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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 with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004 Giro d'Italia, 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 Vuelta a España, 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010 Tour de France, 2010. He also won the classics 2005 Milan–San Remo, Milan – San Remo in 2005 and 2007 Paris–Tours, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2015 Brabantse Pijl
The 2015 Brabantse Pijl was the 55th edition of the Brabantse Pijl (men's race), Brabantse Pijl road cycling race. Held on 15 April 2015, it started in Leuven and ended later in Overijse. It was a 1.HC-ranked race that was part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The main difficulty in the race was caused by 26 climbs, as well as twisting roads in the final part of the route. The race was won from the breakaway by Ben Hermans (). A group of fourteen riders finished two seconds behind, with Michael Matthews (cyclist), Michael Matthews () second and the defending champion Philippe Gilbert () third. Results References External links * 2015 UCI Europe Tour, Brabantse Pijl 2015 in Belgian sport, Brabantse Pijl Brabantse Pijl, 2015 Articles containing video clips {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
