Carlos Alzate

Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (born March 23, 1983 in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca) is a Colombian professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia, who most recently rode for the GW–Shimano team. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Juan Pablo Forero, Arles Castro and Jairo Pérez in the Men's Track Team Pursuit. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.

Carlos Alzate
Carlos Alzate in 2014
Personal information
Full nameCarlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar
Born (1983-03-23) 23 March 1983
Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2010Rock Racing–Murcia
2010Super Giros
Professional teams
2007Colombia es Pasión
2008Toshiba–Santo
2011–2012Team Exergy
2013–2018UnitedHealthcare[1]
2019GW–Shimano
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Colombia
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team Pursuit
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2002 San Salvador 4000m Team Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2006 Cartagena Individual Pursuit

Major results

2003
1st in Aguascalientes, Team Pursuit
alongside José Serpa, Alexander González, and Juan Pablo Forero
2nd National Points Race Championships
2004
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23
2005
International Cycling Classic
1st Stages 7 & 13
3rd National Individual Pursuit Championships
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Pan American Championships, Track, Team Pursuit
2006
1st Stage 8 Vuelta a El Salvador
2007
1st Stage 4 Vuelta al Valle del Cauca
Pan American Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit (alongside Jairo Pérez, Arles Castro, and Juan Pablo Forero)
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pan American Games, Track, Team Pursuit
alongside Jairo Pérez, Arles Castro, and Juan Pablo Forero
2008
1st Stage 12 International Cycling Classic
2009
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Cundinamarca
2011
1st 13th Annual Ontario GP
3rd Roswell Criterium
3rd Beaufort Memorial Classic
3rd Global Imports Sandy Springs Cycling Challenge
4th Sea Otter Classic Criterium
6th Sea Otter Classic Circuit Race
2012
1st Circuito Feria de Manizales
1st USA Crits speedweek Walterboro Criterium
1st USA Crits speedweek Sandy Springs Criterium
1st Stage 2 Nature Valley Grand Prix
1st Stage 4 Cascade Classic
2nd Sunny King Criterium
2013
1st Sunny King Criterium
1st Costal Empire Cycling Festival
1st USA Crits speedweek
1st Belmont Criterium
1st Tour de Grove
1st Base Camp International Basking Ridge
2nd Glencoe GP
2nd Chris Thater memorial Criterium
3rd USA Crits Finals, Las Vegas[2]
2014
1st Charlotte Belmont Omnium
1st Sunny King Criterium
9th Winston Salem Cycling Classic Criterium
2015
7th Dana Point Grand Prix[3]
7th Wilmington Grand Prix[4]
8th Winston-Salem Classic Criterium[5]
2016
1st Stage 3 Joe Martin Stage Race
2nd Clarendon Cup[6]
2017
3rd Overall Tour of Taihu Lake[7]

References

  1. "UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team (UHC) - USA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. Malach, Pat (2 February 2015). "Keough leads UnitedHealthcare sweep in Vegas". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  3. "Menzies sprints to Dana Point Grand Prix victory". cyclingnews.com. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  4. "White, Pic claim Wilmington GP victories". cyclingnews.com. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  5. Weislo, Laura (31 May 2015). "White takes Winston-Salem criterium win". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  6. "Magner claims Clarendon Cup victory". cyclingnews.com. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  7. "Jakub Mareczko wins Tour of Taihu Lake overall". cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.


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