Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodríguez (born 8 September 1972) is a former professional cyclist from Galicia, Spain. Turning professional in 1994, he joined the Kelme–Xacobeo team and then in 1999 the lottery-sponsored ONCE–Deutsche Bank. 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.
 Serrano at the 2005 Tour de France | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodríguez |
| Born | 8 September 1972 Redondela, Province of Pontevedra, Spain |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber/Breakaway specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1994–1998 | Kelme–Avianca–Gios |
| 1999–2006 | ONCE–Deutsche Bank |
| 2007 | Karpin–Galicia |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
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.[1]
Major results
edit- 1989
- 1st Overall Vuelta al Besaya
- 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
edit| Grand Tour | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | DNF | 25 | DNF | 9 | 33 | 68 | 54 | 40 | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
41 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 34 | DNF | — | 38 | 14 | 12 | 19 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
editExternal links
edit- Marcos Serrano at UCI
- Marcos Serrano at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Marcos Serrano at ProCyclingStats
- Marcos Serrano at Cycling Quotient
- Marcos Serrano at CycleBase
   | This biographical article related to a Spanish cycling person born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |