Personal information | |
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Full name | Álvaro Walter Tardáguila Silva |
Nickname | "Coto" |
Born | Uruguay | August 16, 1975
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 150 lb (68 kg) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-Around |
Amateur teams | |
- | Club Ciclista Deportivo San Antonio |
- | Dolores Cycles Club |
- | Alas Rojas de Santa Lucía |
- | Uruguayan National Team |
- | La Polar |
- | UPMC-ACT |
Major wins | |
2005
Vuelta del Uruguay - 1st General Classification 2006 Rutas de America - 1st, stage 2004 Tour de Korea - 1st, stage |
Álvaro Tardáguila Silva (born August 16, 1975) is a Uruguayan professional racing cyclist. Winner of the 2005 edition of his home tour, the Vuelta del Uruguay, Tardáguila is the son of Walter Tardáguila, a 1972 Olympian (cycling road race and team time trial) and also winner of the 1972 edition of the Vuelta Ciclista del Uruguay.
Tardaguila served a two-year ban for doping after testing positive for EPO and an anabolic agent at the 2005 Great Downer Avenue Bike Race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. [1] While announced by USADA in February 2006, [2] the suspension was retroactive to Oct. 17, 2005. [3] Tardáguila last competed for the Club Ciclista Deportivo San Antonio.