Iván Parra

Iván Parra, 2007

Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (born October 14, 1975 in Sogamoso ) is a former Colombian cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1995 and 1997 Iván Parra, younger brother of the successful cyclist Fabio Parra , won the overall ranking of the Vuelta de la Juventud Colombia . In 1998 he became a professional with the Colombian cycling team Lotería de Boyaca . After moving to the Spanish team Vitalicio Seguros , he finished ninth in the overall standings at the first major tour in which he took part, the Vuelta a España .

In 2000 Parra took his first victory when he won a stage of the Tour of Galicia . A year later he moved to Manolo Saiz's successful Spanish ONCE team , from where he joined Kelme in 2003 . Here he was sixth in the Tour of Catalonia in 2004 . Shortly before the start of the 2005 season, he got a contract with the local team Colombia-Selle Italia . In the spring he became the Colombian time trial champion, and a little later he caused a surprise at the Giro d'Italia : He won two consecutive mountain stages and came second in the mountain classification behind his team-mate José Rujano .

Iván Parra started in all three major tours, the Giro, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España .

He ended his career at the end of the 2014 season.

successes

2005

• Colombian champion - individual time trial
• two stages of the Giro d'Italia

2006

• Mountain classification Tour de Romandie

Teams

• 1998 Lotería de Boyacá
• 1999-2000 Vitalicio Seguros
• 2001-2002 ONCE-Eroski
• 2003-2004 Kelme-Costa Blanca
• 2005 Colombia-Selle Italia
• 2006 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
• 2007 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
• 2008 Colombia es Pasión
• 2009 Lotería de Boyacá
• 2010 GW Shimano
• 2011 EPM-UNE
• 2012 EPM-UNE
• 2013 Formesán-Bogotá Humana
• 2014 EBSA-Indeportes Boyacá

Web links

• Iván Parra in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Iván Parra in the Tour de France database(French / English )