Wilmar Paredes

Wilmar Paredes
Paredes in 2017.
Personal information
Full name Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata
Born (1996-04-27) 27 April 1996
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Manzana Postobón
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
Team Manzana Postobón 2015
Professional team(s)
2016– Team Manzana Postobón

Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata (born 27 April 1996) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, currently riding for UCI Professional Continental Team Manzana Postobón.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit.[2]

He competed as a junior at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the men's junior road race and as an under-23 rider at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships in the men's under-23 road race

Major results

Track

2014
2nd Team pursuit, UCI Junior World Championships
2016
1st Team pursuit, Pan American Championships

Road

2014
1st Road race, Pan American Junior Road Championships
2015
5th Road race, Pan American Under–23 Championships
2017
1st Young rider classification Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Mountains classification Tour des Fjords
1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia
2nd Klasika Primavera
2018
3rd Klasika Primavera
6th Overall Volta Internacional Cova da Beira
7th La Roue Tourangelle
10th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
1st Young rider classification

References

  1. "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. "Dia 1 Panamericano Elite 2016 Aguascalientes" (PDF) (in Spanish). FMC. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.


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