Iván Parra

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Iván Parra

Personal information
Full name	Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto
Date of birth	October 14, 1975 (1975-10-14) (age 32)
Country	Colombia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	62 kg (140 lb)
Team information
Current team	Colombia es Pasión
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
1998 1999–2000 2001–2002 2003 2004 2005 2006–2007 2008–	Petróleos de Colombia Vitalicio Seguros ONCE Kelme Cafes Baque Colombia-Selle Italia Cofidis Colombia es Pasión
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 2 stages
Infobox last updated on:
February 8, 2008

Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (born October 14, 1975 in Sogamoso) is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión.^[1] Iván 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 1980's. 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

[edit] External links

• Profile at Cofidis official website
• Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Parra, Iván
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Parra Pinto, Iván Ramiro
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1975-10-14
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sogamoso, Colombia
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH