Marcos Serrano

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Marcos Serrano (2007)

Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodríguez (born August 9, 1972 in Chapela Redondela , Galicia ) is a former Spanish cyclist .

Career

Serrano started his professional career in 1993 with the Spanish team Kelme . In 1999 he moved to Once-Eroski . He then drove for the successor team Liberty Seguros . In the 2007 season he drove for Karpin Galicia . Then he ended his career.

He was considered a good cyclist and won the Vuelta a Castilla y León (2001) and the Volta a Galicia (1999). With the victory at Milan – Turin in 2004, he also achieved success in an Italian classic; in other one-day races of the UCI ProTour he was occasionally able to place in the top 10. Serrano has taken part in the Tour de France seven times , his greatest success in this bike race was the stage victory of the 18th stage of the Tour de France in 2005 .

doping

In an investigation report by the Anti-Doping Commission of the French Senate in July 2013, Serrano was accused of being among around 60 drivers who, based on follow-up tests in 2004, had doped with the blood formation hormone erythropoietin (EPO for short) at the 1998 Tour de France could be proven. He is also linked to the Fuentes doping scandal .

Palmarès (excerpt)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Also Pantani, Heppner, Cipollini and Jalabert on the EPO list - Ullrich and Zabel doped on the 1998 tour. Report on spox.com, July 24, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Serrano, Marcos
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Serrano Rodríguez, Marcos Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Chapela Redondela