José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña (born 18 June 1974) is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights include second place overall at the 2006 Giro d'Italia, winning a stage of the Vuelta a España and two stages at the Dauphiné Libéré.

José Enrique Gutiérrez
Personal information
Full nameJosé Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña
Born (1974-06-18) 18 June 1974 (age 50)
Valencia, Spain
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional teams
1998–2003Kelme–Costa Blanca
2004–2006Phonak
2007–2008Team LPR
2009–2010Rock Racing
2011–2012Gobernación de Antioquia–Indeportes Antioquia
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2004)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (1997)

Gutiérrez's name was brought up in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case, and he was immediately made "non-active" (although not, according to team manager John Lelangue, suspended or fired) and so did not compete in any further events in 2006. Due to the Floyd Landis doping case of the 2006 Tour de France, Phonak withdrew their sponsorship of the team and it hence folded. Gutiérrez then moved down a division to Team LPR.

In 2010, Gutiérrez retired,[1] but later came out of retirement to ride for Gobernación de Antioquia–Indeportes Antioquia in 2011.[2]

Major results

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1997
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
2000
Giro d'Italia
Held   after Stage 8
2001
5th Gran Premio de Llodio
2002
1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
4th Classique des Alpes
6th Paris–Tours
2003
3rd Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
2004
1st Stage 20 Vuelta a Espana
3rd Classique des Alpes
6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st   Combination classification
1st Stage 2
6th Overall Clásica Internacional de Alcobendas
2005
5th Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
2006
2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
4th Overall Tour de Georgia
2007
5th Monte Paschi Eroica
5th Grand Prix de Wallonie
6th Grand Prix de Fourmies
2009
7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
10th Overall Vuelta Mexico Telmex
2011
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Vuelta a Colombia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
  Giro d'Italia DNF DNF 2
  Tour de France 25 29 41 28 49
 /  Vuelta a España 36 DNF DNF 34 31 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "José Enrique Gutiérrez opts for retirement". Cyclingnews. 6 March 2010.
  2. ^ Cossins, Peter (28 February 2011). "Gutierrez comes out of retirement". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
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