Darwin Atapuma

Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (born 15 January 1988) is a Colombian retired cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Istanbul Büyükșehir Belediye Spor Türkiye.^[4]

Darwin Atapuma

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 37) Túquerres, Nariño, Colombia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Team information
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[1]
2017–2018	UAE Abu Dhabi
2019	Cofidis[2]
2020	Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas[3]
2022	Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Shimano
2023	Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Kulübü
Major wins
Single-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2008)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Atapuma and the second or maternal family name is Hurtado.

After two seasons with Colombia,^[5] Atapuma left the team at the end of the 2013 season and joined the BMC Racing Team for 2014.^[1] In 2015, he finished 16th in the Giro d'Italia and 56th in the Vuelta a España.^[6] In the 2016 Vuelta a España, he held the red jersey after a second-place finish in Stage 4.^[7] In September 2016 Atapuma announced that he would join UAE Abu Dhabi on a two-year deal from 2017.^[8]

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

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

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish