Franco Pellizotti
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Pellizotti at the 2009 Tour de France
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Franco Pellizotti |
| Nickname | Pello, Il Delfino |
| Born | 15 January 1978 Latisana, Italy |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2001–2004 | Alessio |
| 2005–2010 | Liquigas–Bianchi |
| 2012– | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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| Infobox last updated on 29 April 2014 |
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Franco Pellizotti (born 15 January 1978 in Latisana, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for the Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec team.[1]
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Career
Pellizotti is known as a climbing specialist and won Stage 10 in the 2006 Giro d'Italia, Stage 16 in the 2008 Giro d'Italia and Stage 17 in the 2009 Giro d'Italia. After finishing third overall in the 2009 Giro, he won the polka dot jersey in Paris as the best climber of the 2009 Tour de France, as well as named the Most Combative (Aggressive) Rider on Stages 9 and 17. At the start of each race, Pellizotti can be seen making the sign of the cross and kissing a crucifix around his neck.
On 3 May 2010, Pellizotti's name was released by La Gazzetta dello Sport as being one of several riders under investigation by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for "irregular blood values". Pellizotti was reported to have had "suspicious values" on the eve of the 2009 Tour de France and request has been made by the UCI for investigation.[2] This was confirmed later that day in a UCI press release.[3] He was due to be one of Liquigas–Doimo' team leaders at the 2010 Giro d'Italia, but was immediately pulled from the squad and replaced with Vincenzo Nibali. His team said they have faith in the explanation put forward by Pellizotti and are conducting a further investigation.[4] Shortly after the end of the season, the suspension was lifted on the grounds of lack of evidence, and Pellizotti declared a wish to seek financial redress from the UCI.[5] Liquigas–Doimo declined to re-sign Pellizotti after the 2010 season. Pellizotti's case reached the Court of Arbitration for Sport in March 2011. After asking the court for a speedy verdict, he was suspended for two years after it upheld the UCI's appeal. His ban lasted until May 2012. The Court also annulled all results from 17 May 2009, meaning that Pellizotti lost a stage win and third place overall in the Giro d'Italia and a stage win and overall victory in the mountains and combativity classifications in the Tour de France.[6]
Following the conclusion of his ban, Pellizotti signed with the Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela team.[7][8]
In August 2013, it was announced that after two years with Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela, Pellizotti was to join Astana for the 2014 season.[9] However, Pellizotti would have only been able to compete from May 2014 due to Astana being a member of the Mouvement pour un cyclisme crédible (MPCC),[10] and that Pellizotti had previously served a two-year ban for a UCI biological passport violation.[11] Further talks between Pellizotti and Astana resulted in his contract with the squad being nullified,[12] and Pellizotti was able to return to Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela for a third season, in 2014.[13]
Palmares
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- 2002
- 1st Tour de Frioul
- 1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne
- 2003
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 3rd Grand Prix de Larciano
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2004
- 1st Gran Premio di Chiasso
- 2nd Coppa Sabatini
- 2nd Tour de Frioul
- 2005
- 1st Overall Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 2006
- 2nd Milano–Torino
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 10
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2007
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani
- 5th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Points classification
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2008
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 16
- 2009 (results annulled)
3rd Overall Giro d'Italia1st Stage 17
37th Overall Tour de France1st
Mountains classification
Super-combativity award
- 2012
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 2nd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 3rd Overall Giro di Padania
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 5th Circuito de Getxo
- 2013
- 2nd Overall Route du Sud
- 4th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 4th Coppa Sabatini
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
- 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 6th Tre Valli Varesine
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 8th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 10th Milano–Torino
- 2014
- 3rd Coppa Sabatini
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 10th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2015
- 4th Giro dell'Appennino[14]
- 6th Gran Premio di Lugano[15]
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 9th Overall Herald Sun Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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 Giro |
- | 16 | 8 | 11 | - | 8 | 9 | 4 | DSQ | - | - | - | 11 | 12 | 24 |
 Tour |
- | - | 75 | - | 47 | - | - | - | DSQ | - | - | - | - | - | |
 Vuelta |
20 | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Withdrew = WD; In progress = IP; Voided results = struck through.
References
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- ↑ Franco Pellizotti cleared to race Cycling News October 2010
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pellizotti-banned-for-two-years-by-the-court-of-arbitration-for-sport
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External links
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- 1978 births
- Doping cases in cycling
- Italian sportspeople in doping cases
- Living people
- People from Latisana
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Italian male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Italy
- Sportspeople from Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Giro d'Italia cyclists
- Tour de France cyclists
- Vuelta a España cyclists
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