Fabio Parra

Fabio Parra in the individual time trial of the Vuelta a España 1989

Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto (born November 22, 1959 in Sogamoso , Boyacá , Colombia ) is a former Colombian cyclist .

After numerous good results as an amateur in Colombia (including the winner of the Tour of Colombia 1981 ), Fabio Parra signed his first professional contract with the Colombian team Café de Colombia in 1985 . He was a professional from 1985 to 1992 and won stages in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta .

Parra celebrated his greatest successes as third overall in the Tour de France in 1988 and as second overall in the Vuelta a España in 1989 behind Pedro Delgado .

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
Vuelta a España	5	8th	-	5	2	5	5	7th
Giro d'Italia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	8th	DNF	6th	3	DNF	13	DNF	DNF

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

Commons : Fabio Enrique Parra  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fabio Parra in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Fabio Parra in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Fabio Parra in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rendell, Matt (2002). Kings of the Mountains. Aurum Press. ISBN 1854108379 .