Paúl Alberto Torres García (born November 21, 1983, in
Caracas
Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern p ...
) is a retired
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
n professional
racing cyclist
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. In 2006, while racing for the Gobernaciòn del Zulia-Alcaldia de Cabimas cycling team, he was excluded from racing in the
Vuelta a Colombia
The (Spanish for ''Tour of Colombia'') is an annual cycling road race, run over many stages throughout different regions in Colombia and sometimes Venezuela and Ecuador during the first days of August. It is organized by the Colombian Cyclin ...
for having high
haematocrit
The hematocrit () (Ht or HCT), also known by several other names, is the volume percentage (vol%) of red blood cells (RBCs) in blood, measured as part of a blood test. The measurement depends on the number and size of red blood cells. It is nor ...
numbers.
Career
;2004
: 1st in Stage 4
Tour de la Guadeloupe
The Tour de Guadeloupe (; ) is an annual men's multiple stage road bicycle race held each August in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
Founded in 1948 under the name Tour Cycliste de la Guadeloupe, this elite men's competition opened of ...
,
Vieux-Habitants
Vieux-Habitants (, French for ''Old Inhabitants''; ) is a commune on Guadeloupe, a French overseas department in the Caribbean. It is located on the southwest coast of the island of Basse-Terre.
History
This is the oldest parish, founded in 163 ...
(GUA)
;2005
: 1st in Stage 2 Vuelta Internacional al Estado Trujillo, Betijoque (VEN)
: 1st in Stage 3 Vuelta Internacional al Estado Trujillo, Circuito El Dividive-Sabana de Mendoza (VEN)
;2006
: 1st in Stage 6 Vuelta Internacional al Estado Trujillo, Bocono (VEN)
: 1st in Stage 8 Vuelta Internacional al Estado Trujillo (VEN)
: 2nd in General Classification Vuelta Internacional al Estado Trujillo (VEN)
;2008
: 1st in Stage 7
Vuelta al Táchira
The Vuelta ciclista al Táchira (''English'': Tour of Táchira) is a multi-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually each January since 1966 in the state of Táchira (state), Táchira in western Venezuela. The Vuelta al Táchira is part of ...
, El Vígia (VEN)
References
External links
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1983 births
Living people
Venezuelan male cyclists
Cyclists from Caracas
Tour de Guadeloupe stage winners
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