Eladio Jiménez
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Eladio Jiménez Sánchez |
Born | Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca, Spain | 10 March 1976
Team information | |
Current team | retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1998–2003 | Banesto |
2004–2006 | Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme |
2007 | Karpin-Galicia |
2008 | Fercase-Rota dos Moveis |
2009 | Centro Ciclismo de Loule - Louletano |
Major wins | |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]External links
[edit]- Eladio Jiménez at Cycling Archives