Iñigo Landaluze

Iñigo Landaluze (2007)

Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (born May 9, 1977 in Getxo ) is a former Spanish cyclist .

Athletic career

Landaluze has been a professional athlete since 2001 and was under contract with the Basque cycling team Euskaltel Euskadi . In 2005 he surprisingly won the UCI Pro Tour cycling race Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré . A doping control during this race showed an increased testosterone level . Landaluze was acquitted by the Spanish cycling federation responsible for the doping procedure, on July 4, 2006 the international cycling federation laid down (UCI) appealed against the acquittal to the international sports court, which was unsuccessful for formal reasons, contrary to the rules, A and B samples were examined by the same laboratory employee.

Since then, Landaluze has not been able to achieve any significant successes. After repeated positive doping tests for erythropoietin analogue CERA at the Dauphiné Libéré in 2009 and a little later during training, Iñigo Landaluze was again banned from the international cycling federation. Landaluze did not deny the offenses, took full responsibility for them and denied the involvement of other drivers or the team. After his suspension, he did not contest any other professional races.

Palmarès

• Overall victory of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2005
• 3rd place on the 10th stage of the Tour de France 2006
• 2nd place on the 11th stage of the Vuelta a España 2006
• 2nd place on the 7th stage of the Tour de France 2007
• 2nd place overall ranking Burgos Tour 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Landaluze escapes doping sanction bbc.co.uk December 20, 2006
2. ↑ Landaluze et Serrano positifs - L'Equipe of July 17, 2009 (French) ( Memento of the original of July 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

Commons : Iñigo Landaluze  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Iñigo Landaluze in the Radsportseiten.net database