Wilmar Paredes
Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata (born 27 April 1996) is a Colombian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Team Medellín–EPM.[3] 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 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. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the team pursuit.[4]
![]() Paredes in 2017. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Wilmar Andrés Paredes Zapata | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Medellín, Colombia | 27 April 1996|||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Team Medellín–EPM | |||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Team Manzana Postobón | |||||||||||||||||||
Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2019 | Team Manzana Postobón[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Team Medellín–EPM | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In April 2019, Paredes returned an adverse analytical finding (AAF) for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition control taken in February 2019.[5] Team Manzana Postobón folded in May, due to the doping cases of Paredes and teammate Juan José Amador.[6]
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
- 1st
- 2019
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour de Taiwan
- 2023
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Formosa
References
- "Manzana Postobon confirms 2018 squad". Cyclingnews.com. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- "Los 50 colombianos en la élite del ciclismo mundial en 2019" [The 50 Colombians in the elite of world cycling in 2019]. El Espectador (in Spanish). Fidel Cano Correa, Grupo Valorem S.A. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- "Team Medellin - EPM (CT) 2023". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
- "Dia 1 Panamericano Elite 2016 Aguascalientes" (PDF) (in Spanish). FMC. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- "Manzana Postobon cut ties with Paredes after EPO positive". Cyclingnews.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- "Manzana Postobon fold with immediate effect after doping cases". Cyclingnews.com. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
External links
- Wilmar Paredes at Cycling Archives
- Wilmar Paredes at ProCyclingStats
- Wilmar Paredes at Cycling Quotient