Ricardo Serrano (cyclist)

Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (born 4 August 1978 in Valladolid) is a Spanish retired racing cyclist.

Ricardo Serrano

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez
Born	(1978-08-04) 4 August 1978 (age 47) Valladolid, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team
2003–2004	Labarca–2 Cafés Baqué
2005–2006	Kaiku
2007–2008	Tinkoff Credit Systems
2009	Fuji–Servetto

Doping sanction

Serrano received a two-year sanction after being caught under the UCI's biological passport programme. Evidence against Serrano was based on an abnormal haematological profile and two laboratory reports indicating the detection of CERA in two of his blood samples.^[1] The first anomalies in his passport were from the 2008 season, when Serrano rode for Tinkoff Credit Systems,^[2] while the two CERA positives were from 2009, when he rode for Fuji-Servetto.^[1]

Professional record

• 1st, Stage 1, 2009 Tour de Romandie
• 2007 Giro d'Italia - 102nd
  • 3rd, Stage 16
• Vuelta a La Rioja - 1 stage, GC & Points Classification (2006)
• GP CTT Correios de Portugal - Mountains Classification (2003)