Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (born 4 August 1978 in

Valladolid Valladolid ( ; ) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and ''de facto'' capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the pr ...

) is a Spanish retired

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Doping sanction

Serrano received a two-year sanction after being caught under the UCI's

biological passport An athlete biological passport is an individual electronic record for professional athletes, in which profiles of biological markers of doping and results of doping tests are collated over a period of time. Doping violations can be detected by ...

programme. Evidence against Serrano was based on an abnormal haematological profile and two laboratory reports indicating the detection of CERA in two of his blood samples. The first anomalies in his passport were from the 2008 season, when Serrano rode for Tinkoff Credit Systems,Gregor Brown
UCI names first five biological passport violators
cyclingnews.com, 17 June 2009 while the two CERA positives were from 2009, when he rode for Fuji-Servetto.

Professional record

* 1st, Stage 1,

2009 Tour de Romandie The 2009 Tour de Romandie (63rd Edition) cycling road race started on 28 April and finished on 3 May in Switzerland. It was the 6th event in the 2009 UCI ProTour, and the 12th event in the World Calendar. In addition to the 18 ProTour teams, gu ...

2007 Giro d'Italia The 2007 Giro d'Italia was the 90th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It took place from 12 May to 3 June 2007. The race began in Sardinia and finished in Milan, and featured five mountain top fini ...

- 102nd ** 3rd, Stage 16 *

Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja () is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were int ...

- 1 stage, GC & Points Classification (2006) * GP CTT Correios de Portugal - Mountains Classification (2003)

References

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* Spanish male cyclists 1978 births Living people Doping cases in cycling Sportspeople from Valladolid Cyclists from the Province of Valladolid Spanish sportspeople in doping cases 20th-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-cycling-bio-1970s-stub