Miguel Ángel López (cyclist)

Miguel Ángel López
López at the 2016 Tour de Suisse
Personal information
Full name Miguel Ángel López Moreno
Nickname Superman
Born (1994-02-04) February 4, 1994
Pesca, Colombia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team Astana
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team(s)
2014 Lotería de Boyacá
Professional team(s)
2015– Astana
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
Young rider classification (2018)
Vuelta a España
Young rider classification (2017)
2 individual stages (2017)

Stage races

Tour de Suisse (2016)

One-Day Races and Classics

Milano–Torino (2016)

Miguel Ángel López (born February 4, 1994 in Pesca) is a Colombian cyclist riding for UCI ProTeam Astana.[1]

In 2016, López won his first World Tour stage race at the Tour de Suisse[2] and achieved his maiden grand tour stage victory the following season on Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España, followed by another victory on Stage 15.[3][4]

Career

2014

López celebrated success in 2014, winning multiple stage races while still an amateur. In August he won the Tour de l'Avenir, the most prestigious under 23 cycling race. The young cyclist also won the U23 version of the Vuelta a Colombia.

2015

Following his success in 2014, López was granted a contract with Astana, a UCI WorldTeam. His success in stage races continued, finishing 4th overall and winning a stage at the Vuelta a Burgos and 7th overall in the Tour de Suisse.

2016

2016 was López's breakthrough season. He finished 4th in the Tour de San Luis, the first race of his season, winning Stage 6 and taking the young rider classification. One month later, López finished third and won a stage at the Tour de Langkawi, an eight-day race held in Malaysia. The biggest win yet of his career came at the Tour de Suisse, where he won the general classification ahead of Ion Izagirre and Warren Barguil. Following these successes, López was one of five riders selected to represent Colombia in the road race at the Olympics. López started his first grand tour at the Vuelta a España[5] where he was the chosen team leader but he was forced to abandon the race on Stage 6 following a crash on Stage 3.[6]

2017

López was named on the start list for the Vuelta a España in a strong Astana line-up alongside former race winner Fabio Aru. On Stage 11, he took his first grand tour stage victory, distancing himself from race favourites Chris Froome, Vincenzo Nibali and Wilco Kelderman in the last 2km of the first-category climb up to the Calar Alto Observatory.[3] López's fine form in the mountains continued on Stage 14 to Sierra de la Pandera where he once again distanced the race leaders to finish second to Rafał Majka on the first especial category climb of the race.[7] He went on to win the following Stage 15 after a solo escape on the summit finish, yet again distancing the race favorites for his second Vuelta stage victory.[8]

2018

In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[9] A race which he finished in 3rd place in the overall classification behind Chris Froome and Tom Dumoulin.

Career achievements

Major results

2014
1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 6
1st Overall Under–23 Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 4
1st Overall Clásica de Samacá
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Overall Clásica Aguazul
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 1 Clásica Fusagasugá
2015
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 4
7th Overall Tour de Suisse
2016
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Milano–Torino
3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 4
4th Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 6
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
2017
3rd Overall Tour of Austria
1st Stage 4
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stage 5
8th Overall Vuelta a España
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 11 & 15
2018
2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Tour of Oman
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 5
2nd Milano–Torino
3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Vuelta a España
3rd Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Tour of the Alps
1st Stage 2

General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — 3
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — DNF 8 3
Major stage race general classification results timeline
Race 2015 2016 2017 2018
Paris–Nice — — — —
Tirreno–Adriatico — — — 16
Volta a Catalunya DNF 42 — —
Tour of the Basque Country — 20 — —
Tour de Romandie — DNF — —
Critérium du Dauphiné — — — —
Tour de Suisse 7 1 DNF —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
DSQ Disqualified

References

  1. ↑ "Miguel Ángel López". Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tour de Suisse 2016: Stage 9 Results - Cyclingnews.com". cyclingnews.com.
  3. 1 2 "Stage 11 - Lorca > Observatorio Astronómico de Calar Alto". La Vuelta 2017 (in us). Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  4. ↑ "La Vuelta: Miguel Angel Lopez wins again as Chris Froome extends lead after Stage 15". Eurosport. 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  5. ↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Simon Yates times it well". Le Tour. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Stage 14 - Écija > Sierra de La Pandera". La Vuelta 2017 (in us). Retrieved 2017-09-03.
  8. ↑ "Lopez secures second mountaintop win at Vuelta a Espana | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2017-09-04.
  9. ↑ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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