Isidro Nozal

Isidro Nozal Vega (born 18 October 1977) is a former Spanish professional road racing cyclist. Nozal was runner-up in the 2003 Vuelta a España and an instrumental domestique in Roberto Heras' 2004 Vuelta a España win.

Isidro Nozal
Personal information
Full nameIsidro Nozal
Born (1977-10-18) 18 October 1977
Barakaldo, Spain
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1999–2006ONCE–Deutsche Bank
2007Astana
2008–2009Karpin–Galicia

Doping

In 2005, Vega was suspended for two weeks after being tested with a hematocrit level above 50 before the start of Dauphine Libere.[1] In 2006, he was initially implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case, but was cleared of any wrongdoing by Spanish officials.[2] He later admitted his involvement, saying he did three blood transfusions with Fuentes in the season before the 2005 Dauphine Libere, but denying he doped.[3] For the 2008 and 2009 seasons Nozal rode for the Portuguese Pro Continental team of Liberty Seguros.[4] In September 2009 Nozal and two teammates (Nuno Ribeiro and Hector Guerra) were announced to have tested positive for EPO-CERA in samples taken for the previous month's Tour of Portugal.[5] Liberty Seguros immediately announced that it would cease sponsorship of the team and its participation in cycling. Ribeiro's win was withdrawn and the second-placed rider, Spain's David Blanco, was elevated to the overall win. Nozal, Ribeiro, and Guerra all received two-year suspensions from cycling.[6]

Career achievements

Major results

2001
6th Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja
2002
1st Stage 3 Clasica de Alcobendas
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos
4th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y Leon
7th Overall Deutschland Tour
2003
2nd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 6 (ITT) & 13
Held after Stages 4–19
4th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
6th Overall Deutschland Tour
2004
7th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Subida al Naranco

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Giro d'Italia 68
Tour de France 38 72 73
Vuelta a España 2 7 DNF

DNF = did not finish

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.