From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spanish cyclist
Eladio Jiménez
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Eladio_JIMENEZ.jpg/110px-Eladio_JIMENEZ.jpg) |
|
Full name | Eladio Jiménez Sánchez |
---|
Born | (1976-03-10) 10 March 1976 (age 48)
Ciudad Rodrigo,
Province of Salamanca,
Spain |
---|
|
Current team | retired |
---|
Discipline | Road |
---|
Role | Rider |
---|
|
1998–2003 | Banesto |
---|
2004–2006 | Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme |
---|
2007 | Karpin-Galicia |
---|
2008 | Fercase-Rota dos Moveis |
---|
2009 | Centro Ciclismo de Loule - Louletano |
---|
|
---|
|
Vuelta a España, 3 stages |
|
---|
Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (born 10 March 1976 in
Ciudad Rodrigo,
Province of Salamanca) is a retired
Spanish professional
road bicycle racer. On 7 December 2009 the
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that Jiménez had tested positive for
erythropoietin (EPO) after winning stage 6 of the 2009
Volta a Portugal.
[1] Three days later he announced his retirement.
[2] He was suspended until 11 August 2011.
Palmarès
- 1994
- 1st, Spanish National Road Championships, Junior road race
- 3rd,
UCI Road World Championships, Junior road race, Quito
- 2000
-
Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 5, Xorret de Catí
- 2001
- 1st, Stage 3,
GP CTT Correios de Portugal, Matosinhos
- 2004
-
Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 10, Xorret de Catí
- 2005
- 1st, Overall,
Euskal Bizikleta
- 1st, Stage 2, Tolosa
-
Vuelta a España
- 1st, Stage 14, Lagos de Covadonga
- 2nd, Mountains classification
- 2006
- 1st, Stage 5,
Troféu Joaquim Agostinho, Torres Vedras
- 2007
- 3rd, Spanish National Road Championships, Elite road race, Cuenca
- 2nd, Overall, Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
- 1st, Stage 2, Alto Montejunto
-
Volta a Portugal
- 2nd, Stage 4, Santo Tirso
- 1st, Stage 6, Sra. da Graça
- 1st, Stage 9, Torre
- 2008
- 1st, Stage 3, Circuit de Lorraine, Gerardmer
- 1st, Stage 2,
GP CTT Correios de Portugal, Seia
- 2009
1st, Stage 6,
Volta a Portugal, 6th overall (annulled after testing positive for EPO)
References
External links