Germán Chaves

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

Germán Enrique Chaves Torres (9 March 1995 – 4 June 2023) was a Colombian professional cyclist. He last raced for Team Sistecredito–GW.

Germán Chaves

Chaves in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Germán Enrique Chaves Torres
Born	(1995-03-09)9 March 1995 Chocontá, Colombia
Died	4 June 2023(2023-06-04) (aged 28) Chocontá, Colombia[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2014–2016	Coldeportes–Zenú
2021–2022	EPM–Scott
2023	Team Sistecrédito–GW[2]
Professional teams
2017–2019	Coldeportes–Zenú
2020	EPM–Scott[3]

Chaves died on 4 June 2023, after being hit by a truck while he was training with his father in Cundinamarca. He was 28.^[4]

Major results

2013

1st Stage 3 Vuelta del Porvenir

2014

3rd Overall Clásica de Rionegro [fr]

2017

2nd Overall Vuelta de la Juventud de Colombia

1st Stage 1^[5]

National Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Time trial

4th Road race

2018

1st Overall Vuelta a Boyacá^[6]

8th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

2019

5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá

1st Stage 1

2020

1st Overall Clásica de Cómbita

1st Stage 2

2021

1st Overall Clásica Nacional Marco Fidel Suárez [es]

1st Stage 2

3rd Overall Vuelta al Tolima

1st Stage 4

5th Overall Vuelta a Boyacá

1st Prologue

2022

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Clásica de El Carmen de Viboral [fr]

3rd Overall Vuelta a Boyacá

3rd Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá [fr]

1st Mountains classification

4th Overall Vuelta a Antioquia

1st Stage 5

2023

1st Overall Clásica de Fusagasugá [fr]

1st Points classification

1st Mountains classification

1st Stage 1