Iñigo Landaluze

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Landaluze and the second or maternal family name is Intxaurraga.
Iñigo Landaluze
Personal information
Full name Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
Born (1977-05-09) May 9, 1977
Getxo, Spain
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team Suspended
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
20012009 Euskaltel–Euskadi
Major wins
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (2005)
Infobox last updated on
March 21, 2007

Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (born May 9, 1977 in Getxo, Basque Country) is a professional road bicycle racer, currently under suspension.[1] Landaluze turned professional in 2001 with Euskaltel-Euskadi, his present team. Landaluze made his debut in the 2003 Tour de France finishing 101st.

Doping

In 2005 Landaluze made his breakthrough by winning the 2005 Dauphiné Libéré. However his win was clouded in controversy as it was soon announced he had tested positive for abnormally high testosterone and was suspended from racing until his case was heard out. In 2006, however, he was cleared to return to racing after he showed that the lab conducting tests committed procedural errors. The UCI then failed to show that those errors did not affect the outcome of the tests. The CAS panel reviewing the case said that it was "probable" that Landaluze had committed a doping violation, but the UCI had failed to meet its burden of proof in the case. New revisions to the WADA Code would suggest that Landaluze would have lost his case under the new rules.

Iñigo Landaluze was provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union on July 17, 2009 after testing positive for the banned blood booster CERA. Landaluze tested positive during the 2009 Dauphiné-Libéré race in France.[1]

Major Results

2003
101st - Tour de France
2004
52nd - Tour de France
2005
1st - Dauphiné Libéré
100th - Tour de France
2007
2nd, Stage 7 - Tour de France

See also

References

official website: www.inigolandaluze.eu

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