Ángel Casero Explained

Ángel Casero
Fullname:Ángel Luis Casero Moreno
Birth Date:27 September 1972
Birth Place:Albalat dels Tarongers, Spain
Weight:740NaN0
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Proyears1:1993–1997
Proyears2:1998–1999
Proyears3:2000–2001
Proyears4:2002–2003
Proyears5:2004–2005
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Vuelta a España

General classification (2001)Single-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1998, 1999)

Ángel Luis Casero Moreno (born 27 September 1972 in Albalat dels Tarongers, Province of Valencia) is a retired Spanish road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1994 and 2005.

His first win was at the 1995 Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama followed by the 1997 Vuelta a Castilla y León. In 1998 and 1999, he was Spanish national champion; in 1999, he finished fifth in the Tour de France. He finished second in the Vuelta a España in 2000 and won it in 2001. His name was later tied to the Operation Puerto doping case.

Career achievements

Major results

1993
  • 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    1994
  • 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a Mallorca
  • 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    1995
  • 1st Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    1996
  • 8th Overall Critérium International
    1997
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
  • 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
  • 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
    1998
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 3rd Time trial
  • 3rd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
  • 3rd Subida a Urkiola
  • 7th Clásica de San Sebastián
  • 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 10th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
    1999
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 3rd Clásica a los Puertos
  • 5th Overall Tour de France
  • 5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
  • 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Prologue
  • 9th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
    2000
  • 2nd Overall Vuelta a España
  • Held after Stages 10–12
  • 4th Overall Deutschland Tour
    2001
  • 1st Overall Vuelta a España
    2002
  • 4th Memorial Manuel Galera
  • 6th Overall Vuelta a España

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005
    Giro d'Italia
    Tour de France29DNF5DNFDNF57
    / Vuelta a España1324DNFDNFDNF2bgcolor=gold 16DNFDNF

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