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Iván Parra
Road bicycle racer

Iván Parra

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Road bicycle racer
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Place of birth
Sogamoso
Age
49 years
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Biography

Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (born October 14, 1975 in Sogamoso) is a Colombian road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Formesán-Bogotá Humana. He has also competed professionally for Petróleos de Colombia, Vitalicio Seguros, ONCE–Eroski, >Comunidad Valenciana–Kelme, Cafes Baque, Colombia–Selle Italia, Cofidis, Colombia es Pasión–Coldeportes and EPM–UNE. 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. In 1999 he came to ride in the European peloton. 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.

Major results

1998
2nd, Vuelta a Colombia
1999
7th, Vuelta a España
2000
1st, Stage 5, Volta a Galega
2003
13th, Paris–Nice
13th, Volta a Catalunya
2004
10th, Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
6th, Volta a Catalunya
2005
 Colombia Time Trial Champion
20th, Giro d'Italia
1st, Stage 13 & 14 (in Urtijëi & Livigno)
2nd, Mountains Classification
3rd, Combativity Competition
2006
1st, Mountains Classification, Tour de Romandie
16th, Giro d'Italia
2007
13th, Giro d'Italia
2008
8th, Vuelta a Colombia
2013
4th Overall, Vuelta a Colombia

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