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Chepe González

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Chepe González
Personal information
Full nameJosé Jaime González Pico
NicknameChepe
Born (1968-07-28) July 28, 1968 (age 56)
Sogamoso, Colombia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb; 8 st 11 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1996)
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (1997, 1999)
2 individual stages (1997, 1999)

Stage races

Vuelta a Colombia (1994, 1995)

José Jaime González Pico (born July 28, 1968, in Sogamoso, Boyacá), also known as Chepe González, is a Colombian former road bicycle racer. He won stages in Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. He also won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1994 and 1995.

Major results

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1990
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia
1991
2nd Overall Clásico RCN
1st Stages 3 & 7
1992
6th Subida a Urkiola
8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 5
8th Overall Tour du Limousin
1993
5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1994
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Combination classification
1st Stages 5, 6 & 8 (ITT)
1995
1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stages 2 & 11
1st Stage 5 Clásico RCN
1996
1st Stage 11 Tour de France
5th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1997
Giro d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 20
1999
Giro d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia
6th Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
8th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
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