Eladio Jiménez
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eladio Jiménez Sánchez |
| Born | 10 March 1976 Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca, Spain |
| 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[]
- 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[]
- Eladio Jiménez at Cycling Archives
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- Living people
- People from Ciudad Rodrigo
- Cyclists from Castile and León
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