Efraín Forero Triviño

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

Efraín Forero Triviño (4 March 1930 – 12 September 2022)^[1] was a Colombian road racing cyclist.

Efraín Forero Triviño

Personal information
Full name	Efraín Forero Triviño
Nickname	El Zipa El Indomable Zipa
Born	4 March 1930 Zipaquirá, Colombia
Died	12 September 2022(2022-09-12) (aged 92)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Major wins
Vuelta a Colombia (1951)

Forero or El Zipa as he was known was involved in the organisation of the first Vuelta a Colombia. He was chosen to ride between the cities of Fresno and Manizales, via Páramo de Letras, as a preliminary race, and to define the route of the tour. The following year, 1951, the first Vuelta a Colombia took place. It was a 1,233 kilometers race which was divided in 10 stages, including 3 days off. Forero won this first Vuelta a Colombia.^[2] He won seven stages along the way.^[3] He would win a further three stages and would finish 4th overall in 1953 and 1954,^[4] as well as second overall in the 1957 Vuelta a Colombia behind Spaniard José Gómez del Moral.^[5]

Major results

1950

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Team pursuit, Central American and Caribbean Games

1951

1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10

1952

1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Colombia

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

1953

1st Road race, National Road Championships

4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stage 1

1954

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Héctor Mesa, Justo Londoño and Ramón Hoyos)

4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1st Stage 15

1956

3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1957

2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1958

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1959

1st Team time trial, Central American and Caribbean Games (with Pablo Hurtado and Ramón Hoyos)