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2008 Vuelta A Burgos
The 2008 Vuelta a Burgos was the 30th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 5 August to 9 August 2008. The race started and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Xabier Zandio Xabier Zandio Echaide (born 17 March 1977) is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . Biography Born in Pamplona, Zandio grew up in a sporting family—one brother is a footballer and another a pelota ... of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta a Burgos 2008 in road cycling 2008 in Spanish sport ...
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Xabier Zandio
Xabier Zandio Echaide (born 17 March 1977) is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTeam . Biography Born in Pamplona, Zandio grew up in a sporting family—one brother is a footballer and another a pelota player—and decided at the age of 17 to become a cyclist rather than work for his parents' butchery business. He began his professional career in 2001 with the team (which was renamed in 2004, and in 2005). After a difficult 2004 season in which injuries drained him physically and emotionally, he returned with a strong performance in the 2005 Tour de France. Finishing in 22nd place overall, he managed 4th in the 18th stage, and 2nd in the 16th, behind Óscar Pereiro. He currently resides in Pamplona and is married with two children. In September 2015 Zandio announced that he would retire from the sport at the end of the 2016 season after he signed a one-year contract extension with . Major results ;2002 :1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a P ...
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Iñigo Landaluze
Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (born May 9, 1977 in Getxo, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2009, entirely for the team. During the 2009 season, Landaluze tested positive for the use of Continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) at the 2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He received a two-year ban for this, and was disqualified from his results at the race. Doping In 2005 Landaluze made his breakthrough by winning the 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. However his win was clouded in controversy as it was soon announced he had tested positive for abnormally high testosterone and was suspended from racing until his case was heard out. In 2006, however, he was cleared to return to racing after he showed that the lab conducting tests committed procedural errors. The UCI then failed to show that those errors did not affect the outcome of the tests. The CAS panel reviewing the case said that ...
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Walter Pedraza
Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (born November 27, 1981 in Soacha) is a Colombian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for Colombian amateur team Team Cartagena. Pedraza is a two-time winner of the Colombian National Road Race Championships in 2005 and 2013. Major results ;2004 : 8th Overall Clásico RCN ;2005 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Colombia ::1st Stage 3 ;2006 : 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Colombia : 5th Overall Tour de Langkawi : 6th Overall Vuelta al Táchira : 7th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile ;2007 : 1st Stage 10 Vuelta al Táchira : 3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi : 4th Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile ::1st Stage 9 ;2008 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos : 8th Overall Tour of Austria ;2009 : 3rd Overall Tour of Bulgaria ;2010 : 2nd Overall Tour of Szeklerland : 4th Overall Tour of Małopolska : 4th Overall Tour des Pyrénées : 6th Overall Tour of Romania : 9th Grand Prix de ...
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2007 Vuelta A Burgos
The 2007 Vuelta a Burgos was the 29th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 14 August to 18 August 2007. The race started in Miranda de Ebro and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Mauricio Soler Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández (born January 14, 1983 in Ramiriquí, Boyacá) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTour team . He competed in the Tour de France for the first time in 2007, winning st ... of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta a Burgos 2007 in road cycling 2007 in Spanish sport ...
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2009 Vuelta A Burgos
The 2009 Vuelta a Burgos was the 31st edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 5 August to 9 August 2009. The race started in Oña and finished at . The race was won by Alejandro Valverde of the team. General classification References {{DEFAULTSORT:2009 Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta a Burgos 2009 in road cycling 2009 in Spanish sport ...
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Vuelta A Burgos
Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day women's stage race, the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, was added that runs in mid-May. The men's race became part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020. Winners men's race Winners women's race References * External links * {{Vuelta a Burgos UCI Europe Tour races Burgos Recurring sporting events established in 1946 1946 establishments in Spain Bur A bur (also spelled burr) is a seed or dry fruit or infructescence that has hooks or teeth. The main function of the bur is to spread the seeds of the bur plant, often through epizoochory. The hooks of the bur are used to catch on to for exam ...
