Ángel Casero facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Casero and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
 |
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ángel Luis Casero Moreno | ||
| Born | 27 September 1972 Albalat dels Tarongers, Spain |
||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Retired | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Climber | ||
| Major wins | |||
|
|||
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.
Contents
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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- Held
- 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 Tour | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France |
— | — | 29 | DNF | 5 | DNF | DNF | — | 57 | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España |
13 | 24 | DNF | DNF | DNF | 2 | 1 | 6 | DNF | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
In Spanish: Ángel Casero para niños
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Ángel Casero Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.