# Iván Sosa

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

## 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. His father, who is a cycling fan, chose the name Iván for his son after Iván Parra, a Colombian cyclist whom he admired. He is the cousin of professional cyclist Jhojan García, and a close friend of fellow Colombian cyclist Egan Bernal. 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 Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec beginning with the 2017 season.
In January 2018, he took his first victory as a professional by winning the 4th stage of the Vuelta al Táchira. His real breakthrough came the following month though, when he finished an impressing 6th overall in the inaugural edition of the Colombian stage race Colombia Oro y Paz. In April, he was part of the team's line-up for the Tour of the Alps and wore the overall leader's jersey after finishing 3rd on the first two mountain stages, ahead of riders such as Chris Froome, Thibaut Pinot and Fabio Aru, 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 Trek–Segafredo, 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. Acquadro took over representation of Sosa, informing Trek that he would not be riding for the team. Androni reimbursed Trek for the release clause and in late November 2018, Cyclingnews.com announced that Sosa would sign for Team Sky on a three-year deal.

### Team Sky

In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia. 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

    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

    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

    1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Burgos

### 2021

    1st Overall Tour de la Provence
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 3

### 2022

    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

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | 44 | — | — | 49 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | 62 | — | — |