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Oct 14, 1975 Sogamoso, Boyacá Department, Colombia 48 years old
road bicycle racer
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About Iván Parra
- Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto (born October 14, 1975 in Sogamoso) is a Colombian road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Formesán-Bogotá Humana.
- He has also competed professionally for Petróleos de Colombia, Vitalicio Seguros, ONCE–Eroski, >Comunidad Valenciana–Kelme, Cafes Baque, Colombia–Selle Italia, Cofidis, Colombia es Pasión–Coldeportes and EPM–UNE.
- 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 (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 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia, Parra won two back-to-back stages of the 2005 Giro d'Italia.
