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Sergio Higuita

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Sergio Higuita
Higuita in 2020.
Personal information
Full nameSergio Andrés Higuita García
NicknameHiguita Monster
Born (1997-08-01) 1 August 1997 (age 27)
Medellín, Colombia
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Team information
Current teamRed Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
20154-72 El servicio de envíos
Professional teams
2016–2018Team Manzana Postobón[1]
2019Fundación Euskadi
2019–2021EF Education First[2][3]
2022–Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 Individual stage (2019)

Stage races

Volta a Catalunya (2022)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2020, 2022)

Sergio Andrés Higuita García (born 1 August 1997) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[4]

Career

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He moved to EF Education First from UCI Continental team Euskaltel–Euskadi in May 2019,[5] having initially been set to join in the summer.[6] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[7] In early 2020 he finished 3rd in Paris-Nice and won the best young rider jersey. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France.[8] He did not finish the Tour but the following year he placed 25th overall.[9]

Higuita moved to Bora–Hansgrohe for the 2022 season. On stage 6 of the 2022 Volta a Catalunya he went on a long distance attack with Richard Carapaz. The pair stayed away for over 100 kilometers and Higuita moved into the leader's jersey.[10] He defended his position on the final stage in Barcelona and also won the Mountains and Best Young Rider classifications.

Major results

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2016
9th Overall Tour de Gironde
10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
2017
1st Mountains classification, Vuelta a Asturias
2018
9th Klasika Primavera
9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
9th Overall Tour of China I
1st Mountains classification
2019 (1 pro win)
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 18
Combativity award Stage 18
1st Young rider classification, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
2nd Overall Tour of California
3rd Giro dell'Emilia
3rd GP Miguel Induráin
4th Overall Tour de Pologne
4th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
4th Klasika Primavera
4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
1st Stage 4
5th Tre Valli Varesine
6th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2020 (3)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Tour Colombia
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Young rider classification
2021
6th Tre Valli Varesine
9th Giro della Toscana
10th Giro di Lombardia
2022 (5)
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Mountains classification
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Young rider classification
2nd Tre Valli Varesine
4th Giro di Lombardia
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
8th Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 3
10th Strade Bianche
2023 (1)
2nd GP Miguel Induráin
3rd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1st Stage 5
2024
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Czech Tour
6th Vuelta a Murcia
8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

General classification results timeline

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Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 25
A red jersey Vuelta a España 14 23 43
Major stage race general classification results
Race 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Paris–Nice 3
Tirreno–Adriatico 35
Volta a Catalunya NH 1 33
Tour of the Basque Country 28 DNF 6
Tour de Romandie 24 DNF 82
Critérium du Dauphiné 64
Tour de Suisse NH 2 43

Monuments results timeline

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Monument 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Milan–San Remo 36
Tour of Flanders
Paris–Roubaix NH
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 31 5 DNF
Giro di Lombardia 76 10 4 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IP In progress

References

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  1. ^ "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "BORA - HANSGROHE". UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. ^ Ballinger, Alex (7 May 2019). "'Exceptional' Colombian youngster Sergio Higuita makes mid-season switch to EF Education First". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  6. ^ Videla, Franco (17 January 2019). "EF-Drapac cede a Sergio Higuita a la Fundación Euskadi" [EF-Drapac hands over Sergio Higuita to the Euskadi Foundation]. Ciclismo Internacional (in Spanish). Pablo Martín Palermo. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  8. ^ "107th Tour de France: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Sergio Higuita". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Higuita takes Volta a Catalunya lead after 117km stage 6 attack". Cycling News by Daniel Ostanek. 26 March 2022.
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