Santiago Pérez (cyclist)

Santiago Pérez
Personal information
Full name Santiago Pérez Fernández
Nickname Santi Pérez
Born August 5, 1977 (1977-08-05) (age 34)
Vega de Peridiello, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Weight 61 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team Barbot-Efapel
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
2001
2002
2003-2004
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011-		 Barbot-Torrie
Kelme-Costa Blanca
Phonak Hearing Systems
Relax-GAM
C.C.Loulé
Madeinox-Boavista
Loulé-Louletano
Barbot-Efapel
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
3 Individual Stages (2004)

Single-Day Races and Classics

Subida al Naranco (2010)
GP Llodio (2011)
Infobox last updated on
July 25, 2011
This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Pérez and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Santiago Pérez Fernández (born 5 August 1977 in Vega de Peridiello, Asturias) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for Barbot-Efapel.

In March 2005, it was announced that he would be suspended for 2 years after having failed a test for homologous blood transfusion during the 2004 Vuelta a España. He returned to cycling in 2007 with Relax-GAM.[1] [2]

Palmarés

2001

1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Navarra
1st Stage 7 Volta a Portugal

2002

4th Overall Tour de Romandie

2004

2nd Overall Vuelta a España
1st Stage 14, 15 and 21

2008

11th Overall Volta a Portugal

2010

1st Subida al Naranco
13th Overall Volta a Portugal

2011

1st GP Llodio

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Giro DNF - - - - - - - - -
Tour DNF - 49 - - - - - - -
Vuelta - 44 2 - - 65 - - -

References

  1. ^ "Perez to be banned for two years". CyclingNews. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/perez-to-be-banned-for-two-years. Retrieved 30 April 2010. 
  2. ^ "Spanish cyclist Perez banned for blood doping". BNet. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200503/ai_n13269084/. Retrieved 30 April 2010.