Víctor Hugo Peña
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| Full name | Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales | ||
| Nickname | El Tiburon (the shark) | ||
| Born | July 10, 1974  Colombia |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 11) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 Ibs) | ||
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| Current team | Colombia-Coldeportes | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Timetrialist, stageracer | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| 1998 | Avianca-Telecom-Kelme | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 1999–2000 2001–2004 2005–2006 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Vitalicio Seguros US Postal Phonak Unibet.com Rock Racing Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión Colombia-Coldeportes |
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| Infobox last updated on 9 January 2012 |
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Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales (born July 10, 1974 in Bogotá) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist. He is named after both his father Hugo and the more famous author Victor Hugo. He rides for the Colombia-Coldeportes professional cycling team.[1] In 2003, Peña became the first Colombian to wear the maillot jaune at the Tour de France.
Peña's 2003 Tour de France, where he served as domestique for Lance Armstrong, is described in detail in Matt Rendell's book 'A Significant Other'. The book also describes the rider's amateur and early professional career.
He earned his nickname "El Tiburon" due to his looks and to the sport he was good at apart from cycling, swimming. Peña was 7th in the 100 meter freestyle Pan American swimming championships for juniors in 1991.
[edit] Results and Teams
- 1997 – Telecom-Flavia
- 1998 – Avianca
- Mountains Competition – Midre Libre
- Mountains Competition – Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
- Points Competition – Vuelta a Colombia
- Prologue – Vuelta a Colombia
- Stage 6 – Vuelta a Colombia
- 1999 – Vitalicio Seguros
- 2nd, Stage – Vuelta a España
- 2000 – Vitalicio Seguros
- Stage 11 – Giro d'Italia
- 15th, Overall – Giro d'Italia
- 2001 – US Postal
- 2002 – US Postal
- Overall – Vuelta a Murcia
- Stage 4 (ITT) – Ronde van Nederland
- 2003 – US Postal
- Yellow Jersey (after Stage 4 TTT) – Tour de France (held jersey for 3 days)
- Stage 4 – Vuelta a Murcia
- 2004 – US Postal
- 2nd, Overall – Volta ao Algarve
- 2nd, Stage 8 – Vuelta a España
- 2005 – Phonak
- 10th – World Cycling Championships – Individual Time Trial
- 2006 – Phonak
- 9th, Overall – Giro d'Italia
- 2007 – Unibet.com
- 1st, Sprint classification, Volta a Catalunya
- 2008 – Rock Racing
- 1st stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia
- 2009 – Rock Racing
- 1st stage 12 Vuelta a Colombia
- 2010 – Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Colombian cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Colombia
- People from Bogotá
- Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Vuelta a Colombia stage winners
- Pan American Games competitors for Colombia
