Eddy Mazzoleni
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Eddy Mazzoleni |
| Nickname | Mazzo |
| Born | 29 July 1973 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 | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
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.
- ^ "Mazzoleni reveals Astana departure". CNN.com. 2007-07-16. Retrieved 2007-07-17. [dead link]
- ^ "Mazzoleni gets two year ban". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2008-04-09.
- ^ "French Senate releases positive EPO cases from 1998 Tour de France". 24 July 2013.
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