Igor Merino
Personal information | |
---|---|
Full name | Igor Merino Cortazar |
Born | Balmaseda, Spain | 16 October 1990
Team information | |
Current team | Suspended |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Professional teams | |
2012–2013 | Orbea |
2014–2018 | Burgos BH |
Igor Merino Cortazar (born 16 October 1990 in Balmaseda) is a Spanish cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport after a positive drugs test for human growth hormone (HGH).[1][2]
His younger sister Eider is also a professional cyclist.
Doping suspension[]
In July 2018, Merino was provisionally suspended by the UCI after testing positive to human growth hormone in an out of competition doping test on 13 June 2018. He was suspended for four years, lasting until June 2022.[1]
Major results[]
- 2017
- 4th Tour du Jura
References[]
- ^ a b "Burgos-BH's Igor Merino suspended for growth hormone". 20 July 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ "Burgos-BH, 17 corridori per il 2019" [Burgos-BH, 17 riders for 2019]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
External links[]
- Igor Merino at ProCyclingStats
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Spanish male cyclists
- Cyclists from the Basque Country (autonomous community)
- Doping cases in cycling
- Sportspeople from Biscay
- People from Enkarterri
- Spanish cycling biography, 1990s birth stubs