José Adrián Bonilla Bonilla (born April 28, 1978, in

Paraíso, Costa Rica Paraíso () is a district of the Paraíso canton, in the Cartago province of Costa Rica. History It was established in 1823.''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'', 1952 Edition, p. 1428 Geography Paraíso has an area of km² and an elevation ...

) is a

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former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. He competed at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

and the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. He debuted professionally in 2004 with the team

Comunidad Valenciana The Valencian Community ( ca-valencia, Comunitat Valenciana, es, Comunidad Valenciana) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous comm ...

. In 2006, during the

Operación Puerto doping case Operación Puerto (''Operation Mountain Pass'') is the code name of a still unfinished Spanish Police operation against the pro sports doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes. It started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved se ...

, he was identified as the client of a doping traffic network led by

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, under the code name ''Bonilla Alfredo''. Bonilla was not sanctioned by the Spanish government since doping was not a crime at the time. He did not receive any other sanction either since the judge assigned to the case refused to share the case's evidence with the

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or the

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. Spanish court 31 later cleared him and all the other members of Comunidad Valenciana of any involvement in the case. On a document dated 28 July 2006 the court's secretary made clear none of the team members were found guilty of doping.

Major results

;1999 :1st Stage 11

Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica The Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica (''English'': Tour of Costa Rica) is a bicycle racing stage race held annually since 1965 in Costa Rica. The men's Vuelta carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI C ...

;2001 :1st Time Trial Championships ;2002 :1st Stage 10

:1st Overall Vuelta de Higuito :1st Overall Vuelta a Chiriquí ;2003 :1st Overall

::1st Stage 8 :1st Overall Vuelta a Zamora ::1st Stage 2 :1st Overall

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:1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Chiriquí ;2004 :1st Stage 1 GP Estremadura :1st Time Trial Championships ;2008 :1st Stages 10 & 12

:1st Copa Nacional Protecto :1st Overall Clásica Poás :1st Overall Vuelta a Chiriquí ::1st Stages 6, 8 & 9 :1st Stage 3 Vuelta a San Carlos ;2009 :1st Stages 6 & 11

:1st Time Trial Championships :1st Stage 4 Vuelta a San Carlos :1st Prologue Vuelta a Chiriquí ;2010 :1st Time Trial Championships :1st Desafio Powerade :1st

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, Time Trial ;2011 :1st Overall

::1st Stages 7 & 10 :1st Time Trial Championships :1st Stages 5 & 7 Vuelta de Higuito ;2013 :9th Overall

References

1978 births Living people People from Cartago Province Costa Rican male cyclists Pan American Games competitors for Costa Rica Olympic cyclists of Costa Rica Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{CostaRica-cycling-bio-stub