Samuel Cabrera
Personal information
Full nameSamuel Cabrera Castañeda
Born(1960-08-15)15 August 1960
Pacho, Colombia
Died21 March 2022(2022-03-21) (aged 61)
Pacho, Colombia
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1982Aguardiente Superior
1983–1984Colombia–Piles Varta
Professional teams
1985Reynolds
1986–1987Reynolds
1988–1989Café de Colombia

Samuel Cabrera Castañeda (15 August 1960 – 21 March 2022) was a Colombian professional road cyclist.[1]

Cabrera died on 21 March 2022, after being struck by lightning while working on his farm.[2] He was 61.

Major results

1980
1st overall Vuelta a Guatemala
1981
5th overall Vuelta a Colombia
7th overall Tour de l'Avenir
1982
1st overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st stages 7 and 8
1st stage 7 Vuelta a Guatemala
3rd overall Clásico RCN
1983
5th overall Clásico RCN
6th overall Vuelta a Colombia
1985
2nd overall Vuelta a Cundinamarca
3rd overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Mountains classification
1988
2nd overall Vuelta a Venezuela
1st stage 1
2nd overall Tour the Americas
1st stage 1

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 21
A yellow jersey Tour de France 57 32 11 DNF 31 49
A gold jersey Vuelta a España DNF 35 44 DNF

References

  1. "Samuel Cabrera Cataneda". Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. Un rayo mata al colombiano Samuel Cabrera (in Spanish)


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