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The Café de Colombia cycling team was a Colombian professional cycling team active from 1983 to 1990. The team was sponsored by the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation, which sought to promote Colombian coffee through cycling.
Café de Colombia team featured some of the most talented Colombian cyclists of its time, including Luis Herrera and Fabio Parra. Luis Herrera, in particular, achieved great success by becoming the first Colombian cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage, specifically the 1984 Vuelta a España. He also won the King of the Mountains classification in the Tour de France in 1985. Fabio Parra, another notable cyclist from the team, finished on the podium in the Tour de France in 1988, securing third place overall.
The team was also known for its distinctive pink and white jersey, which featured the image of a coffee cup on the front. The Café de Colombia team was widely popular in Colombia, and its success helped to popularize cycling in the country and played a crucial role in popularizing Colombian cycling and paving the way for future generations of Colombian cyclists who achieved even greater success on the international stage.
In an extract from his autobiography, Vas-y Barry, the only British winner of Ghent-Wevelgem, Barry Hoban tells how he won the cobbled classic in 1974, beating Eddy Merckx and the cream of Belgian cycling.
We know caps here at Prendas Ciclismo, and we know that you love all the styles we have on offer. So every year, we look back at our best-selling cycling caps for the previous year for you to discover a few new styles. Is your favourite cycling cap featured on our list? Read on and see!
