Michele Scarponi
.jpg) Scarponi at the 2014 Tour de San Luis | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Michele Scarponi |
| Born |
25 September 1979 Jesi, Italy |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Astana |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Climber |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2002 | Acqua & Sapone-Cantina Tollo |
| 2003–2004 | Domina Vacanze |
| 2005–2006 | Liberty Seguros–Würth |
| 2007 | Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo |
| 2008–2010 | Diquigiovanni–Androni |
| 2011–2013 | Lampre–ISD |
| 2014– | Astana |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 6 January 2015 | |
Michele Scarponi (born 25 September 1979) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam Astana.[1]
Career
Born in Jesi,[2] Scarponi started his career in good form, but in 2006, Scarponi was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. Despite this, and Scarponi's Liberty Seguros–Würth cycling team folding, Scarponi was able to secure a contract with Acqua & Sapone.
Despite a promising start to the 2007 season, Scarponi was once again implicated in the Operación Puerto case. On 8 May 2007, Scarponi confessed his role in the case.[3] On 15 May, Scarponi was provisionally suspended.[4]
With the rider completing his ban, Diquigiovanni–Androni announced on 13 June 2008 that they had signed Scarponi for the coming two seasons. In 2009, Scarponi won the Tirreno-Adriatico and also won 2 stages in the Giro d'Italia.
In 2010, he awarded himself a second-place finish in the Tirreno-Adriatico. He also finished fourth overall in the Giro d'Italia. In that race, he took a prestigious victory in the epic stage 19, where he went clear of the field on the Mortirolo Pass with two Liquigas–Doimo teammates, Vincenzo Nibali and Ivan Basso. Basso was attempting to take the overall lead, so Nibali and him made most of the work during the dangerous descent and subsequent uphill ride to Aprica, leaving Scarponi fresh enough to out sprint the pair.[5] Scarponi also achieved a victory in the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda.
In 2011, Scarponi moved to Lampre–ISD where he won the Giro del Trentino and the Volta a Catalunya. Then in the Giro d'Italia he finished second overall behind Alberto Contador. Contador was later stripped from the title,[6] which was therefore assigned to Scarponi. He then tried to defend his Giro title in 2012, but later finished 4th overall with Canadian Ryder Hesjedal taking the overall win. After the Giro, Scarponi then decided to focus on the Tour. However Scarponi could only end up finishing 24th overall.
In 2013,[7] Scarponi started his season finishing 3rd in the Volta a Catalunya. He aimed for the Giro d'Italia where he ended up finishing 4th overall the same place as he finished in 2010 and 2012.
For the 2014 season, Scarponi moved to the Astana squad.[1]
Doping
Scarponi was temporarily suspended by his team in November 2012 after he admitted performing tests with Michele Ferrari, a doctor whose name has been linked to numerous cases of doping in cycling.[8] His salary at the time was disclosed, which was 700,000 Euros a year.[9]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2001
- 4th Trofeo PIVA
- 2002
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino
- 2nd Overall Settimana Ciclista Lombarda
- 1st Stage 3b
- 8th Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale Coppi-Bartali
- 2003
- 1st GP Fred Mengoni
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Abruzzo
- 1st
Points Classification - 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Coppi-Bartali
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Züri-Metzgete
- 2004
- 1st
Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stages 4, 6 & 7
- 1st Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour of Austria
- 3rd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2005
- 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 2006
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 2007
- 1st Overall Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino
- 4th Giro d'Oro
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2008
- 7th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2009
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stages 6 & 18
- 1st
Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 6
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucia
- 6th Coppa Agostoni
- 7th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 9th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2010
- 1st Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
- 1st Prologue
- 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 19
- 4th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 7th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 9th Classica Sarda
- 10th Coppa Agostoni
- 2011
- 1st
Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Overall Giro del Trentino
- 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4
- 4th Overall Giro di Sardegna
- 1st Stage 5
- 6th Milan – San Remo
- 2012
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th National Road Race Championships
- 6th Giro dell'Appennino
- 7th Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2013
- 1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 4th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2014
- 8th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2015
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro |
18 | 16 | — | 47 | WD | — | — | 31 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | WD | — | 16 |
| Tour |
— | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | 49 | 41 | — |
 Vuelta |
— | 13 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | WD | — | 15 | — | — | 11 |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
See also
References
- 1 2 Brown, Gregor (1 November 2013). "Scarponi joins Nibali on Astana, will lead 2014 Giro team". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
- ↑ http://www.museociclismo.it/content/ciclisti/ciclista/11425-Michele-SCARPONI/index.html
- ↑ "Scarponi: "I am Zapatero"". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-05-07. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ↑ "Basso and Scarponi suspended". Cyclingnews.com. 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-05-20.
- ↑ "Scarponi Wins 19th Stage of Giro, Basso In Pink". Bicycle.net. BICYCLE.NET. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
- ↑ "CAS sanctions Contador with two year ban in clenbutorol case". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. 6 February 2012. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
- ↑ "Lampre-Merida (LAM) – ITA". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ↑ "USADA issues lifetime bans to del Moral, Ferrari and Marti". Cycling Weekly. IPC Media Limited.
- ↑ Stephen Farrand (6 November 2012). "Scarponi suspended by Lampre-ISD after links to Dr. Ferrari". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
External links
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