# Alex Cano

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For the Spanish footballer, see [Àlex Cano](/source/%C3%80lex_Cano).

**Alex Alberto Cano Ardila** (born March 13, 1983) is a Colombian [road racing cyclist](/source/Road_racing_cyclist), who is currently suspended from the sport, after a biological passport violation.[1] He was named in the start list for the [2015 Vuelta a España](/source/2015_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a).[2]

## Major results

**2003**- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Uraba
**2006**- 1st Coppa Penna
- 1st Stage 9 [Girobio](/source/Giro_Ciclistico_d'Italia)
**2007**- 1st Overall [Giro della Valle d'Aosta](/source/Giro_della_Valle_d'Aosta) - 1st Mountains classification - 1st Stages 3 & 6
- 2nd Overall Giro delle Valli Cuneesi - 1st Stage 4
- 5th [Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin](/source/Trofeo_Gianfranco_Bianchin)
- 10th [Giro del Belvedere](/source/Giro_del_Belvedere)
**2008**- 2nd Overall Clasica Marinilla - 1st Stage 3
- 10th Overall [Clásico RCN](/source/2008_Cl%C3%A1sico_RCN) - 1st Stage 6
**2009**- 1st Stage 4 [Vuelta a Antioquia](/source/Vuelta_a_Antioquia)
- 10th [Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia](/source/Prueba_Villafranca_de_Ordizia)
**2010**- 7th Overall [Vuelta a Asturias](/source/2010_Vuelta_a_Asturias)
- 8th Overall [Vuelta a Colombia](/source/2010_Vuelta_a_Colombia)
**2012**- 1st Overall [Vuelta a Antioquia](/source/Vuelta_a_Antioquia)
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta Internacional de Higuito
- 2nd Overall [Clásico RCN](/source/Cl%C3%A1sico_RCN)
- 6th Overall [Vuelta Mexico Telmex](/source/Vuelta_Mexico_Telmex) - 1st Mountains classification - 1st Stages 4 & 7 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial))
- 7th Overall [Vuelta a Colombia](/source/2012_Vuelta_a_Colombia)
**2013**- 2nd Overall [Vuelta a Colombia](/source/2013_Vuelta_a_Colombia)
**2014**- 1st Overall [Vuelta a Guatemala](/source/Vuelta_a_Guatemala) - 1st Stages 3 & 4
- 1st Stage 8 [Clásico RCN](/source/Cl%C3%A1sico_RCN)
**2015**- 4th Overall [Tour of Turkey](/source/2015_Tour_of_Turkey)
- 9th [Time trial](/source/Cycling_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_road_time_trial), [Pan American Games](/source/Cycling_at_the_2015_Pan_American_Games)
**2016**- 3rd Overall [Vuelta a Colombia](/source/2016_Vuelta_a_Colombia)
**2017**- 2nd Overall [Vuelta a Colombia](/source/2017_Vuelta_a_Colombia) - 1st Stages 5 & 8 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial))
**2018**- 1st Overall [Clásico RCN](/source/Cl%C3%A1sico_RCN)

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2015 Giro d'Italia — Tour de France — Vuelta a España 53

Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish No. Results expunged

### Other major stage races

Race 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Tirreno–Adriatico — — — — 28 Volta a Catalunya 57 — — — 27 Paris–Nice colspan=5 rowspan=5 Tour of the Basque Country Tour de Romandie Critérium du Dauphiné Tour de Suisse

## References

1. Long, Jonny (20 May 2019). ["Manzana Postobon team suspended as second rider gives adverse reading"](https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/manzana-postobon-team-suspended-second-rider-gives-adverse-reading-424333). *[Cycling Weekly](/source/Cycling_Weekly)*. [TI Media](/source/TI_Media). Retrieved 24 March 2020. The UCI used the same press release to announce a further Colombian rider, Alex Cano, has been notified of an abnormality being detected in his biological passport.

1. ["Vuelta a España 2015"](http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html?detp=view&_ap=startlijst&editie_idd=MjYwNzQ=). *Cycling Fever*. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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