Román Villalobos
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Román Villalobos Solís |
| Born | 24 June 1990 Heredia, Costa Rica[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Provisionally suspended |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012 | Koplad–Uni2 |
| 2013 | Telco'm–Conor |
| 2014 | JPS–Giant |
| 2015 | Nestlé–Giant |
| Professional teams | |
| 2016–2017 | Canel's–Specialized |
| 2017 | LA Alumínios / Metalusa Blackjack |
| 2018–2019 | Canel's–Specialized |
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]
Major results[edit]
- 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
- 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[edit]
- ^ Profile at Sitio de Ciclismo.net
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica: Individual Road Race - 22 Dec 2017". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Vuelta Ciclista Internacional a Costa Rica: Individual Road Race - 27 Dec 2017". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
External links[edit]
- Román Villalobos at ProCyclingStats
