Iñigo Landaluze

      Iñigo Landaluze
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      Personal information
      Full name Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
      Born (1977-05-09) May 9, 1977 (age 36)
       Spain
      Height 1.78 m
      Weight 65 kg
      Team information
      Current team Suspended
      Discipline Road
      Role Rider
      Professional team(s)
      2001–2009 Euskaltel-Euskadi
      Major wins
      Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (2005)

      Infobox last updated on
      March 21, 2007

      Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (born May 9, 1977 in Getxo, Basque Country) is a professional road bicycle racer, currently under suspension.[1] Landaluze turned professional in 2001 with Euskaltel-Euskadi, his present team. Landaluze made his debut in the 2003 Tour de France finishing 101st.

      Doping

      In 2005 Landaluze made his breakthrough by winning the 2005 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 it was "probable" that Landaluze had committed a doping violation, but the UCI had failed to meet its burden of proof in the case. New revisions to the WADA Code would suggest that Landaluze would have lost his case under the new rules.

      Iñigo Landaluze was provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union on July 17, 2009 after testing positive for the banned blood booster CERA. Landaluze tested positive during the 2009 Dauphiné-Libéré race in France.[1]

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      Major Results

      2003
      101st - Tour de France
      2004
      52nd - Tour de France
      2005
      1st - Dauphiné Libéré
      100th - Tour de France
      2007
      2nd, Stage 7 - Tour de France
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      External links

      official website: www.inigolandaluze.eu

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      Last modified on 24 March 2013, at 03:26