Alejandro Marque Explained

Alejandro Marque
Fullname:	Alejandro Manuel Marque Porto
Birth Date:	23 October 1981
Birth Place:	Pontevedra, Spain
Height:	1.82 m
Weight:	68 kg
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Amateuryears1:	2014
Amateurteam1:	Super Froiz
Proyears1:	2004–2005
Proyears2:	2006–2007
Proyears3:	2008–2010
Proyears4:	2011
Proyears5:	2012
Proyears6:	2013
Proyears7:	2015
Proyears8:	2016
Proyears9:	2017–
Proteam9:	^[1]

Alejandro Manuel Marque Porto (born 23 October 1981 in Pontevedra) is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .^[2]

Career

Marque was in fine form at the 2013 Volta a Portugal, winning the ninth stage, a 35.6km (22.1miles) individual time trial, before winning the race overall. This earned him a contract with the for the 2014 season.^[3] However, Marque tested positive for betamethasone during the race. Marque claimed that the UCI had known about the use of the substance as he had used in the days leading up to the race to treat a bad knee. The result still stands, but Marque never went to the as a clause in the contract he had signed allowed the team to terminate the contract if there were any problems with doping.^[4]

Major results

2006

9th Overall Vuelta a Extremadura

2007

10th Overall Volta ao Distrito de Santarém

2008

8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

2009

1st Stage 4 Grande Prémio Crédito Agrícola de Costa Azul

7th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

8th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

9th Overall Volta ao Algarve

2010

2nd Overall Volta ao Alentejo

2011

3rd Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

2012

1st Stage 9 (ITT) Volta a Portugal

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 1

2013

1st Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stage 9 (ITT)

3rd Overall Volta ao Alentejo

2015

3rd Overall Volta a Portugal

9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

2017

5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

5th Overall Volta a Portugal

2018

1st Overall Tour of China II

7th Overall Tour of China I

2019

7th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

8th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho

2020

8th Overall Volta a Portugal

2021

3rd Overall Volta a Portugal

1st Stage 3

Notes and References

Web site: Atum General / Tavira / Maria Nova Hotel. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 29 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200229191938/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14239/1000518/257. 29 February 2020.
Web site: Atum General/Tavira/Maria Nova Hotel. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210216224727/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15834/1000518/276. 16 February 2021.
News: Marque to Movistar in 2014. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 August 2013. 29 February 2020.
News: Volta a Portugal winner Alex Marque tests positive. José. Been. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 13 December 2013. 29 February 2020.