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Fabio Parra

Parra during the 1989 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Born	(1959-11-22) November 22, 1959 (age 65) Sogamoso, Colombia
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Young rider classification (1985) 2 individual stages (1985, 1988) Vuelta a España 2 individual stages (1988, 1991) Stage races Vuelta a Colombia (1981, 1992) Clásico RCN (1987)

Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto (born November 22, 1959, in Sogamoso, Boyacá) is a retired Colombian road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in Colombia, winning the Novatos classification for new riders or riders riding their first edition of the race, and finishing 14th in the 1979 Vuelta a Colombia and then the General classification in the 1981 Vuelta a Colombia. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Parra turned professional for the first Colombian cycling team, Café de Colombia, in 1985. He was a professional from 1985 to 1992 and won stages in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. His success occurred at the same time as his compatriot Luis Herrera. While Herrera won stages and the King of the Mountains competitions in the grand tours, Parra could contend for the overall classification. His greatest achievements were a third place in the 1988 Tour de France, highest placing of a South American for 25 years, until his countryman Nairo Quintana finished second in the 2013 Tour de France, and, in the following year in the Vuelta a España, finishing second to Pedro Delgado at 35 seconds.

Fabio Parra has two younger brothers who also became professionals, Humberto Parra Pinto and Iván Parra. Humberto rode for three years for Kelme while Iván won 2 stages of the 2005 Giro d'Italia.

Career achievements

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

See also

In Spanish: Fabio Parra para niños