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Luis Herrera

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Luis Alberto "Lucho" Herrera Herrera, known as "El jardinerito" ("the little gardener"; born May 4, 1961, in Fusagasugá, Colombia), is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Herrera was a professional from 1985 to 1992 but had a successful amateur career before that in Colombia. He entered his first Vuelta a Colombia in 1981 where he finished 16th overall and 3rd in the New Rider competition. Although he abandoned his second Vuelta a Colombia in 1982, he won Colombia's second major stage-race, the Clásico RCN. In 1983 Herrera won Clásico RCN again as well as two stages and finished second overall to Alfonso Florez Ortiz in the 1983 Vuelta a Colombia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Herrera is the 340th most popular cyclist (down from 306th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Colombia (up from 137th in 2019) and the most popular Colombian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Luis Herrera ranks 340 out of 1,613. Before him are Gianbattista Baronchelli, Tomas Pettersson, Marino Lejarreta, Jean Forestier, Jaan Kirsipuu, and Kim Andersen. After him are Johan Bruyneel, Eric Vanderaerden, Óscar Pereiro, Hans Lutz, Remco Evenepoel, and Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Luis Herrera ranks 444. Before him are Brian Helgeland, Scott Cohen, Bernard Casoni, José Manuel Ochotorena, Stjepan Deverić, and Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo. After him are Tak Matsumoto, Dan Marino, K.d. lang, Chris Anderson, Niels Arden Oplev, and Kent Nielsen.

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In Colombia

Among people born in Colombia, Luis Herrera ranks 134 out of 356. Before him are Óscar Ruiz (1969), Juan Camilo Zúñiga (1985), Víctor Ibarbo (1990), Lillo Brancato (1976), Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez (1858), and Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (1890). After him are Víctor Aristizábal (1971), Davinson Sánchez (1996), Arnoldo Iguarán (1957), Jorge Bolaño (1977), Duván Zapata (1991), and Rolando Serrano (1938).

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Among CYCLISTS In Colombia

Among cyclists born in Colombia, Luis Herrera ranks 1. After him are Nairo Quintana (1990), Egan Bernal (1997), Santiago Botero (1972), Esteban Chaves (1990), Rigoberto Urán (1987), Félix Cárdenas (1973), Miguel Ángel López (1994), Sergio Henao (1987), Mauricio Soler (1983), Víctor Hugo Peña (1974), and María Luisa Calle (1968).

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