Román Villalobos Solís (born 24 June 1990) is a Costa Rican cyclist, who is provisionally suspended from the sport after taking blood transfusions and a positive anti-doping test for androgen and anabolic steroid metandienone at the 2018 Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica.[2]

Román Villalobos
Personal information
Full nameRomán Villalobos Solís
Born (1990-06-24) 24 June 1990 (age 34)
Heredia, Costa Rica[1]
Team information
Current teamProvisionally suspended
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2012Koplad–Uni2
2013Telco'm–Conor
2014JPS–Giant
2015Nestlé–Giant
Professional teams
2016–2017Canel's–Specialized
2017LA Alumínios / Metalusa Blackjack
2018–2019Canel's–Specialized

Major results

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2012
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Young rider classification
3rd Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
1st Young rider classification
2014
4th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stage 5
2015
1st Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
1st Stage 3
2nd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stage 8
2016
1st Overall Vuelta a Guatemala
1st Stage 5
3rd Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 5 & 6 (ITT)
3rd Gran Premio de San José
5th Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
9th Overall Tour de San Luis
2017
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Stages 5 (ITT),[3] 7 & 10[4]
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2018
Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 6 & 7
1st Stage 2 Tour de San Luis
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Road race, Central American and Caribbean Games

References

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  1. ^ Profile at Sitio de Ciclismo.net
  2. ^ Reza, Rebecca (6 August 2019). "Lifting the fog on Costa Rican doping controversies". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 March 2020. After this story was published in VeloNews magazine, it was announced by the UCI that Villalobos tested positive for blood transfusions and methandienone [sic], a banned substance, at the Vuelta.
  3. ^ "Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica: Individual Road Race - 22 Dec 2017". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica: Individual Road Race - 27 Dec 2017". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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