Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 48

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stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the

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in 2005 and the

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in 2010. He also won the

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s Milan – San Remo in 2005 and Paris-Tours in 2007. His career spanned over 18 years during which he earned 183 victories. In 2007, Petacchi 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. He announced his retirement as a lead sprinter on 23 April 2013, and terminated his contract at ,. He rejoined the professional peloton in August 2013, joining the squad as a lead-out man. In 2015, he joined the

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team, where he retired from cycling for good after that year's Giro d'Italia.

Career

1996–1999: The early years

Born in La Spezia,

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, Petacchi turned professional in 1996 with . In the early years he won small races – most notably a stage in

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in 1998 and the mountains classification in the same race the year after. Petacchi rode his first Grand Tour at the

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in 1997, where his best finish was 6th on stage 2. He rode his first Giro in 1998, where he recorded his best finish with an impressive fourth on stage 3 and several other top 10 finishes during the race. He later retired from the race on stage 18.

2000–2002: Fassa Bortolo

In 2000, Petacchi signed for Fassa Bortolo. He got his breakthrough, when he won his first Grand Tour stage in

on stage 7 in a sprint where he beat Giovanni Lombardi in a bunch sprint. He was initially assigned as Fabio Baldato's lead-out man at that year's Vuelta. He won another stage later in stage 11. He ended the year with 9 victories. 2001 became a mediocre year for Petacchi in difference to 2000. He decided to go to the Tour for the first time in his career, where he recorded several top 10 finishes and fourth in the points classification. Petacchi got a great start to his 2002 campaign, when he won a stage in

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and two stages in Paris-Nice, where he also wore the leader jersey for two days. He came very close on winning a stage several times during the Giro d'Italia, where he got two second places and one third place. On the last stage he lost to

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. He came to the Vuelta with ambitions to win some stages and the points classification, where he also won a stage, but ultimately became second in the points classification beaten by

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. He ended the year by being a part of the winning Italian lead-out train for Cipollini in the Road World Championship in Zolder.

2003–2007: Domination in the sprints

Petacchi started the season strongly by winning

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and a stage in both Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana and Paris-Nice. He continued his form going into the Giro. He won his first Giro stage on the first stage, beating the world champion

in a head-to-head sprint. The stage win also gave Petacchi the maglia rosa. He wore the leader jersey in 5 days and was in all those days inside top 5 in every single stage and won two stages more in the process. He lost the jersey on the first mountain stage in stage 7. He later won three more stages in the race, bringing his Giro stage wins up to 6 stage wins, before leaving the race due to being outside the time limit on stage 18. He then rode

, where he won 4 stages – three stages in a row, before retiring on stage 7. He wore the green jersey, when he retired. After riding the

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, he decided to ride the Vuelta. He won five stages and became the third rider ever, who have won a stage at each Grand Tour in a single year. He finished the season with 24 victories. Petacchi started his 2004 season with three stage wins in Tirreno-Adriatico and a fourth-place finish in Milan-San Remo. Then he arrived to the Giro and won a record nine stages, the points classification and the Azzurri d'Italia classification. He attempted to recreate his 2003 season by participate in the

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, however it became a disappointment and dropped out on stage 6 due to injuries. He bounced back in the Vuelta by winning four stages. Petacchi MSR 2005

Petacchi started his 2005 season early by winning GP Costa Degli Etruschi and several stages of Vuelta an Andalucia. He then won three stages of Tirreno-Adriatico and finished 2nd in the general classification. He continued his great form by winning Milano-San Remo. He had the better of a mass sprint, beating

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and

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. He later won four stages of the Giro and five stages and the points classification of the Vuelta. Henninger Turm 2006 - Alessandro Petacchi

In July 2005, Petacchi announced that, following the decision to disband , he would join for the 2006 season. In August, sprinter rival

also joined the team, which fused with to become . His explosive speed won him stages in all three of the

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. He withdrew from the

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after crashing during the third stage. He had finished the stage with a broken

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. It was the first time that Petacchi did not win a stage in the Giro since 2002. 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. During that season, he registered a success of prestige in Paris-Tours. With support from his teammate

, Petacchi was the victor in the mass gallop, with

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and Oscar Freire rounding up the podium.

Doping allegations

After he returned an "Adverse Analytical Finding" (AAF), a higher level than officially allowed of the

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medication salbutamol, which Petacchi had clearance to use, he was placed on non-active status and missed the

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. Petacchi was absolved when the

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ruled that overuse of Salbutamol was human error. On 6 May 2008, the

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won its challenge against the Italian national governing body at the

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. Petacchi was banned from 1 November 2007 to 31 August 2008, and ''all competitive results obtained during the

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shall be disqualified with all of the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes'', 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." The case was considered controversial, as it kept Petacchi from starting the Tour de France as he had planned 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. As a result of this, on 16 May 2008, Petacchi was fired by . After his suspension he joined .

LPR Brakes and beyond

After winning a few minor races in 2008, Petacchi started 2009 strongly by winning the

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semi-classic race. He was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia and won the second and third stages, wearing the

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on stage 3 and the cyclamen jersey on stages 2 through 5. Petacchi signed with for the 2010 season. Petacchi won that year the first and fourth stages of the

– his first stage wins in the race since 2003. 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

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since 1968. He announced his retirement after the

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, citing a lack of motivation to continue as a lead sprinter. However he subsequently expressed a desire to take up an offer from the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team to ride as a lead-out man for

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, which he said was made to him days after his retirement. The contract offer was blocked by the UCI as it forbids riders from transferring from one team to another mid-season. In July 2013

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announced that Petacchi would be joining Omega Pharma-Quick Step from the start of August on a 14-month contract. On 12 April 2014 he got his first victory for his new team at

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and also his first victory since 2012. In January 2015 it emerged that Petacchi would ride for in 2015. However, after racing in that year's Giro at the age of 41 and being forced to withdraw from the race one day before its conclusion due to a virus, Petacchi announced his second retirement from the sport in June 2015.

