José Enrique Gutiérrez Cataluña (born June 18, 1974) is a Spanish

Spain

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 former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights include second place overall at the 2006 Giro d'Italia

2006 Giro d'Italia

The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was held from 6 May to 28 May 2006, and covered , beginning in the Belgian mining town of Seraing and ending in Milan...

, winning a stage of the Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

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 and two stages at the Dauphiné Libéré

Dauphiné Libéré

The Critérium du Dauphiné is an annual cycling road race, run over eight stages in the Dauphiné region in France during the first half of June. The race was inaugurated by a local newspaper, the Dauphiné Libéré, which gave its name to the event...

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Gutiérrez's name was brought up in the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case

Operación Puerto doping case

Operación Puerto is the code name of a Spanish Police operation against the doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved several of the world most famous cyclists at the time.Media attention has focused on the small number of...

, and he was immediately made "non-active" (although not, according to team manager John Lelangu, suspended or fired) and so did not compete in any further events in 2006. Due to the Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis

Floyd Landis is an American retired cyclist who after initially being awarded victory in the 2006 Tour de France was stripped of his title for a doping offense. He was an all-around rider, with special skills in climbing and time-trialing, and is also known to be a very fast descender.Landis...

 doping case of the 2006 Tour de France

2006 Tour de France

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, Phonak withdrew their sponsorship of the team and it hence folded. Gutiérrez has since moved down a division to Team L.P.R.

In 2010, Gutiérrez retired.

Results and Teams

1998 – Kelme

• (First year as a professional)

1999 – Kelme-Costa Blanca
2000 – Kelme-Costa Blanca

• Grande Prémio M.R. Cortez

2001 – Kelme-Costa Blanca

• Special Sprint Combination Competition – Volta a Catalunya

2002 – Kelme

• Stage 7 – Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2003 – Kelme-Costa Blanca
2004 – Phonak Hearing Systems

Phonak (cycling team)

Phonak was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005...

• Stage 20 – Vuelta a España
• Combination Competition – Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
• Stage 2 – Dauphiné Libéré (Overall lead, 1 day)

2005 – Phonak Hearing Systems
2006 – Phonak Hearing Systems

• 2nd overall – Giro d'Italia
  2006 Giro d'Italia
  The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was held from 6 May to 28 May 2006, and covered , beginning in the Belgian mining town of Seraing and ending in Milan...
  
  

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