Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata (born 27 April 1996) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for

UCI Continental team +Men Teams A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson (academic), Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who a ...

. He was provisionally suspended from the sport for four years from February 2019 to February 2023. He competed as a junior at the

2014 UCI Road World Championships The 2014 UCI Road World Championships took place in Ponferrada, Spain, from 21 to 28 September 2014. The cycling championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 81st UCI Road World Championships and the s ...

in the men's junior road race and as an under-23 rider at the

2015 UCI Road World Championships The 2015 UCI Road World Championships took place in Richmond, Virginia, United States from September 19–27, 2015. It was the 88th Road World Championships. Peter Sagan won the 2015 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, men's road r ...

in the men's under-23 road race. He won the gold medal at the

2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships The 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships took place at the Velódromo Bicentenario, Aguascalientes, Mexico, October 5–9, 2016. Medal summary Men Women Records In addition to the women's 500m time trial world record, Pan America ...

in the team pursuit. In April 2019, Paredes returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for

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(EPO) in an out-of-competition control taken in February 2019. folded in May, due to the doping cases of Paredes and teammate Juan José Amador.

Major results

Track

;2014 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Team pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships ;2016 : 1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit, Pan American Championships

Road

;2014 : 1st Gold medal blank

Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships ;2015 : 5th Road race, Pan American Under-23 Championships ;2017 : 1st Jersey white

Young rider classification,

Circuit de la Sarthe The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 H ...

: 1st

Mountains classification,

Tour des Fjords Tour des Fjords (known as the Rogaland Grand Prix until 2012) was a road bicycle race held annually between 2008 and 2018 in the region of western Norway. The race merged with the Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held ...

: 1st Stage 2

Vuelta a Colombia The (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the Colombian Cyclin ...

: 2nd

Klasika Primavera The Klasika Primavera () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Amorebieta, Spain. Since 2005, the race is organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Established in 1946 as ''Gran Premio de Primavera'', it is now he ...

;2018 : 3rd

: 6th Overall

Volta Internacional Cova da Beira The Volta Internacional Cova da Beira (officially: Grande Prémio Internacional Beiras e Serra da Estrela) is a professional cycling race held annually in Portugal. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a category 2.2 event. Prior to 2023, the race ...

: 7th

La Roue Tourangelle La Roue Tourangelle is a road bicycle race held annually in the Region Centre-Val de Loire, France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territo ...

: 10th Overall

::1st

Young rider classification ;2023 : 2nd Overall Vuelta al Sur : 8th Overall

Vuelta a Formosa Vuelta, Spanish for "lap" or "roundtrip", is used in the name of a number of cycling races in Spanish speaking countries, as well as a few other contexts: Cycling races * Vuelta a España is an annual cycle race in Spain, one of cycling's prestig ...

;2024 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Jamaica International Cycling Classic ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Mountains classification,

Tour of Hainan The Tour of Hainan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hainan Province, China. The race consists of nine stages and has been part of the UCI ProSeries since 2023, previously having been on the UCI Asia Tour. The ev ...

: 1st Stages 1 & 3

Clásico RCN The Clásico RCN (Spanish for ''RCN Classic'') is an annual cycling road race that takes place over many stages through different regions of Colombia during October. It is organized by the Colombian Cycling Federation. The event is sponsored by ...

: 1st Stage 1

Vuelta Bantrab Vuelta, Spanish for "lap" or "roundtrip", is used in the name of a number of cycling races in Spanish speaking countries, as well as a few other contexts: Cycling races * Vuelta a España is an annual cycle race in Spain, one of cycling's prestig ...

: 2nd Gran Premio New York City : 3rd Overall

Tour of Taihu Lake The Tour of Taihu Lake is a multi-day road cycling race held in China annually. It has been held since 2010, but the first edition was a one-day race. The 2010 and 2011 editions were rated 1.2 and 2.2, and was upgraded to 2.1 in 2013. In 2023, t ...

: 3rd Overall

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI Americ ...

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 & 5 : 3rd Road race,

Pan American Road Championships The Pan American Road Championships are the continental cycling championships for road bicycle racing held annually for member nations of the Pan American Cycling Confederation. Riders competing in the Pan American Cycling Championships are sel ...

References

External links

* 1996 births Living people Colombian male cyclists Colombian track cyclists Cyclists from Medellín Vuelta a Colombia stage winners 21st-century Colombian sportsmen {{Colombia-cycling-bio-stub