Miguel Ubeto

Personal information

Full name

Miguel Armando Ubeto Aponte

Born

2 September 1976 (age 47)
Caracas, Venezuela

Height

1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)

Weight

60 kg (132 lb)

Team information

Discipline

Road

Role

Rider

Amateur teams

2001

Distribuidora Japonesa-Lotería Oriente TLM

2003–2005

Triple Gordo Lara

2006–2007

Espoir Du Sud

2007

Fundadeporte Carabobo

2008–2011

Gobernación de Carabobo

2010–2011

Gwada Bikers 118

2011–2012

Lotería del Táchira

2014

Gobernación del Táchira–Concafé

2015

Amo Táchira–Concafé–Táchira

2015–2016

Gobernación de Nueva Esparta

2016

Kino Táchira

2017

Lotería del Táchira

2018

Team Nicolas Dubois

2018–2020

Venezuela País de Futuro

2021–2022

MU Training–Venezuela País de Futuro

Professional teams

2012

Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela

2013

Lampre–Merida

Medal record

Men's track cycling

Representing Venezuela
Pan American Games
	2015 Toronto	Road race
	2011 Guadalajara	Road race
Central American and Caribbean Games
	1998 Maracaibo	4000m Team Pursuit
	2002 San Salvador	Madison

Miguel Armando Ubeto Aponte^[a] (born 2 September 1976) is a Venezuelan road racing cyclist. He turned professional in 2012 with Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela before signing with the UCI World Tour team Lampre–Merida for 2013.^[1] In 2011 he won the UCI America Tour.^[2]

Career

In May 2013, Caracas-born Ubeto was provisionally suspended for an adverse finding of GW501516.^[3] He was later banned for two years,^[4] before being reduced to 14 months.^[5]

Following this suspension, Ubeto won the gold medal in the road race at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.^[6]

On 7 July 2018, while riding for the team "Venezuela País de Futuro", Ubeto won the 3rd stage in the Vuelta a Venezuela.^[7] On 1 August 2018, Ubeto was provisionally suspended^[8] by the UCI for "Use of Prohibited Methods and/or Prohibited Substances",^[9]^[10] serving a further ban.