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Fabio Enrique Parra Pinto (born November 22, 1959, in
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, Boyacá) is a retired
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n road racing cyclist. Parra was successful as an amateur in
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, 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
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. Parra turned professional for the first
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n
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, Café de Colombia, in 1985. He was a professional from 1985 to 1992 and won stages in the
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and
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. His success occurred at the same time as his compatriot Luis Herrera. While Herrera won stages and the
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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
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for 25 years, until his countryman Nairo Quintana finished second in the
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, and, in the following year in the
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, 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
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.


Career achievements


Major results

;1979 :1st Novatos New rider classification, Vuelta a Colombia ;1980 :9th Overall Vuelta a Colombia ;1981 :1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia :2nd Overall Clásico RCN ;1982 :2nd Overall Clásico RCN ;1984 :3rd Overall Vuelta a Colombia :5th Overall Clásico RCN ;1985 :2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 11 :5th Overall
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:8th Overall
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:: Young rider classification ::1st Stage 12 ;1986 :8th Overall
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;1987 :1st Overall Clásico RCN ::1st Stages 1 & 6 :3rd Overall Tour de Suisse :6th Overall
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;1988 : 3rd Overall
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:: 1st Stage 11 :4th Overall Vuelta a Colombia :5th Overall
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:: 1st Stage 13 ;1989 :2nd Overall
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:2nd Overall Clásico RCN ::1st Stage 3 :2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 10 ;1990 :5th Overall
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:5th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré ;1991 :5th Overall
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::1st Stage 13 :6th Overall Vuelta a Colombia :8th GP Cafe de Colombia ;1992 :1st Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 11 :7th Overall
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline


References


External links

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Fabio Parra results and teams
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