Álvaro Tardáguila

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Tardáguila and the second or maternal family name is Silva.
Álvaro Tardáguila

Alvaro Tardáguila in 2005
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Walter Tardáguila Silva
Nickname "Coto"
Born (1975-08-16) August 16, 1975
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 team(s)
- 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
Infobox last updated on
September 1, 2009

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

  1. 2003: 3rd in Mount Holly-Smithville (USA)
  2. 2004: 1st in Stage 4 Tour de Korea, Yang Yang (KOR)
  3. 2004: 1st in Murraysville Classic (USA)
  4. 2005: 1st in Stage 5 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado, O'Brien (ARG)
  5. 2005: 1st in Stage 7 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado, Caseros (ARG)
  6. 2005: 1st in General Classification Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay (URU)
  7. 2005: 2nd in Mount Holly-Smithville (USA) (officially removed from race results after testing positive)
  8. 2005: 2nd in General Classification Tour of Christiana (USA)
  9. 2005: 2nd in Univest GP, Criterium (USA)
  10. 2006: 1st in Stage 6 Rutas de America, Tacuarembo (URU)
  11. 2008: 3rd in General Classification Vuelta al Chana (URU)

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