Mauricio Ardila

Mauricio Ardila behind Stefan Schumacher on the final climb of the Lower Saxony Tour 2005

Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (born May 21, 1979 in Yarumal ) is a Colombian cyclist .

Ardila received his first contract with an international cycling team at Marlux-Ville de Charleroi . He won stages of the Tour de l'Avenir , the Tour of Sweden and the Tour of Britain for this team . In 2005 the Colombian switched to the UCI ProTeam Davitamon-Lotto and won a stage in the Lower Saxony Tour and the mountain classification . He also finished eighth in the Vuelta a España in 2005 . From 2006 to 2010 he drove for the ProTeam Rabobank and 2011 for the ProTeam Geox-TMC ; then for smaller teams. From 2004 to 2011 he took part in the Giro d'Italia eight times in a row , with 15th place in 2010 being his best result in the overall ranking of this tour .

In the course of the doping investigation by the Public Prosecutor of Padua at the end of 2014, he was suspected of having been a customer of the controversial sports medicine specialist Michele Ferrari .

Mauricio Ardila is a cousin of cyclist Alex Cano .

successes

Grand Tour	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Giro d'Italia	31	27	98	67	115	41	15th	122
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	-	8th	67	67	139	-	120	DNF

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

^ Gazetta dello Sport: Systematic doping in Astana. radsport-news.com, December 10, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Ardila, Mauricio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ardila Cano, Mauricio Alberto (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Colombian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 21, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Yarumal