José Serpa

José Serpa
Personal information
Full nameJosé Rodolfo Serpa Pérez
Born (1979-04-17) 17 April 1979 (age 45)
Corozal, Sucre, Colombia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2005–2006Gobernacíon del Zulía
2016Arroz Sonora
2017Supergiros
2021–2023Team Cartagena Liga de Bolivar
Professional teams
2006–2012Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni
2013–2015Lampre–Merida
2018–2019GW–Shimano
Major wins
Stage races
Tour de Langkawi (2009, 2012)
7 individual stages

One-day races and Classics

Pan American Games – Individual Time Trial
(2003)
Pan American Road Race Championship
(2006)
Central American and Caribbean Games – Individual Time Trial
(2006)

Other

UCI America Tour (2005–06)

José Rodolfo Serpa Pérez (born 17 April 1979) is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who last rode for Colombian amateur squad Team Cartagena. He competed professionally between 2006 and 2015 and from 2018 to 2019, riding for UCI Professional Continental team Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela for seven years, spending three years with Lampre–Merida,[1] and two years with GW–Shimano.

During his professional career, Serpa has taken almost twenty victories, with the majority of these coming at the Tour de Langkawi – where he won the overall race in 2009 and 2012, along with seven stage wins. He also won the time trial at the 2003 Pan American Games and the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, the road race at the 2006 Pan American Cycling Championships, and was the overall winner of the 2005–06 UCI America Tour.

Major results

Source: [2]

2001
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Cup Classics, Cali
2002
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2003
Pan American Games
1st Individual time trial
3rd Team pursuit
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2005
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
6th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
6th Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
7th Overall Clásico Ciclístico Banfoandes
1st Stage 5
2006
1st Overall 2005–06 UCI America Tour
Pan American Road Championships
1st Road race
6th Time trial
1st Time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games
1st Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
1st Stage 4 (ITT)
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Vuelta al Táchira
1st Stages 7, 10 & 14 (ITT)
4th Overall Vuelta por un Chile Líder
1st Stage 6
6th Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Stages 4 & 5
2007
1st Stage 5 Vuelta al Táchira
2nd Madison, Pan American Games
2nd Overall Le Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 8
4th Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
5th Overall Vuelta por un Chile Líder
9th Giro di Toscana
2008
1st Overall Clásico Ciclístico Banfoandes
1st Points classification
1st Stages 6 & 7 (ITT)
1st Stage 9 (ITT) Vuelta a Venezuela
1st Stage 6 Le Tour de Langkawi
4th Overall Tour de San Luis
8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
9th Overall Giro del Trentino
2009
1st Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
1st Stage 7 (ITT) Vuelta a Venezuela
3rd Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Stage 4
2010
2nd Overall Tour de San Luis
2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 2
7th Overall Giro del Trentino
8th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
1st Stage 4
8th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
2011
1st Giro del Friuli
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2nd Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna
4th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
8th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
9th Giro della Romagna
2012
1st Overall Tour de Langkawi
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 5 & 6
5th Overall Tour de San Luis
5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese
8th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2014
1st Trofeo Laigueglia
2017
10th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1st Stage 7
2018
Vuelta al Táchira
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 9
2019
3rd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 31 26 13 30 52 87 27
A yellow jersey Tour de France 21 48 122
A red jersey Vuelta a España 93
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Lampre-Merida (LAM) – ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  2. ^ "José Serpa". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 11 July 2024.