Gustavo Wilches

{{Short description|Colombian road cyclist (born 1962)}}

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| full_name = Gustavo Wilches Tumbia

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|8|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Facatativá, Colombia

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1987–1991

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Postobón|1987a}}

| proyears2 = 1992–1993

| proteam2 = Gaseosas Glacial

| proyears3 = 1994

| proteam3 = Jaisa–Banco popular–Philips

| majorwins = Vuelta a Colombia (1990)
Clásico RCN (1990)

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Gustavo Wilches Tumbia (born 23 August 1962) is a Colombian former road cyclist. He notably won the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN in 1990. He also rode in the 1988 and 1990 Vuelta a España.{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/gustavo-wilches-tumbia | title=Gustavo Wilches | work=ProCyclingStats | accessdate=14 May 2021}} His brothers Pablo, Ricardo and Marcos were also cyclists.

In 2001, Wilches was arrested and charged for attempting to smuggle 40 capsules of heroin through the El Dorado International Airport.{{cite web | url=https://www.velonews.com/news/colombian-cycling-champion-charged-with-smuggling-heroin/ | title=Colombian cycling champion charged with smuggling heroin | work=VeloNews.com | date=2001 | accessdate=23 May 2021}}

Major results

;1986

: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Boyacá

: 7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

::1st Stage 8

;1987

: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

;1990

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Vuelta a Colombia

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Clásico RCN

::1st Stage 8

: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Vuelta a Antioquia

: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Cundinamarca

;1991

: 1st Stage 8 Clásico RCN

;1993

: 1st Overall Vuelta a Chiriquí

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