Roberto Heras

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Roberto Heras

Heras at the 2005 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Heras Hernández
Born	(1974-02-01) 1 February 1974 (age 50) Béjar, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
1997–2000	Kelme–Costa Blanca
2001–2003	U.S. Postal Service
2004–2005	Liberty Seguros
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 TTT stage (2003) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1999) Vuelta a España General classification (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005) Points classification (2000) Combination classification (2002, 2004) 10 individual stages (1997, 1998, 2000, 2002–2005) Stage races Volta a Catalunya (2002)

Roberto Heras Hernández (born 1 February 1974) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the Vuelta a España a record four times. Between 1997 and 2005 he finished in the top 5 of the Vuelta every year except 1998 when he finished 6th. He won a record-tying three times, and then broke the record with a fourth win in 2005, but he was eventually disqualified after being accused of taking EPO. Heras chose to fight the accusations and this resulted in a lengthy court case and appeal process.

In June 2011, Heras successfully appealed the disqualification in the civil court of Castilla y León,^[1] and this decision was upheld in the Spanish supreme court in December 2012. The Spanish cycling federation subsequently reinstated Heras as 2005 Vuelta champion.^[2]