Rodrigo Contreras (cyclist)

Rodrigo Contreras
Contreras in 2018
Personal information
Full nameRodrigo Contreras Pinzón
NicknameRocky
Born (1994-06-02) June 2, 1994 (age 30)
Villapinzón, Colombia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
Current teamNu Colombia
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2014–2015Coldeportes–Claro
2022–2023EPM–Scott
Professional teams
2013Colombia–Coldeportes
→ 2015Etixx–Quick-Step (stagiaire)
2016Etixx–Quick-Step
2017Coldeportes–Zenú
2018EPM
2019–2021Astana[1][2][3][4]
2024–Nu Colombia
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's road cycling
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Championships 2 1 0
CAC Games 1 0 0
South American Games 1 1 0
Bolivarian Games 1 2 0
Total 5 4 0
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Puebla Under-23 time trial
Gold medal – first place 2022 San Juan Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2017 Santo Domingo Time trial
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Time trial
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Cochabamba Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2022 Asunción Time trial
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santa Marta Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar Road race
Silver medal – second place 2022 Valledupar Time trial
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Contreras and the second or maternal family name is Pinzón.

Rodrigo Contreras Pinzón (born June 2, 1994, in Villapinzón) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Nu Colombia.[5] He previously rode for Etixx–Quick-Step and Astana.[6][7] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[8]

  1. ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Astana Pro Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Astana - Premier Tech". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Rodrigo Contreras regresa al EPM después de tres años en Astana". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 18 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  5. ^ "ENu Colombia". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Rodrigo Contreras". Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  7. ^ "News shorts: Gaviria to debut with Etixx-Quickstep alongside Cavendish in RideLondon". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  8. ^ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.