# Sergio Higuita

Sergio Andrés Higuita García (born 1 August 1997) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team.

## Career

He moved to EF Education First from UCI Continental team Euskaltel–Euskadi in May 2019, having initially been set to join in the summer. In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España. In early 2020 he finished 3rd in Paris-Nice and won the best young rider jersey. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He did not finish the Tour but the following year he placed 25th overall.
Higuita moved to Bora–Hansgrohe for the 2022 season. On stage 6 of the 2022 Volta a Catalunya he went on a long distance attack with Richard Carapaz. The pair stayed away for over 100 kilometers and Higuita moved into the leader's jersey. He defended his position on the final stage in Barcelona and also won the Mountains and Best Young Rider classifications.

## Major results
### 2016

    9th Overall Tour de Gironde
    10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia

### 2017

    1st Mountains classification, Vuelta a Asturias

### 2018

    9th Klasika Primavera
    9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
    9th Overall Tour of China I
       1st Mountains classification

### 2019 (1 pro win)

    Vuelta a España
       1st Stage 18
       Combativity award Stage 18
    1st Young rider classification, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    2nd Overall Tour of California
    3rd Giro dell'Emilia
    3rd GP Miguel Induráin
    4th Overall Tour de Pologne
    4th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
    4th Klasika Primavera
    4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
       1st Stage 4
    5th Tre Valli Varesine
    6th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
    7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

### 2020 (3)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Tour Colombia
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
    3rd Overall Paris–Nice
       1st Young rider classification

### 2021

    6th Tre Valli Varesine
    9th Giro della Toscana
    10th Giro di Lombardia

### 2022 (5)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Young rider classification
    1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
    1st Stage 5 Volta ao Algarve
    2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
       1st Young rider classification
    2nd Tre Valli Varesine
    4th Giro di Lombardia
    5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    8th Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Stage 3
    10th Strade Bianche

### 2023 (1)

    2nd GP Miguel Induráin
    3rd Overall Vuelta a San Juan
    6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
       1st Stage 5

### 2024

    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Czech Tour
    6th Vuelta a Murcia
    8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
    10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | DNF | 25 | — | — | |
| Vuelta a España | 14 | — | — | 23 | 43 | |
| Major stage race general classification results |||||||||
| Race | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Paris–Nice | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | 35 | — | — | — |
| Volta a Catalunya | — | NH | — | 1 | — | 33 |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | NH | 28 | DNF | 6 | — |
| Tour de Romandie | — | NH | — | 24 | DNF | 82 |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 64 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | NH | — | 2 | 43 | |

### Monuments results timeline

| Monument | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 36 | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | NH | — | — | — | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | 31 | 5 | DNF |
| Giro di Lombardia | 76 | — | 10 | 4 | DNF | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |