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Personal information | |
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Full name | Eladio Jiménez Sánchez |
Born |
Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca, Spain |
March 10, 1976
Team information | |
Current team | retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team(s) | |
1998–2003 | Banesto |
2004–2006 | Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme |
2007 | Karpin-Galicia |
2008 | Fercase-Rota dos Moveis |
2009 | Centro Ciclismo de Loule - Louletano |
Major wins | |
Vuelta a España, 3 stages |
Eladio Jiménez Sánchez (born March 10, 1976 in Ciudad Rodrigo, Province of Salamanca) is a retired Spanish professional road bicycle racer. On December 7, 2009 the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced that Jiménez had tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) after winning stage 6 of the 2009 Volta a Portugal. Three days later he announced his retirement. He was suspended until August 11, 2011.