Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Araquistain (born 7 March 1983) is an Argentine professional cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 until January 2023. Richeze won the silver medal at the

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(Men's Team Pursuit). His brothers

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, Mauro and Adrián are also cyclists.

Biography

Richeze was born in Bella Vista. In his first season as a professional racer, he obtained the second position in the last stage of the

2006 Giro d'Italia The 2006 Giro d'Italia was the 89th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in the Belgian city of Seraing with a individual time trial. The race came to a close with a mass-start road stage that stretched from ...

, finishing some centimetres behind Robert Förster. He is considered to be the Argentine cyclist to obtain the best result in any of the three main cycling tours (the '' Giro d'Italia'', the ''

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

'' and the ''

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the ...

''), since naturalised

Lucien Petit-Breton Lucien Georges Mazan (18 October 1882 – 20 December 1917) was a French racing cyclist (pseudonym: Lucien Petit-Breton, ), known as the first two-time winner of the Tour de France. He was born in Plessé, Loire-Atlantique, a part of Brittany ...

raced for

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, Argentina-born

Juan Antonio Flecha Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (born 17 September 1977) is an Argentine-born Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2000 and 2013. Flecha had a reputation of being a Classics specialist and to ride ...

raced for

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, and Alejandro Borrajo only achieved a third place, also at the ''Giro''. In the 2007 Giro d'Italia Richeze placed 3rd on Stage 3 and 2nd on Stage 18 and 21, all of which were won by

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

. But after the disqualification of Petacchi in May 2008 for doping, Richeze was declared the winner of stages 18 and 21 of that Giro. Among his other achievements are the first position of Stage 1 and other second positions in the 2006 Tour de Langkawi in

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, and the 2005 Trofeo Arvedi of the Circuito del Porto in

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. Also in 2005 he won the Panamerican under-23 Championship, and in 2003 he became the Argentine under-23 champion. In 2010 he was granted the

Konex Award Konex Foundation Awards, or simply Konex Awards, are cultural awards from the Konex Foundation honouring Argentine cultural personalities. History and purpose Konex Awards are granted by the Konex Foundation, created in 1980 in Argentina. The pur ...

Merit Diploma as one of the five best cyclist of the last decade in Argentina. In October 2015, after spending 11 seasons riding professionally for Italian teams, Belgian squad announced that Richeze would join them from 2016 on a two-year contract, with a role as a lead-out man for

Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel (born 11 May 1988) is a German former racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2011 and 2019 for the , and squads. As a junior, he specialised in time trials, even winning a bronze medal in the World Championships for cycl ...

and

Fernando Gaviria Fernando Gaviria Rendón (born 19 August 1994) is a Colombian professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is well known as a sprinter. Riding for the Colombian national cycling team, Gaviria came to int ...

. After four years without a victory he won the fourth stage at the 2016 Tour de Suisse and also won the points classification for his new team.

Doping

Before the start of the

2008 Giro d'Italia The 2008 Giro d'Italia was the 91st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Palermo on 10 May and ended in Milan on 1 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race, which was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador of the c ...

Richeze tested positive for a steroid named

stanozolol Stanozolol ( abbrev. Stz), sold under many brand names, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication derived from dihydrotestosterone (DHT). It is used to treat hereditary angioedema. It was developed by American pharmaceutical company W ...

which resulted in his expulsion from the race. Despite being initially cleared by the Argentine Cycling Federation he was banned by the

Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its c ...

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Major results

;2003 : 1st MaillotArgentina

Kilo, National Track Championships : 2nd Overall Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado ::1st Stage 6 ;2004 : Vuelta Ciclista Lider al Sur ::1st Stages 2a & 4a : 1st Stage 2 Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado ;2005 : 1st PanAmericanJersey

Road race, Pan American Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Circuito del Porto : Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado ::1st Stages 1 & 6b : 1st Stage 2

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi cla ...

: 1st Stage 9

Vuelta a San Juan The Vuelta a San Juan is a road cycling race held in Argentina. The race consists of only a men's competition over seven stages. From 2017 to 2019, the race had a 2.1 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sp ...

: 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Piccola Coppa Agostoni : 7th Gran Premio della Liberazione ;2006 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...

;2007 : 1st Stage 1

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 Stage 2

: 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino : 1st Stage 4

: 4th

Grand Prix de Rennes Grand Prix Cycliste de la Ville de Rennes was a professional cycle road race held in Rennes, France until 2008 when it was last organised, with the organisers citing financial difficulties as the reason. Since 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 ...

: 5th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico ;2008 : 1st Stage 2

Tour de San Luis The Tour de San Luis was a road cycling race that was held in San Luis Province, Argentina from 2007 to 2016. The race consisted of a competition over an individual time trial, and six stage race, stages. The competition carried a UCI rating of ...

: 1st Stage 7

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 ...

: 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia : 4th

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 ...

: 6th

Giro del Piemonte The Giro del Piemonte, since 2009 known also as Gran Piemonte, is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Apennine Mountains, Italy. The race first took place in 1906. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Eu ...

: 7th

: 9th Overall

Circuit de la Sarthe The Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, also known as Circuit de la Sarthe (after the 1906 French Grand Prix triangle circuit) located in Le Mans, Sarthe, France, is a semi-permanent motorsport race course, chiefly known as the venue for the 24 Ho ...

::1st Stage 5 ;2011 : Okolo Slovenska ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 6 & 7 : 4th Overall

Tour de Kumano The is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Mie Prefecture, Japan, named after Kumano. It was first created in 2006 as the amateur level, later moved up to the professional level in 2008 when included into the UCI Asia ...

::1st Prologue : 5th

GP Kranj GP Kranj is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Kranj, Slovenia. Since 2007, The race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is ...

: 6th

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 ...

;2012 : 1st PanAmericanJersey

Road race, Pan American Road Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour de Hokkaido ::1st Jersey green

Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 :

Tour de Serbie Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle spor ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 5 & 6 : 1st Stage 1

Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race. History Tour of Japan was form ...

: 3rd Overall

Tour de Korea The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2000 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race between 2005 and 2013, then pro ...

: 3rd

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup ...

: 4th 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 ...

: 5th Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 5th

: 8th Overall

Vuelta a Venezuela The Vuelta a Venezuela ( en, Tour of Venezuela) is a men's multi-day road cycling race held annually in Venezuela. The race carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponso ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 7, 8 & 10 ;2013 : Pan American Track Championships ::1st PanAmericanJersey

Scratch ::1st PanAmericanJersey

Team pursuit : 1st Prologue

;2015 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

, Pan American Games ;2016 :

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

Points classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

: 2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz : 3rd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem ;2017 :

::1st Stages 6 & 7 : 5th Paris–Tours : 6th

EuroEyes Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 ...

: 8th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz ;2018 : 1st Stage 1

Presidential 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 Stage 4

: 2nd

Road race, Pan American Road Championships ;2019 : 1st Gold medal blank

Road race, Pan American Games : 1st MaillotArgentina

Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Biography

Doping

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

See also

References

External links