Iván Sosa

Iván Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (born 31 October 1997) is a Colombian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .

Career Early life and amateur career Sosa was born into a farming family in Pasca, Cundinamarca, a town located at high altitude in the Colombian Andes, near the capital Bogotá. He is the cousin of professional cyclist Jhojan García, He left Colombia for Europe in early 2016 to race for the amateur team Maltinti Lampadari-Banca di Cambiano, and settled in Empoli, Italy. His first win for the team came in June, in the 79th edition of the Schio-Ossario del Pasubio race.

Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec In 2016, Sosa signed a two-year contract with Italian Professional Continental team beginning with the 2017 season. but lost his leader's jersey after a crash during a descent on the third stage involving a race motorcycle.

Sosa was not a part of the team's planned line-up for the Giro d'Italia, and team manager Gianni Savio stated that Sosa's impressive performance at the Tour of the Alps had not made him reconsider his decision, despite Sosa "perhaps wanting to take part in the Giro". He explained his decision by saying his philosophy is to discover talents and let them develop little by little, continuing "It's one thing to ride a race such as the Tour of the Alps with great champions like Froome and Aru, but it has just five racing days and the stages are only short. It's another thing to throw a young 20-year-old rider with no international experience into a three week race such as the Giro d'Italia with stages of over 200 km". Instead he was part of the team's squad at the Tour of Bihor, a Romanian stage race, in early June, where he won the overall classification as well as one stage. Later the same month, he won the overall classification at the inaugural Adriatica Ionica Race, an Italian stage race, as well as one stage.

World Tour contract dispute Sosa initially signed a two-year contract with , beginning in 2019, with Trek paying Sosa's release clause of €120,000. However after an initial press release from the team, as well as a video published from Sosa, a dispute between Alberati Fondriest Cycling Academy (Sosa's initial representation) and well-connected rider agent Giuseppe Acquadro occurred. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.

Major results

2016 1st Schio-Ossario del Pasubio 2017 3rd Overall Tour of Bihor 1st Young rider classification 7th Overall Vuelta al Táchira 1st Young rider classification 2018 (6 pro wins) 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos 1st Mountains classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 5 1st Overall Adriatica Ionica Race 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 1 1st Overall Tour of Bihor 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 2a 1st Stage 4 Vuelta al Táchira 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stage 7 6th Overall Colombia Oro y Paz 10th Overall Vuelta al Táchira 1st Stage 4 2019 (4) 1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos 1st Mountains classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 & 5 2nd Overall Route d'Occitanie 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 2nd Overall Tour Colombia 1st Mountains classification 2nd Gran Piemonte 2020 (1) 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos 2021 (2) 1st Overall Tour de la Provence 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 3 2022 (4) 1st Overall Tour de Langkawi 1st Stage 3 1st Overall Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 2 5th Overall O Gran Camiño 1st Mountains classification 9th Overall Deutschland Tour 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2023 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias 6th Mont Ventoux Dénivelé Challenge 8th Overall Route d'Occitanie 2024 4th Mercan'Tour Classic 7th Overall Tour Colombia 9th Overall Tour of the Alps 2025 3rd Mercan'Tour Classic 2026 (1) 2nd Overall Tour of Turkiye 1st Stage 3 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Mercan'Tour Classic 5th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour 5th Clásica Terres de l'Ebre

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 Giro d'Italia 44 — — 49 Tour de France — — — — Vuelta a España — 62 — —