Career

His name was later tied to the Operation Puerto doping case. Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

World Development = Withdrew.

Achievements

• 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.