Manuel Beltrán

Manuel Beltrán

Personal information
Full name	Manuel Beltrán Martinez
Nickname	Triki, The Cookie Monster
Born	May 28, 1971 (1971-05-28) (age 40) Jaén, Spain
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	60 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
1995–1996 1997–1999 2000–2001 2002–2003 2003–2006 2007-2008	Mapei Banesto Mapei Team Coast Discovery Channel Liquigas
Major wins
Volta a Catalunya (1999)
Infobox last updated on 28 January 2009

Manuel Beltrán Martinez (born 28 May 1971) is a professional road bicycle racer from Spain. Beltrán won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19. His finishes in the Tour de France are somewhat misleading as he was a lieutenant for his team leader. He was the team leader for numerous Vuelta a España rides and performed well.

Beltrán tested positive for EPO after the first stage of the 2008 Tour de France, according to L'Equipe July 11, 2008. The same date as the news broke, a spokesman for his team Liquigas said he would be suspended from the team and thrown out of that year's tour.^[1] It was later confirmed that his B-sample also tested positive.^[2]

Beltrán was suspended for two years.^[3] In 2010, Beltrán had to pay his former team 100.000 euros because of his positive doping test in the Tour de France.^[4]

Palmarès

1994

Volta a Lleida

1999 - Banesto

Volta a Catalunya

1st, Overall

2000 - Mapei

Volta a Catalunya

3rd, Overall

2003 - US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor

Tour de France

1st, Stage 4, Team Time Trial

Vuelta a España

6th, Overall

2004 - US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor

Tour de France

1st, Stage 4, Team Time Trial

Vuelta a España

1st, Stage 1, Team Time Trial

19th, Overall

2005 - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

Tour de France

1st, Stage 4, Team Time Trial

2006 - Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team

Vuelta a España

9th, Overall

2007 - Liquigas

Vuelta al País Vasco 2007 stage 2

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

References

1. ^ "Doping agency: Beltran positive for EPO". google.com. AP. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j99v8lGDDLVr7JnBjqOPuu0iupiwD91RQJG01. Retrieved 2008-07-11. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "A source says Manuel Beltran's B-sample from the Tour de France contains EPO.". google.com. VeloNews. http://velonews.com/article/82727/a-source-says-manuel-beltran-s-b-sample-from-the-tour-de. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 
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4. ^ [2]

External links

• The Triki Beltrán blog
• Manuel Beltrán at Trap-Friis.dk
• Manuel Beltrán profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Beltrán, Manuel
Alternative names	Beltrán Martinez, Manuel
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1971-05-28
Place of birth	Jaén, Spain
Date of death
Place of death