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Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of the Arlanzón river tributaries, at the edge of the central plateau. The municipality has a population of about 180,000 inhabitants. The Camino de Santiago runs through Burgos. Founded in 884 by the second Count of Castile, Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, Burgos soon became the leading city of the embryonic County of Castile. The 11th century chieftain Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (''El Cid'') had connections with the city: born near Burgos, he was raised and educated there. In a long-lasting decline from the 17th century, Burgos became the headquarters of the Francoist proto-government (1936-1939) following the start of the Spanish Civil War. Declared in 1964 as Pole of Industrial Promotion and in 1969 as Pole of Industrial Development, the city h ...
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Julien Loubet
Julien Loubet (born 11 January 1985 in Toulouse) is a French former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2011 and 2015 to 2018 for the , , , and teams. Major results ;2003 : 1st Classique des Alpes Juniors : 2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 9th Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2004 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2008 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos ;2009 : 2nd Overall Route du Sud : 10th Overall Paris–Corrèze ;2010 : 3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo La Tropicale Amissa Bongo is a road cycling race held in Gabon and is part of the UCI Africa Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (U ... ::1st Stage 2 : 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges : 9th Tour du Doubs ;2011 : 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton ;2014 : 1st O ...
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Ezequiel Mosquera
Ezequiel Mosquera Míguez (born 19 November 1975) is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He has finished in the top 5 of the Vuelta a España in all appearances, and finished second in 2010, after putting in a strong time trial and winning the penultimate stage to Bola del Mundo. After testing positive for hydroxyethyl starch in the race, he was suspended by the UCI and his results from the 2010 Vuelta were annulled. 2010 Vuelta a España In the 2010 Vuelta a España, Mosquera initially finished in second place, riding for . After that, he signed a contract with to ride for them in 2011. On September 30, 2010 UCI reported that Mosquera and his teammate David García Dapena tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch during the 2010 Vuelta. Hydroxyethyl starch is associated with endurance athletes trying to cover up erythropoietin Erythropoietin (; EPO), also known as erythropoetin, haematopoietin, or haemopoietin, is a glycoprotein cytokine secreted mainly by the kidneys in ...
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Juan José Cobo
Juan José Cobo Acebo (born 21 February 1981 in Torrelavega, Cantabria) is a retired Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He won the 2011 Vuelta a España as a rider, his first and only major title but in July 2019 he was stripped of this title after being found guilty of doping by the UCI. He was considered a climber who also is able to time trial. On 13 June 2019, the UCI stated that Cobo had been found guilty of a doping violation, based on his biological passport data. Biography In 2003, Cobo won the Spanish under-23 time-trial championships. He was selected for the national team in the European Championships, in Athens in August, and for the World Championships in Hamilton, Canada, in October. At the European Championships, he finished fourth, 30 seconds behind the winner Markus Fothen. At the World Championships, he participated, with Isidro Nozal, in the time-trial in which he took the 33rd place. In September, he joined the professional team Vini Caldirola as ...
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Manuel Vázquez Hueso
Manuel Vázquez Hueso (born 31 March 1981 in Churriana de la Vega, Spain) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. On 26 April 2010 he was provisionally suspended by the UCI for a suspected blood doping offense, after being tested positive for EPO on 20 March 2010 in an out-of-competition control. On 14 January 2011 the Spanish Cycling Federation suspended him for two years, starting 26 April 2010 and all results achieved after 20 March 2010 annulled. Major results ;2003 : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a León ;2004 : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Galicia ;2005 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Tenerife : 10th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura ::1st Stage 5 ;2006 : Vuelta a La Rioja ::1st Stage 3 ::1st Mountains classification : 9th GP Villafranca de Ordizia ;2007 : 1st Overall Volta ao Alentejo ::1st Stage 1 ;2008 : 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall Regio-Tour ::1st Stage 1 : 4th GP Villafranca de Ordizia : 4th Clásica Internacional de Alcoben ...
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Andrei Kunitski
Andrei Kunitski ( be, Андрэй Куніцкі; born 2 July 1984 in Grodno) is a Belarusian professional road bicycle racer. He last rode for UCI ProTeam , having ridden professionally for between 2007 and 2008 and a brief stint for in 2009. Kunitski has won the National Time Trial Championship of Belarus in 2007 and 2008. Palmarès ;2007 : 1st National Time Trial Champion ;2008 : 1st National Time Trial Champion : 1st Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In 2019, a multi-day wo ... External linksProfile on Quick Step's Official Website* Living people 1984 births Belarusian male cyclists Sportspeople from Grodno {{Belarus-cycling-bio-stub ...
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