Andrea Moletta
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrea Moletta |
| Born | February 23, 1979 Cittadella, Italy |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (160 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Miche-Silver Cross |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2003 2004 2005–2008 2009– |
Mercatone Uno Barloworld Gerolsteiner Meche-Silver Cross |
| Infobox last updated on September 7, 2007 |
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Andrea Moletta (born February 23, 1979 in Cittadella, Province of Padua) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Miche-Silver Cross.
In March 2007, Moletta crashed badly in the Milan-San Remo race, and it was thought that his season would be over. However, six months later Moletta was recovered and started in the 2007 Vuelta a España.[1]
During the 2008 Giro d'Italia, Moletta's father was caught with Viagra and unidentified fluids, and as result of this, Moletta's team Gerolsteiner withdrew Moletta from racing.[2] Viagra was not banned in competition, so no formal doping charge was filed against Moletta, although the doping authorities (WADA) were looking at the matter.[3] Later it was found that the fluids were the hormone Lutelef, which can be used as a new form of blood doping.[4] Moletta was later cleared from any wrongdoing.[5]
Since 2009, Moletta rides for Miche-Silver Cross.[6]
[edit] Palmares
Moletta has won one race in his professional career:[6]
- Peace Race - 1 stage (2003)
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Decaluwé, Brecht (3 September 2007). "Andrea Moletta: Coming back one day at a time". Cycling news. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/andrea-moletta-coming-back-one-day-at-a-time-1. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ Westemeyer, Susan; Brown, Gregor (22 September 2008). "Gerolsteiner's forgotten riders". Cycling news. http://www.cyclingnews.com/editions/latest-cycling-news-september-22-2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ Weislo, Laury (23 May 2008). "Riders using Viagra for altitude?". Cycling news. http://www.cyclingnews.com/editions/first-edition-cycling-news-may-23-2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (30 October 2009). "Italian investigation discovers new blood doping technique". Cycling weekly. http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/428728/italian-investigation-discovers-new-blood-doping-technique.html. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ Brown, Gregor (5 November 2008). "Moletta cleared, but without team". Cycling news. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/moletta-cleared-but-without-team. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
- ^ a b Andrea Moletta profile at Cycling Archives
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