Alex Diniz

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Alex Diniz
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Personal information
Full nameAlex Correia Diniz
NicknameMeio-Quilo
Born (1985-10-20) 20 October 1985 (age 39)
Recife, Brazil
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Team information
Current teamSuspended
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2006Nossa Caixa-Sundown-São Caetano
2009Team Vale/Fapi/O Lojão/Gramado/JKS/SEJELP
2009Sejelp/Fapi/Sundown/JKS de Pindamonhangaba
2011Padaria Real/Calói/Céu Azul Alimentos
Professional teams
2007–2008 Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos
2012Real Cycling Team
2013–2016 Funvic Brasilinvest–São José dos Campos [1]
Major wins
1st overall and U23 – Tour de Santa Catarina (2007) (BRA)
1st overall – Volta de São Paulo (2006) (BRA)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 São Paulo Road race

Alex Correia Diniz (born 20 October 1985) is a Brazilian professional racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport. He was born in Recife, [2] and his specialties are climbing and endurance races. [3]

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He served a two-year drugs ban between 2009 and 2011, [4] after testing positive for erythropoietin (EPO) and his 2009 results were cancelled. [5] In 2013, racing for Funvic Brasilinvest–São José dos Campos, Diniz won the queen stage of the Tour de San Luis. He soloed to victory after attacking at the foot of the final climb, the Mirador del Potrero, taking the leader's jersey in the process. [6]

In 2017, Diniz was given an eight-year ban for anomalies in his biological passport. [7]

Major results

2005
3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2006
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Volta de São Paulo
1st Stage 7
3rd Road race, Pan American Cycling Championships
5th Overall Volta do Paraná
2007
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Santa Catarina
1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2 & 7
6th Overall Volta do Paraná
8th Overall Tour do Rio
2008
1st Stage 3 Volta do Paraná
2009
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Santa Catarina
1st Stage 4
2012
2nd Overall Tour do Rio
1st Mountains classification
8th Overall Rutas de América
8th Overall Tour do Brasil
1st Stage 7
2013
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Tour de San Luis
1st Stage 3
2014
2nd Overall Tour do Brasil
1st Jersey blue dotted.png Points classification
8th Overall Tour of Utah
10th Overall Tour do Rio
2015
3rd Overall Tour do Rio
2016
7th Overall Tour of Hainan

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References

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  2. BikeMagazine article on the 2007 Volta do Estado de São Paulo (Portuguese)
  3. "October 2007 Interview to Prologo (Portuguese)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  4. "Hushovd på sisteplass i Argentina" [Hushovd in last place in Argentina]. Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Schibsted. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2013.
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