Walter Pedraza Explained

Walter Pedraza
Fullname:Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales
Birth Date:27 November 1981
Birth Place:Soacha, Colombia
Height:1.67 m
Weight:58 kg
Currentteam:Team Cartagena
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climbing specialist
Amateuryears1:2004–2005
Amateuryears2:2014
Amateuryears3:2021–
Amateurteam3:Team Cartagena
Proyears1:2006–2007
Proyears2:2008
Proyears3:2009–2010
Proyears4:2011–2013
Proyears5:2015
Proyears6:2016–2019
Proyears7:2020
Proteam7:[1]
Majorwins:National Road Race Championships (2005, 2013)

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]

Major results

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)
  • 5th Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 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

    Grand Tour20082009201020112012201320142015
    Giro d'Italiacolspan=8 rowspan=2
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a España85136
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Equipo Continental Supergiros. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 24 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200324205439/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14076/2003429/257. 24 March 2020.
    2. News: Campeonatos Nacionales de Ruta: Walter Pedraza es el nuevo Rey de la Élite (Video-Fotos-Resultados). es. National Road Championships: Walter Pedraza is the new King of the Elites (Video-Photos-Results). Héctor. Urrego. 22 April 2013. 1 December 2019. Revista Mundo Ciclístico. Mundo Ciclístico SAS.