Second doping suspension

On 14 May 2019, Petacchi was named by the French newspaper ''

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'' as an alleged client of doctor Mark Schmidt, who administered illegal blood transfusion for the purpose of performance enhancement to athletes in what has become known as '' Operation Aderlass''. Petacchi denied the accusations, but was nevertheless provisionally suspended by the UCI. He subsequently stepped down from his role as commentator for Italian state television

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. On 24 August 2019, the UCI gave Petacchi a two-year ban from competition for his involvement with Schmidt.

Major results

;1995 : 1st Gran Premio Comune di Cerreto Guidi ;1997 : 8th

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;1998 : 1st Stage 6

;1999 : 4th Overall

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: 7th Overall

::1st

Mountains classification : 7th

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;2000 : 1st Jersey blue

Overall

Giro della Provincia di Lucca The Giro della Provincia di Lucca was a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Lucca, Italy held between 1999 and 2006. From 2005, the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are ...

::1st Stages 1 & 2 :

::1st Stages 8 & 12 :

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), th ...

::1st Stages 3 & 5 :

Route du Sud The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France ...

::1st Stages 1a & 2 : 1st Stage 3a Regio-Tour : 10th Overall

: 10th Paris–Tours ;2001 :

Settimana Lombarda The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ( en, Lombardic Cycling Week) is an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle ...

::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 1st Stage 4

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne ( Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...

: 1st Stage 4

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Ital ...

: 1st Stage 4a

Euskal Bizikleta Euskal Bizikleta (Spanish: ''Bicicleta Vasca'', English: ''Basque Bicycle'') was an annual road cycling stage race held in the Basque Country in June. From 2005 to 2008, the race was organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, it ...

: 7th Paris–Tours : 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli ;2002 : 1st Stage 12

::1st Stages 1b, 2 & 3 : Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : Paris–Nice ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 1 & 5 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Stage 3 Regio-Tour : 1st Stage 3

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: 5th

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;2003 :

::1st Stages 1, 3, 5 & 6 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 1, 5, 6, 13, 16 & 17 :

::1st Stages 3, 5, 12, 14 & 21 :

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::1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice : 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana : 1st

: 1st Dwars door Gendringen : 2nd Paris–Tours ;2004 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Jersey violet

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::1st Stages 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 & 21 ::1st Azzurri d'Italia classification ::1st Most combative rider classification :

::1st Stages 2, 4, 7 & 13 :

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of the season, it is considered to be an important prep ...

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 7 :

::1st Stages 1 & 2 :

::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd Millemetri del Corso di Mestre : 4th Milan–San Remo ;2005 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 10, 13, 16 & 21 ::1st Azzurri d'Italia classification :

::1st

::1st Stages 3, 4, 8, 12 & 21 : 1st Jersey gold

Overall Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana ::1st Jersey orange

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 5 :

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

::1st Stages 1 & 2 :

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI ...

::1st Stages 4 & 5 :

::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Milan–San Remo : 1st GP Costa Degli Etruschi : 1st

: 2nd Overall

::1st Stages 1, 6 & 7 : 3rd

: 3rd

;2006 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt : 1st Stages 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 :

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 6 & 7 :

::1st Stages 3 & 4 : Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st GP Costa Degli Etruschi : 1st

: 2nd Milan–San Remo : 3rd

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...

;2007 : ~~Giro d'Italia~~ ::1st
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::~~1st Stages 3, 7, 11, 18 & 21~~ :

::1st Stages 11 & 12 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Volta ao Algarve The Volta ao Algarve (Portuguese; en, Tour of the Algarve) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Algarve, Portugal. Since 2017, it has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the new UCI ...

::1st Stages 3, 4 & 5 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 : 1st Paris–Tours : 1st GP Costa Degli Etruschi : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana : 1st Stage 1 Regio-Tour : 3rd

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It is one of the oldest cycling races still run ...

: 6th Memorial Cimurri : 8th Milan–San Remo ;2008 :

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

::1st Stages 1, 6 & 8 : 1st Memorial Viviana Manservisi : 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli ;2009 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stages 2 & 3 :

Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ( en, Lombardic Cycling Week) is an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle ...

::1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2 & 4 : 1st

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tour, ...

: 1st

Giro di Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

: 1st

Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one-day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken ove ...

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 5

Giro di Sardegna Giro di Sardegna (Tour of Sardinia) was a stage road bicycle race held on the island of Sardinia, an Italian region. It was rated 2.1 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing i ...

: 2nd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ::1st Stage 1 : 4th

Giro del Friuli Giro del Friuli is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. The first edition took place in 1974. From 2005 to 2008 the race was suspended, but it returned in 2009 as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Contine ...

: 5th Milan–San Remo ;2010 :

::1st

::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 1st Stage 7

: 1st

: 1st Stage 4

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

: 1st Stage 3

: 3rd Milan–San Remo : 10th Overall

Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms ...

::1st Stages 2 & 4 ;2011 : 1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia :

Tour of Turkey The Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ( tr, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Bisiklet Turu) is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey since 1963. In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Stage 2

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ...

;2012 : Bayern–Rundfahrt ::1st Jersey blue

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 ;2013 : 4th

Trofeo Palma de Mallorca The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or ear ...

: 7th Trofeo Campos–Santanyí–Ses Salines ;2014 : 1st

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT)

: 4th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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