  luis alberto "lucho" herrera herrera known as "el jardinerito" (the little gardener) (born may 4, 1961 in fusagasugÃ¡, colombia) is a retired colombian road racing cyclist. herrera was a professional from 1985 to 1992 but had a successful amateur career before that in colombia. he entered his first vuelta a colombia in 1981 where he finished 16th overall and 3rd in the new rider competition. although he abandoned his second vuelta a colombia in 1982, he won colombia's second major stage-race the clÃ¡sico rcn. in 1983 herrera won clÃ¡sico rcn again as well as two stages and finishing second overall to alfonso florez ortiz in the 1983 vuelta a colombia. in 1984 he would win the vuelta a colombia, the clÃ¡sico rcn as well as winning stage 17 to alpe d'huez in the 1984 tour de france, becoming the first colombian to win a stage of the race, and the first amateur cyclist to win a stage in the history of the [[tour d
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