Iván Parra
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| Full name | Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto | ||
| Born | October 14, 1975 Sogamoso, Colombia |
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| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 62 kg (140 lb) | ||
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| Current team | EPM-UNE | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climbing specialist | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| 2009 2010 |
Lotería de Boyacá GW-Shimano |
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| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003–2004 2004 2005 2006–2007 2008 2011– |
Petróleos de Colombia Vitalicio Seguros ONCE-Eroski Kelme-Costa Blanca Cafes Baque Colombia-Selle Italia Cofidis Colombia es Pasión-Coldeportes EPM-UNE |
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| Infobox last updated on 26 January 2012 |
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Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (born October 14, 1975 in Sogamoso) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team EPM-UNE.[1] Parra comes from a Colombian cycling family. His father, Humberto was a successful in the Vuelta a Colombia, his eldest brother was the famous Colombian climber Fabio Parra who won stages in the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España in the 1980s. His other brother (named after his father) Humberto was also a professional cyclist for several years. Parra started cycling as a mountain bike rider and was the Colombian national MTB champion in 1994. He represented Colombia internationally as a Mountain Biker but changed to road racing. In 1998 he came second in the Vuelta a Colombia.[2] In 1999 he came to ride in the European peloton.[3] In 2005 while riding for the UCI Professional Continental team Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia, Parra won two back-to-back stages of the 2005 Giro d'Italia.[4]
[edit] Palmares
- 1998
- 2nd, Vuelta a Colombia
- 1993
- 7th, Vuelta a España
- 2000
- 1st, Stage 5, Volta a Galega
- 2003
- 13th, Paris–Nice
- 2nd, Stage 7
- 13th, Volta a Catalunya
- 2004
- 10th, Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 2nd, Stage 18, Vuelta a España
- 6th, Volta a Catalunya
- 2005
Colombia Time Trial Champion- 20th, Giro d'Italia
- 2006
- 1st, Mountains Classification, Tour de Romandie
- 16th, Giro d'Italia
- 2007
- 13th, Giro d'Italia
- 3rd, Stage 15
- 2008
- 8th, Vuelta a Colombia
[edit] References
- ^ "EPM-UNE (EPM) - COL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTM&teamstype=CTM&year=2012&teamnameid=3514&npage=2&search=&l=ENG. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ^ "48ª Vuelta a Colombia – 1998". fortune city hosting. http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1998.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- ^ Rendell, Matt (2002). Kings of the Mountains. Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-837-9.
- ^ "Victory at last, an interview with Ivan Parra". cyclingnews.com. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/interviews/?id=ivan_parra05. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
[edit] External links
- Profile at Cofidis official website
- Iván Parra at Trap-Friis.dk
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