Personal information | |
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Full name | Santiago Buitrago Sánchez |
Born | Bogotá, Colombia | 26 September 1999
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Bahrain Victorious |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Amateur team | |
2018–2019 | Team Cinelli |
Professional team | |
2020– | Bahrain–McLaren[1] |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours |
Santiago Buitrago Sánchez (born 26 September 1999) is a Colombian racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[2] Buitrago has won two stages at the Giro d'Italia.
Santiago Buitrago's first UCI rated result is at the Colombian Junior time trial championships where he finished fourth.[3]
Buitrago joined UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–McLaren on a two-year contract after impressing the team by finishing sixth at the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 2019.[4] His first race with the team was at the 2020 Tour Down Under where he finished second in the youth classification 15 seconds behind Pavel Sivakov.[5] The last race of the 2020 season was the Vuelta a España, his first Grand tour, he would finish in 53rd.[6][7]
In 2021 he finished tenth overall at the Tour de Hongrie after a strong tenth in the Queen-stage.[8][9] He then won the mountains classification at the Settimana Ciclistica Italiana after being in the break and attacking over the climbs of the day.[10] Buitrago finished eighth in the Vuelta a Burgos after fishing one second behind the winner on stage 1 of the race.[11] He also led the youth classification until the final stage where he lost the jersey to Einer Rubio who came second in the stage.[12]
2022 started with a win the in national race Circuito Feria de Manizales followed his first professional win, Stage 2 of the Saudi Tour. Buitrago attacked with 1 kilometre to go taking Andrea Bagioli with him, the two came to the line together with Buitrago winning the sprint and taking the race lead. The next rider finished seven seconds behind the pair.[13] He lost the race lead on stage 4 after Maxim Van Gils attacked and he was unable to follow. Buitrago maintained his second placing overall to the completion of the race. The biggest win of his career came at the Giro d'Italia where he won Stage 17. Joining the early break, Buitrago kept up with the other riders before making his move over the top of the Monterovere and powering away solo. He stayed away taking 35 seconds on Gijs Leemreize to win the stage.[14] His third win of the season came at the Vuelta a Burgos by winning stage 1.[15]
Grand Tour | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 12 | 13 | |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | |
Vuelta a España | 53 | — | DNF | 10 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
IP | Race in Progress |