Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodríguez (born 8 September 1972) is a former professional cyclist from Galicia, Spain. Turning professional in 1994, he joined the team and then in 1999 the lottery-sponsored . He remained part of the same team when in 2004 sponsorship and name passed to Liberty Seguros-Würth and in 2006, as the Astana-Würth Team.
His most notable wins were the 2004 Milano–Torino and the 18th stage of the 2005 Tour de France. His best overall classification in the Tour de France was a ninth-place finish in 2001.
His name was 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.
Major results
1989 1st Overall 1995 2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 5th Subida al Naranco 9th Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros 1996 3rd Subida al Naranco 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias 10th Overall Escalada a Montjuich 1997 3rd Overall Vuelta a La Rioja 4th Road race, National Road Championships 8th Overall Giro d'Italia 8th Overall Vuelta a España 1998 (1 pro win) 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 3rd Overall Tour of Galicia 10th Overall Vuelta a España 1999 (2) 1st Overall Tour of Galicia 1st Stage 5 2000 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya 2001 (1) 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Volta a Catalunya 3rd Overall Tour of the Basque Country 6th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 9th Overall Tour de France 2002 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France 2nd GP Miguel Induráin 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta 5th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre 2003 (1) 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 2nd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama 9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 2004 (1) 1st Milano–Torino 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 4th Subida a Urkiola 4th Clásica de San Sebastián 8th La Flèche Wallonne 2005 1st Stage 18 Tour de France 7th Overall Escalada a Montjuich 2007 6th Subida al Naranco 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Giro d'Italia———8————————DNF Tour de France————DNF25DNF933685440— Vuelta a España41111181034DNF—38141219—
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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