Iván Parra


Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto 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 famous Colombian climber Fabio Parra who won stages in the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España in the 1980s. His other brother 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
;1999
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;2004
;2005
;2006
;2008
;2013

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour199920002001200220032004200520062007
Giro d'ItaliaDNF201613
Tour de France4642DNF
Vuelta a España95934

DSQDisqualified
DNFDid not finish