Brandon Rivera

{{short description|Colombian cyclist}}

{{use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{family name hatnote|Rivera|Vargas|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Brandon Rivera

| image = Brandon Rivera (2023).jpg

| caption = Rivera in 2023

| fullname = Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Zipaquirá, Colombia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.70 m

| weight = 60 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|INS}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Time trialist

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2019

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GWS|2019}}

| proyears2 = 2020–

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|INS|2020a}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13993/1001552/260|title=Team Ineos|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102035953/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13993/1001552/260|archivedate=2 January 2020}}

| majorwins =

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport|Men's road bicycle racing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{COL}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Ixmiquilpan|Time trial}}

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}}

Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (born 21 March 1996) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|IGD}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15241/1001552/279|title=Ineos Grenadiers|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102023102/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15241/1001552/279|archivedate=2 January 2021}} In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2020/gc/startlist |title=75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=19 October 2020}}

Major results

;2014

: 1st 15px Team (with Jhon Anderson Rodríguez), Youth Olympic Games

;2017

: 4th Road race, Games of the Small States of Europe

;2018

: 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

;2019 (1 pro win)

: 1st 20px Time trial, Pan American Road Championships

: 4th Time trial, Pan American Games

;2020

: 4th Time trial, National Road Championships

;2022

: 6th Overall CRO Race

;2023

: 5th Overall Vuelta a San Juan

: 10th Overall Route d'Occitanie

;2024 (1)

: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

: 2nd Overall Tour of Austria

::1st Stage 1

: 8th Overall UAE Tour

: 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

;2025

: National Road Championships

::3rd Time trial

::5th Road race

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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! scope="col" | 2020

! scope="col" | 2021

! scope="col" | 2022

! scope="col" | 2023

! scope="col" | 2024

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France

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! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España

|DNF

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|95

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|+ Legend

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| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

References

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