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Ricardo Escuela Escuela

    Key Stats

    Nationality: Argentinean
    Born: May 23, 1983
    Hometown: Argentina
    Residence: Oxnard, California
    Height: 5-foot-6
    Weight: 130 pounds
    Strengths: sprinting
    Turned Pro: 2006
    Hobbies: chatting online with friends in Argentina

    Palmares

    Career Highlights:

    1st, stage 17, under-26 Giro d'Italia 2006
    1st, stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic 2007

    2007
    1st, stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic
    2nd, stage 6, Cascade Cycling Classic
    2nd, Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium
    2nd, Merco Credit Union Cycling Classic Downtown Grand Prix
    3rd, stage 3, Cascade Cycling Classic
    3rd, Indio Grand Prix
    3rd, stage 3, Central Valley Classic

    Biography

    Escuela made his mark early in 2007, going neck-to-neck with the best sprinters in North America. Mainly known as a sprinter, his most notable victory was atop Pilot Butte in the first stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic against the best climbers in the nation.