Atapuma at the 2014 Tour de San Luis
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado |
Nickname | El Puma |
Born |
Túquerres, Nariño, Colombia |
15 January 1988
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | UAE Team Emirates |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climbing Specialist |
Professional team(s) | |
2009–2011 | Colombia es Pasión–Coldeportes |
2012–2013 | Colombia–Coldeportes |
2014–2016 | BMC Racing Team |
2017– | UAE Abu Dhabi |
Major wins | |
Jhon Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (born 15 January 1988) is a Colombian cyclist who rides for the UAE Team Emirates professional cycling team.
After two seasons with Colombia, Atapuma left the team at the end of the 2013 season and joined the BMC Racing Team for 2014. In 2015, he finished 16th in the Giro d'Italia and 56th in the Vuelta a España. In the 2016 Vuelta a España, he held the red jersey after a second-place finish in Stage 4. In September 2016 Atapuma announced that he would join UAE Abu Dhabi on a two-year deal from 2017.