Iván Parra

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Iván Parra


fullname = Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|10|14
country = COL
height = height|m=1.74
weight = convert|62|kg|lb|abbr=on|lk=on
currentteam = Colombia es Pasión
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climbing specialist
amateurteams =
amateuryears =
proyears = 1998
1999–2000
2001–2002
2003
2004
2005
2006–2007
2008–
proteams = Petróleos de Colombia
Vitalicio Seguros
ONCE
Kelme
Cafes Baque
Colombia-Selle Italia
Cofidis
Colombia es Pasión
majorwins = Giro d'Italia, 2 stages
updated = 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. [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/feb08/feb05news2|title=Parra back home|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2008-02-08] 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 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. [cite web|url=http://members.fortunecity.es/pedalear/Vcol/Vcol1998.htm|title=48ª Vuelta a Colombia - 1998 |publisher=fortune city hosting|accessdate=2007-08-09] In 1999 he came to ride in the European peloton. [cite book|last=Rendell|first=Matt|title=Kings of the Mountains|publisher=Aurum Press|date=2002|id=ISBN 1854108379] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/interviews/?id=ivan_parra05|title=Victory at last, an interview with Ivan Parra|publisher=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=2007-07-21]

Palmares

;1999: 7th, Vuelta a España;2000: 1st, Stage 5, Volta a Galega;2003: 13th, Paris-Nice:: 2nd, Stage 7: 13th, Volta a Catalunya;2004: 2nd, Stage 18, Vuelta a España: 6th, Volta a Catalunya;2005: COL Time Trial Champion: 20th, Giro d'Italia:: 1st, Stage 13 & 14 (in Ortisei & Livigno):: 2nd, Mountains Classification:: 3rd, Combativity Competition:: 5th, Stage 17;2006: 1st, Mountains Classification, Tour de Romandie: 16th, Giro d'Italia; 2007: 13th, Giro d'Italia:: 3rd, Stage 15

External links

* [http://www.equipe-cofidis.fr/gb/equipe_detail.asp?id=22 Profile at Cofidis official website]
*trapfriis|colombia.Parra.htm

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=