Manuel Beltrán

Manuel Beltrán Martinez (born 28 May 1971) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Spain. His finishes in the Tour de France are somewhat misleading as he was a lieutenant for his team leader. He was the team leader for numerous Vuelta a España rides and performed well.

Beltrán tested positive for EPO after the first stage of the 2008 Tour de France, according to L'Équipe 11 July 2008. The same date as the news broke, a spokesman for his team Liquigas said he would be suspended from the team and thrown out of that year's tour. It was later confirmed that his B-sample also tested positive.

Beltrán was suspended for two years. In 2010, he had to pay his former team 100.000 euros because of his positive doping test in the Tour de France.

His name was also on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.

Major results

 * 1996
 * 10th Overall Tour de Romandie


 * 1997
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
 * 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 10th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia


 * 1998
 * 5th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia


 * 1999
 * 1st MaillotVolta.png Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 1st Stage 7 (ITT)
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 5th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
 * 7th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Burgos


 * 2000
 * 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a Burgos


 * 2001
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
 * 3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
 * 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
 * 8th Overall Tour de Suisse


 * 2002
 * 2nd Memorial Manuel Galera
 * 3rd Overall Escalada a Montjuïc
 * 5th Japan Cup
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía


 * 2003
 * 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a España


 * 2004
 * Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
 * Held Jersey gold.svg after Stages 5–7
 * 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
 * 10th La Flèche Wallonne
 * 10th Klasika Primavera


 * 2005
 * 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
 * 6th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 8th Overall Tour de Romandie


 * 2006
 * 4th Overall Tour de l'Ain
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a España
 * 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía


 * 2007
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country
 * 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
 * 9th Overall Vuelta a España