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Rodolfo Massi (Italian pronunciation: [roˈdɔlfo ˈmassi]; born 17 September 1965) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He won a stage in 1996 Giro d'Italia and 1998 Tour de France, but was expelled from the 1998 Tour de France after illegal doping was found in his hotel room. In the 1990 Tour de France, Massi was the Lanterne rouge.
Biography
As an amateur, Massi won many races, and when he became a professional cyclist in 1987, much was expected from him. In 1988, he broke a leg, and after the operation, one of his legs was a few centimeters shorter than the other. Massi often complained that he was not able to cycle in a regular way, and became a domestique for many different teams.
In 1998, he had his best year. He won the Tour Méditerranéen and the Giro di Calabria. In the Tour de France, he won a mountain stage, and after the 16th stage was in seventh place in the general classification, and leading the mountains classification, when corticoids were found in his hotel room. He was questioned by the police, and was not able to start the next stage. Massi was the first rider in history to be arrested for breaking doping laws. Later, all legal charges against him were dropped, but the Italian Olympic Committee banned him for six months.
Major results
Source:
= Grand Tour general classification results timeline
=See also
List of doping cases in cycling
References
External links
Official website (in Italian)
Official Tour de France results for Rodolfo Massi
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Ag2r-La Mondiale
- Rodolfo Massi
- Rodolfo
- Massi (surname)
- 1998 Tour de France
- 1997 Tour du Haut Var
- List of wins by Chazal and its successors
- Col de la Croix de Fer
- 1998 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Festina affair
- John Clarey
