Palmares

1st overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2005

2007
2nd, stage 7, Tour de France

2006
2nd, stage 11, Vuelta a Espana
3rd, stage 10, Tour de France

2005
1st overall, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2002
2nd, stage 1, Euskal Bizikleta

2000
1st overall, Copa de Espana

Biography

In 2005 Landaluze made his breakthrough by winning the 2005 Dauphiné Libéré. However his win was clouded in controversy as it was soon announced he had tested positive for abnormally high testosterone and was suspended from racing until his case was heard. In 2006, however, he was cleared to return to racing after he showed that the lab conducting tests committed procedural errors. The UCI then failed to show that those errors did not affect the outcome of the tests. The CAS panel reviewing the case said that it was "probable" that Landaluze had committed a doping violation, but the UCI had failed to meet its burden of proof in the case. New revisions to the WADA Code appear to suggest that Landaluze would have lost his case under the new rules.