LANDMARK COLOMBIAN FIRSTS

1980 Alfonso Florez wins Tour de l’Avenir, the irst Colombian to triumph in a European stage race

1983 A Colombian amateur team is invited to race the Tour de France for the irst time

1984 Lucho Herrera becomes the irst Colombian to win a Tour stage – stage 17 on Alpe d’Huez

1985 Herrera wins two stages and the polka dot jersey; Fabio Parra wins the white jersey

1987 Herrera becomes the irst Colombian to win a grand tour, the Vuelta a España

1988 Parra inishes third at the Tour, the country’s irst rider to reach the Paris podium

2002 Santiago Botero wins the Time Trial World Championship in Zolder, Belgium 2013 Rigoberto Urán becomes the irst Colombian to podium at the Giro d'Italia

2013 Nairo Quintana passes Parra's third place at the Tour and inishes second behind Chris Froome

2014 Nairo Quintana wins the Giro d’Italia. He wins the stage 16 time trial to take the pink jersey

2016 Esteban Chaves wins Il Lombardia, giving Colombia its irst Monument victory

2017 Fernando Gaviria wins four Giro stages, the most at any grand tour