Iván Parra

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parra and the second or maternal family name is Pinto.

Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (born 14 October 1975 in Sogamoso) is a Colombian former road bicycle racer, who 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.^[1] Parra comes from a Colombian cycling family. His father, Humberto was a successful in the Vuelta a Colombia, his eldest brother was the 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.

Iván Parra

Personal information
Full name	Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto
Born	(1975-10-14) 14 October 1975 (age 49) Sogamoso, Colombia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Mountain biking Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Amateur teams
2009	Lotería de Boyacá
2010	GW–Shimano
2013–2015	Formesán–Bogotá Humana
Professional teams
1998	Petróleos de Colombia
1999–2000	Vitalicio Seguros
2001–2002	ONCE–Eroski
2003–2004	Kelme–Costa Blanca
2004	Cafes Baque
2005	Colombia–Selle Italia
2006–2007	Cofidis
2008	Colombia es Pasión–Coldeportes
2011–2012	EPM–UNE
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (2005) One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2005)

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 Colombia–Selle Italia, Parra won two back-to-back stages of the Giro d'Italia.^[4]

Career highlights

Major results

1998

2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia

1999

9th Overall Vuelta a España

2000

1st Stage 5 Volta a Galega

2004

6th Overall Volta a Catalunya

10th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

2005

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 13 & 14

2006

1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie

2008

8th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

2013

4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Giro d'Italia	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	20	16	13
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	46	—	—	42	DNF
Vuelta a España	9	59	—	—	—	34	—	—	—

Legend

DSQ	Disqualified
DNF	Did not finish