Personal information | |
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Full name | Gianpaolo Mondini |
Born | Faenza, Italy | 15 July 1972
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1996–1997 | Amore & Vita–ForzArcore |
1998 | Kross–Selle Italia |
1999–2000 | Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio |
2001 | Mercatone Uno–Stream TV |
2002 | U.S. Postal Service |
2003 | Domina Vacanze–Elitron |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Gianpaolo Mondini (born 15 July 1972 in Faenza) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He won the 18th stage in the 1999 Tour de France and the 2003 Italian National Time Trial Championship.
In 2002 Mondini was sacked from US Postal after police found EPO and growth hormones in his hotel room during 2001 Giro d'Italia. He admitted using illegal substances. [1]
Grand Tour | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
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Giro d'Italia | 67 | — | — | 109 | 74 | — | DNF |
Tour de France | — | — | 81 | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | 131 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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