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Óscar Vargas (cyclist)

Colombian cyclist

Rider
Directeur sportif

Professional teams1985–1986Kelme–Merckx1987–1991Postobón–Manzana1992Amaya Seguros1993–1995Aguardiente Antioqueño–Lotería de Medellín Managerial teams2014GW–Shimano2015–2019Team Manzana Postobón Major winsGrand Tours

Vuelta a España

Mountains classification (1989)

Combination classification (1989)

Óscar de Jesús Vargas Restrepo (born 23 March 1964) is a Colombian former road racing cyclist, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1995.

During the 1992 Vuelta a España, Vargas won stage 20, ahead of eventual overall winner Tony Rominger. However, he failed the subsequent doping test, returning a positive for caffeine, and was stripped of his result, with the stage win awarded to Rominger. He was given a three-month suspension.^[1]

Major results

1985

5th Overall Clásico RCN

8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1986

1st Subida a Urkiola

3rd Clasica de Sabiñanigo

1987

5th Overall Vuelta a España

8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1989

1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia

3rd Overall Vuelta a España

1st

Mountains classification

1st

Combination classification

1990: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships; 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1991: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia; 4th Overall Clásico RCN
1992: ~~1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España~~; 9th Overall Paris–Nice
1993: 3rd Overall Clásico RCN
1994: 5th Overall Clásico RCN; 6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
1995: 1st Overall Vuelta a Antioquia; 3rd Road race, National Road Championships; 8th Overall Clásico RCN