Santiago Buitrago

Santiago Buitrago Sánchez (born 26 September

Santiago Buitrago
1999) is a Colombian road racing cyclist, who rides for
UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.[2] Buitrago
has won two stages at the Giro d'Italia.

Career
Santiago Buitrago's first UCI rated result is at the
Colombian Junior time trial championships where he
finished fourth.[3]

Bahrain–McLaren (2020–present)

2020–2021
Buitrago at the 2020 La Flèche Wallonne
Buitrago joined UCI WorldTeam Bahrain–McLaren on
a two-year contract after impressing the team by Personal information
finishing sixth at the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in Full name Santiago Buitrago Sánchez
2019.[4] His first race with the team was at the 2020 Born 26 September 1999
Tour Down Under where he finished second in the Bogotá, Colombia
youth classification 15 seconds behind Pavel Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sivakov.[5] The last race of the 2020 season was the
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Vuelta a España, his first Grand tour, he would finish
in 53rd.[6][7] Team information
Current team Team Bahrain Victorious
In 2021 he finished tenth overall at the Tour de
Discipline Road
Hongrie after a strong tenth in the Queen-stage.[8][9]
He then won the mountains classification at the Role Rider
Settimana Ciclistica Italiana after being in the break Rider type Climber
and attacking over the climbs of the day.[10] Buitrago Amateur team
finished eighth in the Vuelta a Burgos after fishing one 2018–2019 Team Cinelli
second behind the winner on stage 1 of the race.[11] He Professional team
also led the youth classification until the final stage
2020– Bahrain–McLaren[1]
where he lost the jersey to Einer Rubio who came
Major wins
second in the stage.[12]
Grand Tours

2022–present Giro d'Italia

2022 started with a win in the national race Circuito
2 individual stages (2022, 2023)
Feria de Manizales, followed his first professional win:
stage 2 of the Saudi Tour. Buitrago attacked with 1
kilometre to go taking Andrea Bagioli with him. The Stage races
two came to the line together with Buitrago winning
the sprint and taking the race lead. The next rider Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2025)

finished seven seconds behind the pair.[13] He lost the

race lead on stage 4 after Maxim Van Gils attacked and
he was unable to follow. Buitrago maintained his second placing overall to the completion of the race.

His first Grand Tour win came at the 2022 Giro d'Italia where he won stage 17. Joining the early break,
Buitrago kept up with the other riders before making his move over the top of the Monterovere and
powering away solo. He stayed away taking 35 seconds on Gijs Leemreize to win the stage.[14] His third
win of the season came at the 2022 Vuelta a Burgos by winning stage 1.[15]

The following year, he won his second Grand Tour stage: stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia in a solo victory on
what was considered the "Queen Stage".[16] He ultimately finished the race in 13th overall.

His 2024 season got off to a good start, winning stage 4 of Paris–Nice.[17] He rode in the 2024 Tour de
France, where he finished tenth overall and fourth in the young rider competition.

Major results
Sources:[18][19]

2017
3rd Overall Vuelta del Porvenir
1st Stage 1 & 4

2019
6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
9th GP Capodarco
2021
1st Mountains classification, Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
3rd Circuito de Getxo
8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
10th Overall Tour de Hongrie
2022 (3 pro wins)
1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
2nd Overall Saudi Tour
1st Stage 2

8th Overall Tour of the Alps

8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stage 1

2023 (1)
1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia
3rd Overall Saudi Tour
1st Young rider classification

3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
8th Overall Tour of the Alps
10th Overall Vuelta a España
2024 (1)
1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Young rider classification

5th La Flèche Wallonne

10th Overall Tour de France
2025 (3)
1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4

4th Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Giro d'Italia — — 12 13 — —

Tour de France — — — — 10

Vuelta a España 53 — DNF 10 —

Legend

— Did not compete

DNF Did not finish

References
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External links
Santiago Buitrago (https://www.uci.org/rider-details/353375) at UCI
Santiago Buitrago (https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureu
rfiche.php?coureurid=144923) at Cycling Archives (archived)
Santiago Buitrago (https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/211947) at ProCyclingStats
Santiago Buitrago (https://cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=29699) at Cycling
Quotient
Santiago Buitrago (https://www.cyclebase.nl/cb-content/index.php?lang=en&page=renner&i
d=89309) at CycleBase
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