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Wikipedia / Rodolfo Massi

Rodolfo Massi (; 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:

  1. 1987

  2. 9th Giro di Toscana

  3. 1988

  4. 2nd Trofeo Pantalica

  5. 7th Trofeo Laigueglia

  6. 1989

  7. 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

  8. 1990

  9. 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

  10. 8th Trofeo Laigueglia

  11. 9th Giro dell'Appennino

  12. 1991

  13. 4th Trofeo Laigueglia

  14. 1992

  15. 7th Overall Giro del Trentino

  16. 1993

  17. 10th Giro di Toscana

  18. 1994

  19. 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

    1. 1st Stage 1

    5th Overall Tour de Suisse

  20. 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

  21. 1995

  22. 3rd Giro del Friuli

  23. 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

  24. 1996

  25. 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia

  26. 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia

  27. 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia

  28. 4th Giro dell'Appennino

  29. 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

  30. 6th Overall Giro del Trentino

    1. 1st Stage 5

    8th Trofeo Pantalica

  31. 10th Trofeo Melinda

  32. 1997

  33. 1st Tour du Haut Var

  34. 1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

  35. 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

  36. 6th Trofeo Laigueglia

  37. 9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

  38. 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

  39. 10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

  40. 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

  41. 1998

  42. 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen

  43. Tour de France

    1. 1st Stage 10

    2. Held after Stages 10–17

    1st Stage 2 Critérium International

  44. 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

  45. 3rd Paris–Camembert

  46. 4th Tour du Haut Var

  47. 5th Overall Paris–Nice

  48. 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

  49. 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

  50. 10th La Flèche Wallonne

  51. 2000

  52. 1st Stage 6 Grand Prix du Midi Libre

  53. 3rd Giro di Campania

  54. 8th Tre Valli Varesine

  55. 2001

  56. 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa

  57. 2002

  58. 7th Gran Premio di Chiasso

  59. 10th Overall Giro Riviera Ligure Ponente

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

See also

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