Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (born November 27, 1981, in Soacha) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for Colombian amateur team Team Cartagena. Pedraza is a two-time winner of the Colombian National Road Race Championships in 2005 and 2013.[2]
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales |
| Born | November 27, 1981 Soacha, Colombia |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Cartagena |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2004–2005 | 05 Orbitel |
| 2014 | EPM–UNE–Área Metropolitana |
| 2021– | Team Cartagena |
| Professional teams | |
| 2006–2007 | Selle Italia–Diquigiovanni |
| 2008 | Tinkoff Credit Systems |
| 2009–2010 | SP Tableware–Gatsoulis Bikes |
| 2011–2013 | EPM–UNE |
| 2015 | Colombia |
| 2016–2019 | GW–Shimano |
| 2020 | Equipo Continental Supergiros[1] |
| Major wins | |
| National Road Race Championships (2005, 2013) | |
Major results
edit- 2004
- 8th Overall Clásico RCN
- 2005
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stage 3
- 2006
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia
- 5th Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 6th Overall Vuelta al Táchira
- 7th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 2007
- 1st Stage 10 Vuelta al Táchira
- 3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi
- 4th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 1st Stage 9
- 2008
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 8th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2009
- 3rd Overall Tour of Bulgaria
- 2010
- 2nd Overall Tour of Szeklerland
- 4th Overall Tour of Małopolska
- 4th Overall Tour des Pyrénées
- 6th Overall Tour of Romania
- 9th Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise
- 2011
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st Stage 1
- 2012
- 1st
Mountains classification Vuelta a Castilla y León - 1st Mountains classification Vuelta a Asturias
- 2013
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Road race, Pan American Road Championships
- 2014
- Vuelta a Colombia
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 1st
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st
- 6th Overall Tour do Brasil
- 1st Stage 7
- 2017
- 5th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
- 2018
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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Has not contested during his career | |||||||
 Tour de France
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 Vuelta a España
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85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 136 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Equipo Continental Supergiros". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Urrego, Héctor (22 April 2013). "Campeonatos Nacionales de Ruta: Walter Pedraza es el nuevo Rey de la Élite (Video-Fotos-Resultados)" [National Road Championships: Walter Pedraza is the new King of the Elites (Video-Photos-Results)]. Revista Mundo Ciclístico (in Spanish). Mundo Ciclístico SAS. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
External links
edit- Walter Pedraza at UCI
- Walter Pedraza at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Walter Pedraza at ProCyclingStats
- Walter Pedraza at Cycling Quotient
- Walter Pedraza at CycleBase
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