Winner Anacona
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Coper, Boyacá, Colombia
 Anacona in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez |
| Born | 11 August 1988 Coper, Boyacá, Colombia |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Colombia Potencia de la Vida–Strongman |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2008 | Centri della Calzatura–Partizan (stagiaire) |
| 2009 | G.S. Maltinti |
| 2010–2011 | Caparrini |
| 2023– | Colombia Pacto por el Deporte |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2014 | Lampre–ISD |
| 2015–2019 | Movistar Team[1] |
| 2020–2022 | Arkéa–Samsic[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Winner Andrew Anacona Gomez (born 11 August 1988) is a Colombian road cyclist, who rides for Colombian amateur team Colombia Potencia de la Vida–Strongman.[4]
Lampre–ISD (2012–2014)
He impressed the Lampre–ISD team managers after getting second place of the 2011 Girobio, a smaller version of the Giro d'Italia for younger riders.[5] The team signed him for 2012 and 2013. In December 2012, Anacona was injured in a training crash, after he collided with a dog. He suffered a broken peroneal malleolus and dislocated his ankle bone.[5]
In the mountainous 2014 Tour of Utah, Anacona helped his leader Chris Horner obtain the second place of the race, taking the third step of the podium himself.[6] On the mountaintop finish of Stage 9 of the 2014 Vuelta a España, Anacona almost took the leader's jersey by soloing to the line for the stage victory. He attacked from a breakaway of 31 riders and missed the top spot in the overall classification by a mere 9 seconds.[7]
Movistar Team (2015–2019)
In 2015, Anacona went to Movistar Team on an initial two-year contract.[8] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[9]
Arkéa–Samsic (2020–2022)
In September 2019, it was announced that Anacona – along with Dayer Quintana and Nairo Quintana – was moving to the Arkéa–Samsic team for the 2020 season.[10] During his three years with the team, he won the 2021 Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'Es Colomer – held as part of the Vuelta a Mallorca – and the mountains classification at the 2022 Route d'Occitanie.[11][12]
Personal life
Anacona was named after cyclists Peter Winnen and Andrew Hampsten, but due to a mistake, his first name became Winner instead of Winnen.[13]
