title: Wendy Cruz
text: # Wendy Cruz
  
  Wendy Ramón Cruz Martínez (born 7 March 1976 in Santiago de los Caballeros) is a former professional cyclist from the Dominican Republic. He still competes as an amateur, currently riding for Santiago–Asocisa. Nicknamed El Ciclon he won the gold medal in the men's individual road race at the 2007 Pan American Games.
  
  In 2012, Cruz tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) and received a two-year doping suspension.
  
  ## Major results
  
  ### 1999
  
      1st Stages 1 & 3 Vuelta a Chiriquí [fr]
  
  ### 2000
  
      1st Stages 1, 2 & 7a Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
      1st Prologue Vuelta a Ciclista a Costa Rica
      1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Chiriquí [fr]
  
  ### 2003
  
      1st Stage 5a Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
  
  ### 2005
  
      1st Overall Tour of Puerto Rico
         1st Stages 1 & 3
      1st Stage 5 Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
      9th Road race, Pan American Road Championships
  
  ### 2006
  
      3rd Team pursuit, Central American and Caribbean Games
  
  ### 2007
  
      1st Road race, Pan American Games
      1st Stage 3 Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
      1st Stage 9 Vuelta a Chiriquí [fr]
  
  ### 2008
  
      1st Road race, National Road Championships
      6th Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
         1st Stage 3
  
  ### 2009
  
      2nd Overall Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
  
  ### 2010
  
      7th San Antonio de Padua Classic
  
  ### 2012
  
      1st Stage 3 Vuelta a la Independencia Nacional
  
  ### 2015
  
      3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  