Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (born 14 October 1975 in Sogamoso) is a Colombian former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for Petróleos de Colombia, , , , Cafes Baque, , , and . 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.
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 , Parra won two back-to-back stages of the Giro d'Italia.
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————201613 Tour de France————46——42DNF Vuelta a España959———34———
+ LegendDSQ DisqualifiedDNF Did not finish
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