.jpg) Delgado in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pedro Delgado Robledo |
| Nickname | Perico |
| Born | 15 April 1960 Segovia, Castile and León, Spain |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1982–1984 | Reynolds |
| 1985 | Orbea–Gin MG |
| 1986–1987 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde |
| 1988–1994 | Reynolds |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Pedro Delgado Robledo (pronounced [ˈpeðɾo ðelˈɣaðo roˈβleðo]; born 15 April 1960), also known as Perico ([peˈɾiko]), is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 Tour de France, as well as the Vuelta a España in 1985 and 1989. He finished in the top 10 of eighteen Grand Tours.
Delgado tested positive for the known masking agent Probenecid during the 1988 tour. The drug, which had been placed on the International Olympic Committee's list of banned substances in January of that year, had not yet been banned by the sport's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale; as a consequence, Delgado was allowed to continue racing and was not charged with any doping offence.
He now works as a sports commentator for Televisión Española during important cycling events.