Virginia Berasategui Luna (born 15 July 1975 in Bilbao, Biscay[2]) is a Basque triathlete and duathlete who represented Spain in international competition.

The allegations were eventually dropped because of doubts regarding the validity of the testing for EPO at the time.

Berasategui claimed "extreme high protein levels in their urine after strenuous exercise" to be the reason for the false positive.

[10] One of six anti-doping controls carried out after the Bilbao race had tested positive to which Berasategui asked for a counter-analysis on.

In a statement she said that she would not appeal because she knew that she was guilty and expressed the desire to be open and honest.