Víctor Hugo Peña
Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales (born July 10, 1974 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian cyclist .
Life
Víctor Hugo Peña started his career at Telecom-Flavia in 1997 . In 1999 he moved to Vitalicio Seguros . There he secured his first successes. At the Giro d'Italia 2000 he won a time trial, as well as a stage in the Tour of the Netherlands . In 2001 he rode for the US Postal Service cycling team . In 2002 he won a stage and the overall ranking of the Tour of Murcia . After Lance Armstrong 's team had won the 2003 Tour de France team time trial, Peña wore the yellow jersey for three days due to his strong performance in the prologue ; in total, he made the tour four times. He and his team won another team time trial at the Vuelta a España in 2004 . In 2005 and 2006 Peña drove for the Swiss ProTour team Phonak . In 2007 he drove for the Unibet.com team and from the 2008 to 2009 season he drove for the Rock Racing team .
In 2000 and 2004 Peña started at the Olympic Games, each in the individual time trial and in the road race . In 2004 in Athens he finished 14th in the time trial, but he couldn't finish the road races on both occasions.
In the 2013 season, Víctor Hugo Peña drove for the amateur team Supergiros-Blanco Valle-Redetrans.
successes
- 2000
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2000
- 2002
- Overall ranking of the Tour of Murcia
- 2003
- a stage Tour de France
- 2007
- Sprint classification of the Tour of Catalonia
- 2008
- a stage Vuelta a Colombia
- 2009
- a stage Vuelta a Colombia
Teams
- 1997 Telecom-Flavia
- 1998 Avianca Telecom
- 1999–2000 Vitalicio Seguros-Grupo Generali
- 2001-2004 US Postal Service
- 2005-2006 Phonak
- 2007 Unibet.com
- 2008–2009 Rock Racing
- 2010 Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión
- 2011 Colombia es Pasión-Café de Colombia
- 2012 Colombia-Coldeportes
- 2013 Supergiros-Blanco Valle-Redetrans
- 2014 Supergiros-Redetrans-Autolarte
Web links
- Víctor Hugo Peña in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Víctor Hugo Peña in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Víctor Hugo Peña in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peña, Victor Hugo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peña Grisales, Víctor Hugo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogotá |