Víctor Hugo Peña

{{short description|Colombian cyclist}}

{{family name hatnote|Peña|Grisales|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Víctor Hugo Peña

| image = Victor Hugo Pena.jpg

| full_name = Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales

| nickname = El Tiburon (the shark)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|07|10}}

| birth_place = Bogotá, Colombia

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 65 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Time trialist, stage races

| amateuryears1 = 2013–2015

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|ECS|2013}}

| proyears1 = 1997–1998

| proteam1 = {{ill|Flavia Telecom|es}}

| proyears2 = 1999–2000

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|VIT|1999}}

| proyears3 = 2001–2004

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|USP|2001}}

| proyears4 = 2005–2006

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|PHO|2005}}

| proyears5 = 2007

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|COS|2007}}

| proyears6 = 2008–2009

| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|RRM|2008}}

| proyears7 = 2010–2011

| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|CEP|2010}}

| proyears8 = 2012

| proteam8 = {{UCI team code|COL|2012}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::1 TTT stage (2003)

:Giro d'Italia

::1 individual stage (2000)

:Vuelta a España

::1 TTT stage (2004)

One-day races and Classics

:Pan American Time Trial Championships (2000)

:National Time Trial Championships (1997)

}}

Víctor Hugo Peña Grisales (born July 10, 1974 in Bogotá) is a Colombian former professional road racing cyclist. He last rode for the {{UCI team code|COL}} professional cycling team.{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=&teamstype=PCT&year=2012&teamnameid=3346&npage=&search=&l=ENG|title=Colombia-Coldeportes (COL) - COL|access-date=9 January 2012|work=UCI Continental Circuits|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407063752/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=&teamstype=PCT&year=2012&teamnameid=3346&npage=&search=&l=ENG|archive-date=7 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} In 2003, Peña became the first Colombian to wear the yellow jersey at the Tour de France. He held the yellow jersey for three days following the 4th, 5th and 6th stages of that year's tour.

Peña's 2003 Tour de France, where he served as a 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 is named after both his father Hugo and the author Victor Hugo. He earned his nickname "El Tiburon" ("the shark") due to his looks and the other sport he excelled at besides cycling – swimming. Peña finished 7th in the 100 meter freestyle Pan American swimming championships for juniors in 1991.

At the end of the season in 2012, Peña retired.[http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/11/news/team-type-1-colombia-mtn-secure-pro-continental-licenses-for-2013_266559 Team Type 1, Colombia, MTN secure Pro Continental licenses for 2013] Later, Pena was implicated in the 2012 USADA Reasoned Report into doping on the US Postal team and was concluded to work with Dr. Michele Ferrari and received blood transfusions during his Tour de France participations.