{{short description|Colombian cyclist}} {{use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{family name hatnote|Rivera|Vargas|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Brandon Rivera | image = Brandon Rivera (2023).jpg | caption = Rivera in 2023 | fullname = Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|3|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Zipaquirá, Colombia | death_date = | death_place = | height = 1.70 m | weight = 60 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|INS}} | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Climber | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = 2019 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GWS|2019}} | proyears2 = 2020– | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|INS|2020a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13993/1001552/260|title=Team Ineos|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102035953/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13993/1001552/260|archivedate=2 January 2020}}</ref> | majorwins = '''One-day races and Classics''' :National Time Trial Championships (2026) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's road cycling}} {{Medal|Country|{{COL}}}} {{Medal|Competition|Pan American Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2019 Pachuca|Time trial}} | show-medals = }} '''Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas''' (born 21 March 1996) is a Colombian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|IGD}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15241/1001552/279|title=Ineos Grenadiers|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102023102/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15241/1001552/279|archivedate=2 January 2021}}</ref> In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2020/gc/startlist |title=75th La Vuelta ciclista a España: Startlist |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=19 October 2020}}</ref>

==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2014 : 1st 15px Team, Youth Olympic Games (with Jhon Anderson Rodríguez) ;2017 : 4th Road race, Games of the Small States of Europe ;2018 : 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2019 <small>(1 pro win)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|panamerica2}} Time trial, Pan American Road Championships : 4th Time trial, Pan American Games ;2020 : 4th Time trial, National Road Championships ;2022 : 6th Overall CRO Race ;2023 : 5th Overall Vuelta a San Juan : 10th Overall Route d'Occitanie ;2024 <small>(1)</small> : 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Tour of Austria ::1st Stage 1 : 8th Overall UAE Tour : 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos ;2025 : National Road Championships ::3rd Time trial ::5th Road race ;2026 <small>(1)</small> : 1st {{cjersey|colombia}} Time trial, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de la Provence {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 ! scope="col" | 2024 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España | DNF | — | — | — | 95 |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{cycling archives|87231}} *{{Procyclingstats}}

{{Ineos Grenadiers riders}} {{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Brandon}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Colombian male cyclists Category:Youth Olympic gold medalists for Colombia Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Category:Pan American Games cyclists for Colombia Category:Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Category:People from Zipaquirá Category:Cyclists from Cundinamarca Department Category:21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub}}