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Alessandro Petacchi

Petacchi pictured on 16 August 2006
Personal information
Full name Alessandro Petacchi
Nickname Ale-Jet
Born (1974-01-03) 3 January 1974 (age 38)
La Spezia, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st)
Team information
Current team Lampre-ISD
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Professional team(s)
1996–1999
2000–2005
2006–2008
2008–2009
2010–
Scrigno-Blue Storm
Fassa Bortolo
Team Milram
LPR Brakes-Ballan
Lampre-Farnese Vini
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Jersey green.svg Points Classification (2010)
6 Stages
Giro d'Italia
Jersey violet.svg Points Classification (2004)
22 Stages
Vuelta a España
Jersey blue-yellowfish.svg Points Classification (2005)
20 Stages
3rd in all time classification of Most Grand Tour Stage Wins

Single-Day Races and Classics

Milan – San Remo (2005)
Paris–Tours (2007)
Infobox last updated on
27 May 2012
Rund um den Henninger Turm (2006)
Alessandro Petacchi winning the 2005 Milan – San Remo.

Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974 in La Spezia, Liguria) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for Lampre-ISD.

A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.

In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling and had his results achieved disqualified for doping. The court later said that he had not cheated on purpose but had not taken enough care when consuming his legal asthma drug.[1]

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Career

Petacchi turned professional in 1996, and rode for a number of teams. In 2006 he moved to Team Milram with sprinter Erik Zabel, following the disbanding of Fassa Bortolo. His explosive speed won him stages in all three of the Grand Tours. In 2004 he won a record nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, which resulted in winning the points classification. He won his first classic in 2005, Milan – San Remo.

He withdrew from the 2006 Giro d'Italia after crashing during the third stage. He had finished the stage with a broken kneecap.[2] In 2007, he won five stages in the Giro d'Italia, bringing his tally of ProTour victories to 21 and making him the rider with most UCI ProTour victories. In 2010, he won the first and fourth stages of the Tour de France. Before going on to complete the grand slam as he won the green sprinters jersey to complete the feat at all the grand tours. In so doing he was the 1st person to complete the feat since 1999 and the first Italian to win the points classification in the Tour de France since 1968.[3]

Doping allegations

After a non-negative result for the asthma drug salbutamol, which Petacchi had clearance to use, he was placed on non-active status and missed the 2007 Tour de France.[4] Petacchi was absolved when the Italian Cycling Federation ruled that overuse of Salbutamol was human error.[5]

On 6 May 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Petacchi until the end of August, applied retroactively from November. It said all competitive results obtained during the 2007 Giro d'Italia shall be disqualified with all of the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes. Results after 31 October 2007 and during his ban were disqualified including five Giro d'Italia stage wins. The court said Petacchi had not intended to cheat and that it was likely that he had inadvertently consumed too much medication, but he had not exercised "utmost caution."[6] The case was considered controversial,[7] as it kept Petacchi from starting the Tour de France as he had planned[8] and for the court ruling that he should be suspended despite acknowledging that he had not cheated. Petacchi maintained that he had done no wrong.[9]

As a result of this, on 16 May 2008, Petacchi was fired by Team Milram.[10] After his suspension he joined LPR Brakes-Ballan.

LPR Brakes and beyond

After winning a few minor races in 2008, Petacchi started 2009 strongly by winning the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen semi-classic race. He was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia and won the second and third stages, wearing the pink jersey on stage 3 and the cyclamen jersey on stages 2 through 5.[11]

Petacchi signed with Lampre-Farnese Vini for the 2010 season.[12]

