fullname ridertype updated proteam birth_place weight majorwins height discipline birth_date nickname proyears role image article_title name
manuel beltrán martinez climbing specialist 28 january 2009 mapei banesto mapei team coast discovery channel liquigas jaén , spain 60 kg lb on volta a catalunya -lrb- 1999 -rrb- 1.78 m ftin 0 on road 28 may 1971 triki , the cookie monster 1995 1999 2000 & ndash ; 2001 2002 & ndash ; & 2003 2003 & ndash ; 2006 2007-2008 ndash ; 1996 1997 & ndash ; rider manuel beltrán.jpg manuel beltrán
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manuel beltrán

manuel beltrán martinez -lrb- born 28 may 1971 -rrb- 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'equipe july 11 , 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 .
his name was also on the list of doping tests published by the french senate in 24 july 2013 that were collected during the 1998 tour de france and found positive for epo when retested in 2004 .
later named in evidence in the 2012 usada report to have done a blood tranfusion apart of the u.s postal team during the 2004 tour de france .
