Jorge Soto (cyclist)

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Jorge Soto
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Jorge Soto during the 2011 Pan American Road and Track Championship
Personal information
Full nameJorge Adelbio Soto Pereira
Born (1986-08-08) 8 August 1986 (age 37)
Salto, Uruguay
Team information
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2004Salto Nuevo
2005Villa Teresa
2006C.C. Fénix
2006–2007Champagnat
2008–2010Villa Teresa
2010–2012Porongos

Jorge Adelbio Soto Pereira (born 8 August 1986, in Salto, Uruguay) is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist, 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 performance, which ultimately became more than a year.[2]

Soto represented Uruguay at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's road race.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Flash: Jorge Soto" (in Spanish). ovaciondigital.com.uy. 22 November 2010. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Ciclista Jorge Soto viajó a perfeccionarse a Suiza" (in Spanish). lr21.com.uy. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Soto ganó Rutas de América" (in Spanish). elobservador.com.uy. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.