Manuel Beltrán Martinez (born 28 May 1971) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Spain. His finishes in the Tour de France are somewhat misleading as he was a lieutenant for his team leader. He was the team leader for numerous Vuelta a España rides and performed well.
Beltrán tested positive for EPO after the first stage of the 2008 Tour de France, according to L'Équipe 11 July 2008. The same date as the news broke, a spokesman for his team Liquigas said he would be suspended from the team and thrown out of that year's tour. It was later confirmed that his B-sample also tested positive.
Beltrán was suspended for two years. In 2010, he had to pay his former team 100.000 euros because of his positive doping test in the Tour de France.
His name was also on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.
Career achievements Major results
1996 10th Overall Tour de Romandie 1997 4th Overall Vuelta a Aragón 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia 1998 5th Overall Vuelta a Aragón 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia 1999 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 7 (ITT) 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 7th Overall Vuelta a España 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2000 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2001 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 8th Overall Tour de Suisse 2002 2nd Memorial Manuel Galera 3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc 5th Japan Cup 9th Overall Vuelta a España 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2003 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France 3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón 6th Overall Vuelta a España 2004 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Held after Stages 5–7 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France 10th La Flèche Wallonne 10th Klasika Primavera 2005 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 2006 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain 9th Overall Vuelta a España 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2007 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 9th Overall Vuelta a España
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Giro d'Italia28————DNF52———22—— Tour de France—14DNFDNF11——1446DNF—17DNF Vuelta a España——137DNF199613DNF99—
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
See also List of doping cases in cycling
References
External links The Triki Beltrán blog