Rafael Antonio Niño

Rafael Antonio Niño Munévar  (born 11 December 1949) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. He won the Vuelta a Colombia in 1970. After that he became a professional cyclist from 1973 to 1974. He participated in the Giro d'Italia. After one year as a professional he returned to Colombia and set up the Banco Cafetero team of which he was the undisputed leader. With this strong team he dominated the Vuelta a Colombia and the Clásico RCN during the 1970s. He earned the nickname El Niño de Cucaita. He won a record six editions of the Vuelta a Colombia. After he retired he became a technical director of the Colombia professional cycling team, Café de Colombia, that participated in the Tour de France winning several stages during the 1980s.

Major results

 * 1970
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia


 * 1971
 * 1st Overall Clásico RCN
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia


 * 1972
 * 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Colombia
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta al Táchira
 * 1st Sprints classification
 * 3rd Overall Clásico RCN


 * 1973
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
 * 1st Stages 2 & 6


 * 1975
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 1st Stages 7, 10 & 12
 * 1st Overall Clásico RCN
 * 1st Points classification
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 1st Combined classification
 * 1st Stages 4 & 5


 * 1976
 * 1st Stages 3b & 4 Vuelta a Boyacá


 * 1977
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
 * 1st Points classification
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 1st Combined classification
 * 1st Stages 1, 7, 10 & 11
 * 1st Overall Clásico RCN
 * 1st Points classification
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a Cundinamarca
 * 1st Points classification
 * 1st Stages 1 & 6


 * 1978
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 1st Overall Clásico RCN
 * 1st Points classification
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 1st Combined classification
 * 1st Stages 3a & 5


 * 1979
 * 1st Overall Clásico RCN
 * 1st Combined classification
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia


 * 1980
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia
 * 1st Stages 6 & 13


 * 1981
 * 1st Stage 11 Vuelta a Colombia