Ángel Casero
Ángel Luis Casero Moreno (born September 27, 1972 in Albalat dels Tarongers, Province of Valencia) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1994 and 2005.
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Ángel Luis Casero Moreno |
Born | Albalat dels Tarongers, Spain | September 27, 1972
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Climber |
Professional teams | |
1993–1997 | Banesto |
1998–1999 | Vitalicio Seguros |
2000–2001 | Festina |
2002–2003 | Team Coast |
2004–2005 | Comunidad Valenciana–Kelme |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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His first win was at the 1995 Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama followed by the 1997 Vuelta a Castilla y León. In 1998 and 1999, he was Spanish national champion; in 1999, he finished fifth in the Tour de France. He finished second in the Vuelta a España in 2000 and won it in 2001. His name was later tied to the Operation Puerto doping case.
Career achievements
Major results
- 1993
- 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1994
- 1st
Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
- 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1995
- 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1996
- 8th Overall Critérium International
- 1997
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1998
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 3rd Subida a Urkiola
- 7th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 10th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- 1999
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 3rd Clasica a los Puertos
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Prologue
- 9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
- 2000
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 10–12
- Held
- 4th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 2001
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a España
- 2002
- 4th Memorial Manuel Galera
- 6th Overall Vuelta a España
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