Palmares

1998
1 stage Tour de Langkawi
1999
King of the Mountains, Tour de Langkawi[13]
2000
Stages 8 & 12, Vuelta a España
2 stages & GC Giro della Provincia di Lucca
2 stages Tour de Luxembourg
2 stages Route du Sud
1 stage Regio-Tour
2001
2 stages Settimana Lombarda
1 stage Euskal Bizikleta
1 stage Tour of Poland
1 stage Settimana Coppi & Bartali
2002
Stage 12, Vuelta a España
Stage 1 & 5, Paris–Nice
3 stages Vuelta Valenciana
3 stages Settimana Coppi & Bartali
1 stage Tour Méditerranéen
1 stage Regio-Tour
1 stage Ronde van Nederland
2003
Tour de France:
Winner stages 2, 3, 5 & 6
Giro d'Italia:
Winner stages 1, 5, 6, 13, 16 & 17
Vuelta a España:
Winner stages 3, 5, 12, 14 & 21
Stage 1, Paris–Nice
3 stages Vuelta a Aragón
2 stages Ronde van Nederland
1 stage Vuelta Valenciana
Trofeo Luis Puig
2004
Giro d'Italia:
Winner points classification
Winner Most Combative classification
Winner Azzurri d'Italia classification
Winner stages 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 and 21
Vuelta a España:
Winner stages 2, 4, 7 and 13
Stages 1, 2 & 7, Tirreno–Adriatico
2 stages Giro della Provincia di Lucca
2 stages Vuelta a Aragón
1 stage Ronde van Nederland
2005
Giro d'Italia:
Winner stages 10, 13, 16 and 21
Vuelta a España:
Winner Points Classification
Winner stages 3, 4, 8, 12 and 21
1st 2005 Milan – San Remo
Stages 1, 6 & 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Romandie
3 stages & GC Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
GP Costa Degli Etruschi
Trofeo Luis Puig
2 stages Vuelta a Andalucía
2 stages Vuelta a Aragón
2006
Stage 7 & Points Classification Tirreno–Adriatico
GP Costa Degli Etruschi
Giro della Provincia di Lucca
5 stages & GC Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
2 stages Ruta del Sol
2 stages Vuelta Valenciana
2007
GP Costa Degli Etruschi
3 stages & GC Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
3 stages & GC Volta ao Algarve
1 stage Vuelta Valenciana
1 stage Regio-Tour
Vuelta a España:
Winner stages 11, 12
Paris–Tours
2008
Tour of Britain:
Winner stages 1, 6, 8
Memorial Viviana Manservisi
GP Beghelli
2009
Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
1st, Stage 5, Giro di Sardegna
1st, Stage 2, Tirreno–Adriatico
Settimana Ciclista Lombarda:
1st, Stage 1 Team Time Trial
1st, Stage 2
1st, Stage 4
Grote Scheldeprijs
Giro di Toscana
Giro d'Italia:
1st, Stages 2, 3
1st, Stage 1, Delta Tour Zeeland
2010
Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st, stage 2, 4
1st, Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
Tirreno–Adriatico:
2nd Stage 3
2nd Stage 7
3rd Milan – San Remo
Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 4
Tour de France
1st Jersey green.svg Points Classification
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 4
Vuelta a España:
Winner stage 7
2011
Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2
Tour of Turkey
1st Points classification
1st Stage 4
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 2
2012
Bayern-Rundfahrt
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 3
1st Stage 5

See also

References

  1. ^ "Innocently Guilty – the Petacchi case". CyclingNews.com. 2008-05-09. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2008/petacchi_suspension_may08. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
  2. ^ "Petacchi upbeat after operation". BBC. 2006-05-10. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/4759847.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
  3. ^ "Contador seals third Tour victory". BBC News. 2010-07-25. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/8852774.stm. 
  4. ^ "Sidelined Petacchi facing 12 month suspension". CyclingNews.com. 2007-07-05. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul05news. Retrieved 2007-07-05. 
  5. ^ "Petacchi absolved of doping blame". Eurosport.com. 2007-07-24. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24072007/58/giro-d-italia-petacchi-absolved-doping-blame.html. Retrieved 2007-07-24. [dead link]
  6. ^ "Alessandro Petacchi suspended until 31 August 2008". tas-cas.org. 2008-05-06. http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-690-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/. Retrieved 2008-05-06. 
  7. ^ Andrew Canning (2008-03-26). "Alessandro Petacchi: Rider Profile". VeloNews. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/322550/alessandro-petacchi-rider-profile.html. Retrieved 2009-11-23. 
  8. ^ Antonio J. Salmerón (2007-06-27). "Petacchi heard by CONI over Salbutamol use". Cycling News. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-heard-by-coni-over-salbutamol-use. Retrieved 2009-11-23. 
  9. ^ Greg Johnson (2008-05-21). "Petacchi: I remain a winner". Cycling News. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/322550/alessandro-petacchi-rider-profile.html. Retrieved 2009-11-23. 
  10. ^ "Alessandro Petacchi leaves Milram after drug ruling by CAS". International Herald Tribune. 2008-05-16. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/16/sports/EU-SPT-CYC-Petacchi-Milram.php/. Retrieved 2008-05-16. 
  11. ^ Silenzio! Oh Ale-Jet, how good can you get?
  12. ^ Gregor Brown (2009-08-24). "Petacchi signs with Lampre-NGC". Cycling News. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-signs-with-lampre-ngc. Retrieved 2009-09-02. 
  13. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-counts-wins-lost-in-doping-suspension

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Óscar Freire
Winner of Milan – San Remo
2005
Succeeded by
Filippo Pozzato

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