 Atapuma at the 2014 Tour de San Luis | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado |
| Nickname | El Puma |
| Born | (1988-01-15) 15 January 1988 (age 36) Túquerres, Nariño, Colombia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Istanbul Büyükșehir Belediye Spor Türkiye |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2021 | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009–2011 | Colombia es Pasión–Coldeportes |
| 2012–2013 | Colombia–Coldeportes |
| 2014–2016 | BMC Racing Team |
| 2017–2018 | UAE Abu Dhabi |
| 2019 | Cofidis |
| 2020 | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas |
| 2022 | Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Shimano |
| 2023– | Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü |
| Major wins | |
| Single-day races and Classics | |
Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (born 15 January 1988) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Istanbul Büyükșehir Belediye Spor Türkiye.
After two seasons with Colombia, Atapuma left the team at the end of the 2013 season and joined the BMC Racing Team for 2014. In 2015, he finished 16th in the Giro d'Italia and 56th in the Vuelta a España. In the 2016 Vuelta a España, he held the red jersey after a second-place finish in Stage 4. In September 2016 Atapuma announced that he would join UAE Abu Dhabi on a two-year deal from 2017.
Major results
- 2007
- 6th Overall Vuelta al Ecuador
- 1st Stages 2 & 8
- 2008
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2009
- 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stage 3
- 6th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 2010
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 8th Overall Grand Prix du Portugal
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2011
- 9th Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 2012
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 4
- 9th Overall Volta a Portugal
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 10th Overall Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania
- 2013
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne
- 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 6th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 2014
- 9th Overall Tour de San Luis
- 2015
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
- 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 2016
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
- 4th Overall Tour of Utah
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- Vuelta a España
- Held
& 
after Stages 4–7
- Held
- 2017
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
Combativity award Stage 18 Tour de France- 2019
- 10th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge
- 2021
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a Colombia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
18 | — | 16 | 9 | — | 61 | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | DNF | — | — | 41 | 69 | — |
| Vuelta a España
|
— | — | 56 | 32 | 20 | — | 61 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Darwin Atapuma signs for BMC as American team buy into Colombian climbing revolution". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- Bonnefoy, François (29 November 2018). "Route - L'effectif de l'équipe Cofidis pour la saison 2019" [Road - The Cofidis squad for the 2019 season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- "Colombia Tierra de Atletas GW Bicicletas". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- "Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- "Atapuma makes his mark on Tour of Poland's first stage". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
- "LaVuelta.com". LaVuelta.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- "2016 Vuelta a España, stage 4". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- "Atapuma leaves BMC to join Project TJ Sport in 2017 - News Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
External links
- Darwin Atapuma on Twitter
- Darwin Atapuma at ProCyclingStats
- Darwin Atapuma at bmcracingteam.com
- ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin at cqranking.com
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