Ángel Luis Casero Moreno (born September 27, 1972 in Albalat dels Tarongers

Albalat dels Tarongers

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, Province of Valencia) is a retired Spanish

Spain

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 road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1994 and 2005.

His first win was at the 1995 Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama is a professional cycle road race held in the Sierra de Guadarrama, Spain in late August each year. The event was first run in 1978 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour-Winners:...

 followed by the 1997 Vuelta a Castilla y León

Vuelta a Castilla y León

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. In 1998 and 1999, he was Spanish national champion; in 1999, he finished fifth in the Tour de France

Tour de France

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. He finished second in the Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

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 in 2000

2000 Vuelta a España

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 and won it in 2001

2001 Vuelta a España

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Major results

1995

• Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

1997

• 1st Overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León
  Vuelta a Castilla y León
  The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Past winners:-External links:*...
  
  

1998 National Road Race Champion
1999 National Road Race Champion

• 1st, Stage, Volta a Catalunya

2000

• 2nd Overall, Vuelta a España
  Vuelta a España
  The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
  
  

General classification leader (Gold jersey), after Stages 10-12

2001

• 1st Overall, Vuelta a España
  Vuelta a España
  The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...
  
  

General classification leader (Gold jersey), after final Stage 21

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