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In late 1999, competing for Spain, he won a World Cup race for the first time.

At the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti, he won two medals with a silver in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit ( stepping up when the original medalist Jari Isometsä was disqualified for hemohes use ), and a gold in the 50 km freestyle race.