Aitor González

Aitor González Jiménez, known as Aitor González, is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, born on 27 February 1975 in Zumárraga in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa. He rode professionally from 1998 to 2005 and turned professional with Avianca-Telecom. His career highlight was the 2002 Vuelta a España, which he won for the Kelme-Costa Blanca team after attacking his own teammate who was leading the race; he also won three stages in that race. He then moved to Fassa Bortolo after a dispute over an earlier contract. He won two stages at the 2002 Giro d'Italia, one at the 2003 Giro d'Italia and one at the 2004 Tour de France, and took the 2005 Tour de Suisse. He retired in January 2006 after two positive tests for a methyltestosterone metabolite in 2005 and was linked to the Operación Puerto doping case. Later arrests are also recorded in his article.