Aitor González
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Aitor González Jiménez (born February 27, 1975 in Zumárraga, Basque Country), is a former professional Spanish road bicycle racer, currently banned for two years for taking performance enhancing drugs.
He turned professional in 1998 with Avianca-Telecom; his last team was the Euskaltel-Euskadi team. He won the 2002 Vuelta a España with Team Kelme, after attacking his teammate leading the race, and is the 2005 winner of the UCI ProTour race Tour de Suisse. He also won 3 stages of 2002 Vuelta a España, 2 stages of 2002 Giro a Italia, 1 stage of 2003 Giro a Italia and 1 stage of 2004 Tour de France.
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Successes of González include:
- 1st in the overall classification of the Tour de Suisse in 2005.
- 1st on stage 14 of the 2004 Tour de France
- 1st in the overall classification of the Vuelta a España in 2002.
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| Preceded by Ángel Casero |
Winner of the Vuelta a España 2002 |
Succeeded by Roberto Heras |
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| NAME | González, Aitor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | González Jiménez, Aitor |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Road racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1975-02-27 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zumárraga, Basque Country, Spain |
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