Manuel Beltrán
- Clasica Ciclista a los Puerto
- Appreciation Tour of Catalonia and a stage
- A stage Basque Country Tour
Manuel Beltrán Martínez, nicknamed Triki, ( born May 28, 1971 in Jaén / Spain ) is a former Spanish cyclist.
Career
The well-known as a good climber Beltrán 1995 professional with Mapei. His only victory he celebrated 1999 at the Tour of Catalonia, where he won a mountain time trial and won the overall classification. Since 2003, he continued after a brief episode with Jan Ullrich at Team Coast in the U.S. U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team (since 2005 Discovery Channel ) and was regarded as one of the important mountain helper of Lance Armstrong.
In the Vuelta a España Beltrán made it three times in a row among the top 10 in the overall standings. His best finish was sixth place in 2003. The best Tour de France he went in 2000 when he finished in eleventh place. His nickname comes from his penchant for Triki crumbly cake: his Spanish colleagues gave him the nickname because the Cookie Monster on Sesame Street in Spain Triki means.
In the 2007 Tour de France, he finished in the final ranking 18th place, the Vuelta a España 2007 he finished in 9th place In the cycling world championships 2007 in Stuttgart Manuel Beltrán reached the 49th place in a large field at the same time gewerteter driver.
Doping
In the 1999 Tour de France Beltrán tested positive for corticosteroids. However, in retrospect, he could resubmit a certificate that allowed him to take the drug.
In 2005, B samples of the Tour de France the years were examined in 1998 and 1999 with a refined method for research on EPO, the samples were anonymized. However, Damien Ressiot of the newspaper L' Équipe she could assign people. Thus, also Manuel Beltrán was doped with EPO. A sanction was not possible in retrospect. The doping allegation was confirmed in an investigation report of the Anti- Doping Commission of the French Senate in July 2013.
In the 2008 Tour de France Beltran had before the first stage medication control sample again increased EPO values . Even before the opening of the B Sample the management of the Liquigas team from the Tour de France pulled him back. This Beltrán was the first doping case of the discharge of 2008.