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DOB: May 28, 1976
Hometown: Havana, Cuba
Residence: Agoura Hills, CA
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 160 lbs
Strengths: Sprinting
Pro Since: 2000
Hobbies:

Career Highlights:
(2007) 1st Stage #1 Tour of Missouri
(2007) 1st Stage #7 Amgen Tour of California
(2006) 1st Overall USA Crit Series
(2005) 1st CSC Invitational
(2002) 1st New York City Cycling Championship (NY)
(1997) 1st Cuban National Champion, 4km Pursuit
(1997) 2nd Pan Am Games, 4km Team Pursuit
(1996) 1st Pan Am Games Madison

2008
1st Stage #1 Tour de Georgia
1st Stage #4 Vuelta Ciclista CROC
1st Stage #6 Vuelta Ciclista CROC
1st Stage #7 Vuelta Ciclista CROC
2nd Stage #6 Tour of Missouri
2nd Brentwood Grand Prix
3rd Stage #2 Redlands Bicycle Classic
3rd Stage #3 Tour de Georgia
3rd AT&T Downtown Austin Criterium
4th Stage #7 Tour of Missouri
5th Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium
8th Tulsa Tough Blue Dome Criterium

2007
1st USA Crits World Criterium Championship
1st Stage #1 Tour of Missouri
1st Stage #6 Tour of Missouri
1st Sprint Competition Tour of Missouri
1st Stage #3 Tour of Elk Grove
1st Hanes Park Classic
1st Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium
1st Stage #4 Cascade Cycling Classic
1st Stage #1 Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Indio Grand Prix
1st Garrett Lemire Memorial Grand Prix
1st Quand Knopf Sequia Cycling Classic Criterium
1st Merco Credit Union Cycling Classic Down Town Grand Prix
1st Stage #7 Amgen Tour of California
1st Roger Millikan Memorial Criterium
1st Red Trolley Classic Criterium
2nd Chris Thater Memorial
2nd Stage #1 TTT International Tour de Toona
2nd Chevron Manhatton Beach Grand Prix
3rd Stage #4 Tour of Missouri
3rd Merco Credit Union Cycling Classic Road Race
4th Overall Tour of Elk Grove
4th Stage #2 International Tour de Toona
4th Stage #7 Tour de Georgia
5th Stage #6 Tour de Georgia
5th Stage #1 Tour de Georgia
7th Stage #2 Tour of Elk Grove
8th Stage #4 International Tour de Toona
8th Stage #2 Amgen Tour of California
9th Stage #4 Joe Martin Stage Race
10th Infineon Cougar Mountain Classic Criterium

2006
1st Men’s Pro 1/2 International Challenge (Downers Grove, IL)
1st Walterboro Criterium
1st Greenwood Criterium
1st Overall USA Crit Series
2nd Commerce Bank Philadelphia International Championship
2nd Stage #1 Tri-Peaks Challenge
2nd Sunny King Criterium
2nd Historic Roswell Criterium
2nd McLane Pacific Foothills Road Race
2nd Central Valley Classic Criterium
3rd Stage #2 Fitchburg Longsjo Classic
3rd Overall Tri-Peaks Challenge
4th Stage #1 Vuelta A Valencia Stage Race (Valencia, CA)
6th Spartanburg Criterium
8th Athens Twilight
9th CapTech Classic

2005
1st CSC Invitational (Arlington, VA)
1st Stage #3 San Dimas Stage Race
1st Stage #4 Vuelta Ciclista Independencia (Dominican Republic)
1st Stage #5 Vuelta Ciclista Independencia (Dominican Republic)
2nd Central Valley Classic Kearney Park Circuit Race
2nd Central Valley Classic Tower District Criterium
2nd Athens Twilight Criterium
3rd Historic Roswell Criterium
3rd Wachovia Invitational (Lancaster, PA)

2004
1st Bank of America Invitational (Charlotte, NC)
1st Stage #3 Tour of Connecticut
1st Stage #1 Grand Prix de Beauce (Quebec)
1st Stage #3 Redlands Cycling Classic (CA)
2nd Points Competition Dodge Tour de Georgia
2nd Stage #1 Dodge Tour de Georgia
2nd Stage #2 Dodge Tour de Georgia
2nd Stage #3 Dodge Tour de Georgia
3rd Stage #4 Redlands Bicycle Classic
3rd Stage #2 Valley of the Sun

2003
1st Festivall of Speed (FL)
1st Stage #4 Vuelta a Sinaloa (Sinaloa, Mexico)

2002
1st New York City Cycling Championships (NY, NY)
1st Stage #4 Fitchburg Longsjo Classic (Fitchburg,MA)
2nd Sequoia Cycling Classic Criterium (Visalia, CA)
4th Sequoia Cycling Classic Road Race (Exeter, CA)

2001
1st PYA / Monarch Criterium
1st Solano Bicycle Classic Circuit Race (CA)
3rd McClane Pacific Classic Grand Prix
3rd Sequoia Cycling Classic Downtown Criterium
3rd Sequoia Cycling Classic Rocky Hill Road Race

2000
1st Sunshine Cycling Classic

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