Alex Diniz


Alex Correia Diniz is a Brazilian professional racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport. He was born in Recife, and his specialties are climbing and endurance races.
He served a two-year drugs ban between 2009 and 2011, after testing positive for erythropoietin and his 2009 results were cancelled. In 2013, racing for, Diniz won the queen stage of the Tour de San Luis. He soloed to victory after attacking at the foot of the final climb, the Mirador del Potrero, taking the leader's jersey in the process.
In 2017, Diniz was given an eight-year ban for anomalies in his biological passport.

Major results

;2005
;2006
;2007
;2008
;2009
;2012
;2013
;2014
;2015
;2016