Álvaro Tardáguila
Uruguayan cyclist
![]() Alvaro Tardáguila in 2005 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Álvaro Walter Tardáguila Silva |
Nickname | "Coto" |
Born | (1975-08-16) August 16, 1975 (age 49) Uruguay |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-Around |
Amateur teams | |
- | Club Ciclista Deportivo San Antonio |
- | Dolores Cycles Club |
- | Alas Rojas de Santa Lucía |
- | Uruguayan National Team |
- | La Polar |
- | UPMC-ACT |
Major wins | |
2005 Vuelta del Uruguay - 1st General Classification 2006 Rutas de America - 1st, stage 2004 Tour de Korea - 1st, stage | |
Álvaro Tardáguila Silva (born August 16, 1975) is a Uruguayan professional racing cyclist. Winner of the 2005 edition of his home tour, the Vuelta del Uruguay, Tardáguila is the son of Walter Tardáguila, a 1972 Olympian (cycling road race and team time trial) and also winner of the 1972 edition of the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay.
Doping
Tardaguila served a two-year ban for doping after testing positive for EPO and an anabolic agent at the 2005 Great Downer Avenue Bike Race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.[1] While announced by USADA in February 2006,[2] the suspension was retroactive to Oct. 17, 2005.[3] Tardáguila last competed for the Club Ciclista Deportivo San Antonio.
Career highlights
- 2003: 3rd in Mount Holly-Smithville (USA)
- 2004: 1st in Stage 4 Tour de Korea, Yang Yang (KOR)
- 2004: 1st in Murraysville Classic (USA)
- 2005: 1st in Stage 5 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado, O'Brien (ARG)
- 2005: 1st in Stage 7 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado, Caseros (ARG)
- 2005: 1st in General Classification Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay (URU)
- 2005: 2nd in Mount Holly-Smithville (USA) (officially removed from race results after testing positive)
- 2005: 2nd in General Classification Tour of Christiana (USA)
- 2005: 2nd in Univest GP, Criterium (USA)
- 2006: 1st in Stage 6 Rutas de America, Tacuarembo (URU)
- 2008: 3rd in General Classification Vuelta al Chana (URU)
See also
References
External links
- Álvaro Tardáguila at Cycling Archives
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