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Ángel Casero

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Ángel Casero
Personal information
Full nameÁngel Luis Casero Moreno
Born (1972-09-27) 27 September 1972 (age 52)
Albalat dels Tarongers, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
1993–1997Banesto
1998–1999Vitalicio Seguros
2000–2001Festina
2002–2003Team Coast
2004–2005Comunidad Valenciana–Kelme
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
General classification (2001)

Single-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1998, 1999)

Ángel Luis Casero Moreno (born 27 September 1972 in Albalat dels Tarongers, Province of Valencia) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1994 and 2005.

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

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Major results

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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
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
3rd Clásica 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
4th Overall Deutschland Tour
2001
1st Overall Vuelta a España
2002
4th Memorial Manuel Galera
6th Overall Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia
A yellow jersey Tour de France 29 DNF 5 DNF DNF 57
A yellow jersey/A gold jersey Vuelta a España 13 24 DNF DNF DNF 2 1 6 DNF DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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