VÃctor Hugo Peña
Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales (born 10 July 1974 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian cyclist.
Life
Víctor Hugo Peña began his career in 1997 with Telecom Flavia. In 1999 he moved to Vitalicio Seguros. There he secured his first successes. At the Giro d' Italia 2000, he won a time trial, as he won a stage of the Tour of Holland. In 2001, he ran for the U.S. cycling team U.S. Postal Service. In 2002 he won a stage and the overall classification of the Vuelta a Murcia. After the team around Lance Armstrong had the team time trial of the Tour de France in 2003 decided for themselves, Peña was due to his strong performance in the prologue for three days the yellow jersey; He played a total of four times the tour. Another team time trial he won with his team at the Vuelta a España 2004. 2005 and 2006 drove Peña for the Swiss ProTour team Phonak. In 2007 he drove for the team Unibet.com and from the 2008 season until 2009 he drove for the team rock racing.
2000 and 2004 was the start Peña at the Olympic Games, both in the time trial and road race. In Athens in 2004, he finished 14th in the time trial, road race, he could not finish both times.
In the 2013 season, Víctor Hugo Peña went for the amateur team Super Giros - Blanco Valle- Speech Trans.
Achievements
- A stage of the Giro d' Italia 2000
- Appreciation Vuelta a Murcia
- A stage of the Tour de France - 3 days the yellow jersey
- Sprint Tour of Catalonia 2007
- A stage in the Vuelta a Colombia
- A stage in the Vuelta a Colombia