidente de tránsito en Cundinamarca». Publimetro Colombia. 4 June 2023
  2. ^ "Germán Chaves". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  3. ^ "EPM Scott presenta seis refuerzos de lujo para 2020". el sitio de Ciclismo. 8 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Muere el ciclista colombiano Germán Chaves arrollado por un camión mientras entrenaba". Infobae (in Spanish). 4 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Germán Chaves ganó la primera etapa de la Vuelta de la Juventud". noticias.caracoltv.com. 24 April 2017.
  6. ^ "40 Vuelta a Boyacá 2018" (PDF). clasificacionesdelciclismocolombiano.com. 8 September 2018.