NELSON SOTO (CYCLIST)

Nelson Soto
	Soto in 2017.
Personal information
Full name	Nelson Andrés Soto Martínez
Born	19 June 1994 (age 30); Barranquilla, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team	Petrolike
Discipline	Road cycling; Track cycling;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
2015	Metropolitan Green Planet
2016	Coldeportes–Claro
2023	Colombia Pacto por el Deporte
Professional teams
2017	Coldeportes–Zenú
2018–2019	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
2020–2022	Colombia Tierra de Atletas–GW Bicicletas
2024–	Petrolike
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Men's track cycling
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
South American Games
Men's road cycling
Pan American Championships
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bolivarian Games

Nelson Andrés Soto Martínez (born 19 June 1994 in Barranquilla) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Petrolike. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.^[4]

Major results

2017

1st

1st

Points classification

1st Stages 3, 10 & 11

2018: 1st Road race, Central American and Caribbean Games; 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
2019: 4th Route Adélie; 10th Trofeo Matteotti
2020: 4th Poreč Trophy
2021: 1st Road race, Pan American Road Championships; 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Colombia
2022: 4th Road race, National Road Championships
2024: 1st Stage 1 Vuelta al Táchira

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

^ "Caja Rural-Seguros RGA sign young Spanish talent". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018. The pair join Danilo Celano (Amore & Vita-Selle SMP), Julen Amezqueta and Cristian Rodriguez (Wilier Triestina), and Colombian Nelson Soto (Coldeportes-Claro) as new signings for the 2018 season.
^ "El proyecto del Caja Rural 2019 arranca en Almería, aún sin el colombiano Soto" [The Caja Rural 2019 project starts in Almería, even without the Colombian Soto]. Marca (in Spanish). Unidad Editorial. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
^ "Colombia Tierra de Atletas GW Bicicletas". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 22 August 2018.

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