Alessandro Petacchi

Milan - Sanremo 6 stages and 1 green jersey Tour de France 22 stages and 1 Maglia Ciclamino Giro d'Italia 20 stages Vuelta a España

Alessandro Petacchi ( born January 3, 1974 in La Spezia ) is an Italian racing cyclist.

Among the main achievements of the successful sprinter in road bicycle racing include winning the green jersey in the Tour de France 2010, a total of 48 stage wins in three Grand Tours, including six in the Tour de France, 22 in the Giro d' Italia, together with five subsequently disallowed and 20 at of the Vuelta a España and the victory at Milan-San Remo 2005.

Career

Petacchi 1996 pro. After he came in the early years of his career at smaller bicycle race to sprint success he experienced in 2003 his breakthrough: After numerous successes in the spring, he was the first driver to ever win all three " Grand Tours" within one year stages: First, he enlisted the Giro d' Italia six stages. After that, he won four times in the Tour de France and six times at the Vuelta a España.

His winning streak at major national tours he sat in the coming years continues: He won by 2011 a total of 22 stages in the Giro d' Italia, six in the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España at 20. These particular his nine stage wins in the Giro d' Italia in 2004, which he set a record for the post-war period. Also Petacchi could ever again win the points classification of these races: 2004 Maglia ciclamino of the Giro, the Vuelta 2005 and 2010 Tour.

Petacchi's successes in the years 2000 to 2005 were based not least on the strategy his team Fassa Bortolo, a compile for Petacchi tailored Sprinterzug with multiple, fixed-position Anfahrern.

Even in the classics Petacchi was successful: he won in the sprint Milan - Sanremo each 2005 Danilo Hondo and Paris -Tours 2007 using his former teammate Erik Zabel.

After the Giro in 2007 it was announced that Alessandro Petacchi was tested during the eleventh stage positive for salbutamol. Although he could not provide an exemption that allows him to take this matter up to a certain limit, but in the controls exceeded this value was found. After the Olympic Committee of Italy had launched investigations against Petacchi and scheduled a hearing, Petacchi was suspended by his team Milram end of June. After the acquittal by the Italian Cycling Federation, the Italian Olympic Committee lodged an appeal to CAS. On 5 May 2008, he was retroactively blocked by the CAS for ten months until 31 August 2008, after the investigation period of two months, during which he was not driving, was credited to the actually to be imposed year ban. In addition, its current successes of 2007 ( five stage wins and points classification ) and all results were canceled since 1 November 2007. The court Petacchi assumed no doping fraudulent intent, but said the barrier due to the disregard of the UCI regulations as well as the special permit for use of salbutamol from. As a result, the contract between Alessandro Petacchi and Team Milram was dissolved on May 16, 2008 " by mutual consent ". After the doping suspension Petacchi went from 2008 for the Italian Professional Continental team LPR Brakes, from 1 September 2009 for the Italian team Lampre- Farnese also Vini.

In July 2010, was again determined against Petacchi because of doping. The prosecutor of Padua gave him the right to apply the Blutdopingmitttell perfluorocarbon.

In April 2013 he announced his immediate career end and broke his contract with Lampre- Merida team, continued his career but as of 1 August 2013 at the Omega Pharma- Quick-Step Cycling Team continues, in which he especially as Anfahrer in the sprint train for Mark Cavendish has been committed.

Win (Excerpt )

  • A stage of Coppi - Bartali international week
  • Two stages Lombardy week
  • A stage Euskal Bizikleta
  • A stage in Tour of Poland
  • Two stages and points classification Paris-Nice
  • Three stages Coppi - Bartali international week
  • A stage Holland Tour
  • A stage in the Vuelta a España
  • Trofeo Luis Puig
  • A stage of Paris-Nice
  • Three stages Aragon Tour
  • Six stages Giro d' Italia
  • Four stages of the Tour de France
  • Across Gendringen
  • Two stages Holland Tour
  • Five stages Vuelta a España
  • Three stages Tirreno- Adriatico
  • Two stages and points classification Aragon Tour
  • Nine stages and points classification Giro d' Italia
  • A stage Holland Tour
  • Four stages of Vuelta a España
  • Gran Premio Etruscan Coast
  • Two stages Andalusia Tour
  • Trofeo Luis Puig
  • Three stages Tirreno- Adriatico
  • Milan - Sanremo
  • Two stages Aragon Tour
  • Two stages of Tour de Romandie
  • Four stages and points classification Giro d' Italia
  • Five stages and points classification Vuelta a España
  • Gran Premio Etruscan Coast
  • Two stages and points classification Tour of Andalusia
  • Giro della Provincia di Lucca
  • A stage of Tirreno- Adriatico and Scoring
  • Lower - tour and five stages
  • Gran Premio Etruscan Coast
  • Algarve Tour and three stages
  • Lower - tour and three stages
  • Two stages of the Vuelta a España
  • Paris -Tours
  • Three stages of the Tour of Britain
  • Memorial Viviana Manservisi
  • Gran Premio Beghelli
  • Gran Premio Etruscan Coast
  • A stage in the Giro di Sardegna
  • A stage of Tirreno- Adriatico
  • Two stages and team time trial Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
  • Grand Prix Scheldeprijs
  • Giro di Toscana
  • Two stages of the Giro d' Italia
  • A stage Delta Tour Zeeland
  • Giro della Provincia di two stages Reggio Calabria
  • Gran Premio Etruscan Coast
  • A stage in the Giro di Sardegna
  • A stage in the Tour de Suisse
  • Two stages and points classification Tour de France
  • A stage in the Vuelta a España
  • A stage Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
  • A stage and point scoring Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
  • A stage of the Giro d' Italia
  • Three stages Tour of Bavaria
  • Tirreno Adriatico team time trial -
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