Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (born 4 August 1978 in
Valladolid) is a Spanish retired
racing cyclist.
Doping sanction
Serrano received a two-year sanction after being caught under the UCI's
biological passport 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
Tinkoff Credit Systems () was a professional continental cycling team based in Italy that had UCI Professional Continental status, raced in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was financed ...
,
[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.
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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 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 finishes, of which one wa ...
- 102nd
** 3rd, Stage 16
* Vuelta a La Rioja - 1 stage, GC & Points Classification (2006)
* GP CTT Correios de Portugal
The GP CTT Correios de Portugal is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Portugal. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...
- Mountains Classification (2003)
References
Spanish male cyclists
1978 births
Living people
Doping cases in cycling
Sportspeople from Valladolid
Spanish sportspeople in doping cases
Cyclists from Castile and León
20th-century Spanish people
21st-century Spanish people
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