Eddy Mazzoleni

Eddy Mazzoleni

Personal information
Full name	Eddy Mazzoleni
Nickname	Mazzo
Born	(1973-07-29) 29 July 1973 (age 52) Bergamo, Italy
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
1996–1999	Saeco
2000	Team Polti
2001–2002	Tacconi-Vini Caldirola
2003	Sidermec-Saunier Duval
2004	Saeco
2005	Lampre–Caffita
2006	T-Mobile Team
2007	Astana

Eddy Mazzoleni (born 29 July 1973) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team.

Biography

He currently lives in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy. Mazzoleni is a talented climber and was a higher finisher on the General Classification in the 2005 Tour de France, notably he finished 3rd on stage 16 to Pau. He also finished 3rd overall in the 2007 Giro d'Italia behind 1st-place winner Danilo Di Luca and 2nd place Andy Schleck. His brother in-law is Ivan Basso. Mazzoleni left Astana on 16 July 2007, following implication in the Italian Oil for Drugs case. ^[1] On 8 April 2008 Mazzoleni was given a two-year suspension due to his involvement in this case. ^[2]

His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004. ^[3]

Major results

1991

3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships

1994

9th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

1995

1st Stage 7 Regio-Tour

1997

10th Tre Valli Varesine

1998

2nd Trofeo Laigueglia

3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

1999

3rd Giro di Lombardia

9th Overall Regio-Tour

2000

1st Stage 3a Tour de Romandie

1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse

2nd Giro dell'Appennino

10th Trofeo Laigueglia

2001

2nd GP Primavera

3rd Milano–Torino

3rd Coppa Placci

3rd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato

5th Trofeo Melinda

5th Giro dell'Emilia

8th Giro del Lazio

8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa

9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

9th Luk-Cup Bühl

2002

2nd Trofeo Laigueglia

5th GP Chiasso

6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

9th Overall Tour de Romandie

2003

6th Stausee Rundfahrt

9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

10th Overall Giro d'Italia

10th La Flèche Wallonne

10th Giro del Veneto

2004

2nd Milano–Torino

2nd Klasika Primavera

7th Giro di Lombardia

8th Firenze–Pistoia

9th Rund um den Henninger Turm

10th Paris–Tours

2005

1st Giro del Veneto

3rd Clásica de San Sebastián

4th Tre Valli Varesine

9th Trofeo Melinda

2006

9th Overall Deutschland Tour

2007

3rd Overall Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	55	—	15	10	21	—	—	3
Tour de France	—	—	71	—	—	—	70	DNF	—	13	26	—
/ Vuelta a España	DNF	DNF	—	60	—	—	—	—	70	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

References

• "Eddy Mazzoleni Profile". Yahoo! Sport UK. Yahoo! UK Limited. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-05-15. Retrieved 2006-06-22.
• Gronemann, Lars Trap Friis (2006-04-22). "Eddy Mazzoleni – Italy". trap-friis.dk. Retrieved 2006-06-22.

1. "Mazzoleni reveals Astana departure". CNN.com. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2007-07-17.^{[ dead link ]}
2. "Mazzoleni gets two year ban". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
3. "French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France". 24 July 2013.