Alberto Elli (born 9 March 1964) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who wore the yellow jersey for 4 days in the 2000 Tour de France. Elli was called up late for the 2000 Tour de France, and after a group of 12 cyclists stayed away from the others, Elli became a surprise leader, being the second oldest cyclist in the peloton. He kept the yellow jersey until the Pyrenées mountains, where he lost it to Lance Armstrong.

After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for several professional teams.

During the 2001 Giro d'Italia, the police found banned substances in Elli's hotel room. In October 2005, he received a six-month suspended sentence by San Remo Judge Paolo Luppi.

Major results

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1. 1986

2. 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia

3. 1987

4. 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

5. 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni

6. 9th Overall Giro del Trentino

7. 1988

8. 5th GP Industria & Artigianato

9. 1989

10. 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

11. 1990

12. 3rd Tour du Haut Var

13. 3rd Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria

14. 4th Giro di Toscana

15. 1991

16. 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France

17. 1992

18. 1st Overall Hofbrau Cup

    1. 1st Stage 2

    1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg

19. 2nd Giro del Veneto

20. 3rd Coppa Bernocchi

21. 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

22. 5th Trofeo Matteotti

23. 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

24. 10th Giro di Romagna

25. 1993

26. 1st Trofeo Matteotti

27. 1st Milano–Vignola

28. 5th Overall Hofbrau Cup

29. 5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

30. 5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

31. 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

32. 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

33. 6th Giro di Romagna

34. 7th Giro dell'Emilia

35. 7th Tre Valli Varesine

36. 8th Züri-Metzgete

37. 1994

38. 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

39. 4th Overall Critérium International

40. 5th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali

    1. 1st Stage 6

    7th Overall Tour de France

    1. 1st Stage 3 (TTT)

    7th Giro di Romagna

41. 7th Trofeo Matteotti

42. 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

43. 9th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato

44. 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

45. 10th Giro dell'Emilia

46. 10th Giro dell'Appennino

47. 1995

48. 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo

49. 3rd Giro di Toscana

50. 3rd Wincanton Classic

51. 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta

    1. 1st Stages 1 & 3

    6th Amstel Gold Race

52. 6th Giro dell'Appennino

53. 8th Giro di Romagna

54. 8th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato

55. 10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

56. 1996

57. 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg

    1. 1st Stage 1

    1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

58. 1st Stage 4a Euskal Bizikleta

59. 2nd Trofeo Matteotti

60. 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni

61. 5th Giro di Romagna

62. 6th Overall Tour de Suisse

63. 7th Giro del Piemonte

64. 9th Coppa Sabatini

65. 10th Coppa Placci

66. 1997

67. 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

68. 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

69. 2nd Milan–San Remo

70. 3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi

71. 5th Tre Valli Varesine

72. 6th Classique des Alpes

73. 7th Josef Voegeli Memorial

74. 8th Züri-Metzgete

75. 1998

76. 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia

    1. 1st Stages 3 & 5

    1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country

77. 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

78. 2nd Coppa Bernocchi

79. 3rd La Flèche Wallonne

80. 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

81. 4th Giro dell'Emilia

82. 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

83. 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya

84. 6th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria

85. 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

86. 8th Overall Route du Sud

87. 9th Amstel Gold Race

88. 10th Milan–San Remo

89. 1999

90. 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

91. 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni

92. 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

93. 3rd Josef Voegeli Memorial

94. 4th GP Ouest–France

95. 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

96. 2000

97. 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg

98. 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie

99. 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse

100. 2nd Overall Rapport Toer

     1. 1st Stage 1

     4th Overall Vuelta a Murcia

     1. 1st Points classification

     4th Rund um den Flughafen Köln-Bonn

101. 2001

102. 2nd GP du canton d'Argovie

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