Jorge Soto (cyclist)
 Jorge Soto during the 2011 Pan American Road and Track Championship | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jorge Adelbio Soto Pereira |
| Born |
8 August 1986 Salto, Uruguay |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2004 | Salto Nuevo |
| 2005 | Villa Teresa |
| 2006 | C.C. Fénix |
| 2006-2007 | Champagnat |
| 2008-2010 | Villa Teresa |
| 2010-2012 | Porongos |
|
Infobox last updated on 9 July 2012 | |
Jorge Adelbio Soto Pereira (born 8 August 1986 in Salto) is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Uruguay, who is affiliated with the Centro Recreativo Porongos Fútbol Club of Trinidad.[1]
He has won several stages of both Rutas de América as Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay. In 2005, he received a grant for a month in Switzerland in the World Cycling Centre of the UCI to improve his qualities, but ultimately he was more than a year.[2]
Soto represented his native country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's road race.
Honours
- Rutas de América (2): 2011, 2012[3]
- 2011 Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay: 3rd
- 2005 Manchester World Cup (Scratch): 8th
References
- ↑ "Flash: Jorge Soto" (in Spanish). ovaciondigital.com.uy. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "Ciclista Jorge Soto viajó a perfeccionarse a Suiza" (in Spanish). lr21.com.uy. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "Soto ganó Rutas de América" (in Spanish). elobservador.com.uy. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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