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| Full name | Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales | ||
| Nickname | El Tiburon (the shark) | ||
| Born | July 10, 1974 Colombia |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 11) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 Ibs) | ||
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| Current team | Café de Colombia-Colombia es Pasión | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Timetrialist, stageracer | ||
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| Infobox last updated on June 30, 2008 |
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Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales (born July 10, 1974 in Bogotá) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist. He is named after both his father Hugo and the more famous author Victor Hugo. He rides for the Rock Racing professional cycling team. In 2003, Peña became the first Colombian to wear the maillot jaune at the Tour de France.
Peña's 2003 Tour de France, where he served as domestique for Lance Armstrong, is described in detail in Matt Rendell's book 'A Significant Other'. The book also describes the rider's amateur and early professional career.
He earned his nickname "El Tiburon" due to his looks and to the sport he was good at apart from cycling, swimming. Peña was 7th in the 100 meter freestyle Pan American swimming championships for juniors in 1991.