Rodolfo Massi

Rodolfo Massi
Personal information
Full name	Rodolfo Massi
Nickname	Il Farmacista (The Pharmacist)
Born	17 September 1965 (age 59); Corinaldo, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1987	Magniflex
1988	Alba Cucine-Benotto
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1990–1991	Ariostea
1992	Jolly Componibili-Club 88
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1999	Liquigas
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2001	Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini
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Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1998) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1996)

Rodolfo Massi (Italian pronunciation: [roˈdolfo ˈmassi]; born 17 September 1965) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He won a stage in 1996 Giro d'Italia and 1998 Tour de France, but was expelled from the 1998 Tour de France after illegal doping was found in his hotel room. In the 1990 Tour de France, Massi was the Lanterne rouge.

Biography

As an amateur, Massi won many races, and when he became a professional cyclist in 1987, much was expected from him.^[1] In 1988, he broke a leg, and after the operation, one of his legs was a few centimeters shorter than the other. Massi often complained that he was not able to cycle in a regular way, and became a domestique for many different teams.^[1]

In 1998, he had his best year. He won the Tour Méditerranéen and the Giro di Calabria.^[1] In the Tour de France, he won a mountain stage, and after the 16th stage was in seventh place in the general classification, and leading the mountains classification, when corticoids were found in his hotel room.^[2] He was questioned by the police, and was not able to start the next stage. Massi was the first rider in history to be arrested for breaking doping laws.^[3] Later, all legal charges against him were dropped,^[4] but the Italian Olympic Committee banned him for six months.^[5]

Major results

Source:^[6]

1987

9th Giro di Toscana

1988

2nd Trofeo Pantalica

7th Trofeo Laigueglia

1989

3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

1990

5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

8th Trofeo Laigueglia

9th Giro dell'Appennino

1991

4th Trofeo Laigueglia

1992

7th Overall Giro del Trentino

1993

10th Giro di Toscana

1994

1st

Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 1

5th Overall Tour de Suisse

8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

1995

3rd Giro del Friuli

6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

1996

1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia

2nd Trofeo Laigueglia

3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia

4th Giro dell'Appennino

6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

6th Overall Giro del Trentino

1st Stage 5

8th Trofeo Pantalica

10th Trofeo Melinda

1997

1st Tour du Haut Var

1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

6th Trofeo Laigueglia

9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre

10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1998

1st

Overall Tour Méditerranéen

Tour de France

1st Stage 10

Held

after Stages 10–17

1st Stage 2 Critérium International

3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège

3rd Paris–Camembert

4th Tour du Haut Var

5th Overall Paris–Nice

6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country

7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

10th La Flèche Wallonne

2000

1st Stage 6 Grand Prix du Midi Libre

3rd Giro di Campania

8th Tre Valli Varesine

2001

8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa

2002

7th Gran Premio di Chiasso

10th Overall Giro Riviera Ligure Ponente

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
/ Vuelta a España	—	36	—	—	—	—	—	56	—	—	20	DNF	DNF	34	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	24	—	85	35	—	94	DNF	37	48	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	67
Tour de France	—	—	—	156	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Italiaan Massi de apotheker van het peloton" (in Dutch). NRC. 31 July 1998.
^ Davis, Justin (3 July 2008). "Ten Years Later, Festina Doping Affair Still Not Forgotten". bicycle.net. Bicycle. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
^ Lieshout, Marcel van (3 August 1998). "Een Tour die voortleeft als de ronde van de dopingschandalen" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
^ "'Festina Affair': A timeline". BBC Sport. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
^ "Cycling News and Analysis". Cyclingnews. 4 November 1998. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
^ Rodolfo Massi at Cycling Archives

External links

Official website (in Italian)
Official Tour de France results for Rodolfo Massi

[nrc-1] "Italiaan Massi de apotheker van het peloton" (in Dutch). NRC. 31 July 1998.

[2] Davis, Justin (3 July 2008). "Ten Years Later, Festina Doping Affair Still Not Forgotten". bicycle.net. Bicycle. Retrieved 19 April 2010.

[3] Lieshout, Marcel van (3 August 1998). "Een Tour die voortleeft als de ronde van de dopingschandalen" (in Dutch). Volkskrant. Retrieved 19 April 2010.

[4] "'Festina Affair': A timeline". BBC Sport. 24 October 2000. Retrieved 19 April 2010.

[5] "Cycling News and Analysis". Cyclingnews. 4 November 1998. Retrieved 19 April 2010.

[6] Rodolfo Massi at Cycling Archives

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v t e Lanternes rouges of the Tour de France
1903–1919	1903: Arsène Millocheau 1904: Antoine Deflotrière 1905: Clovis Lacroix 1906: Georges Bronchard 1907: Albert Chartier 1908: Henri Anthoine 1909: Georges Devilly 1910: Constant Collet 1911: Lucien Roquebert 1912: Maurice Lartigue 1913: Henri Alavoine 1914: Henri Leclerc 1915–1918 World War I 1919: Jules Nempon
1920–1939	1920: Charles Raboisson 1921: Henri Catelan 1922–23: Daniel Masson 1924: Victor Lafosse 1925: Fernand Besnier 1926: André Drobecq 1927: Jacques Pfister 1928: Édouard Persin 1929: André Léger 1930: Marcel Ilpide 1931: Richard Lamb 1932: Rudolf Risch 1933: Ernest Neuhard 1934: Antonio Folco 1935: Willy Kutschbach 1936: Aldo Bertocco 1937: Aloyse Klensch 1938: Janus Hellemons 1939: Armand Le Moal
1940–1959	1940–1946 World War II 1947: Pietro Tarchini 1948: Vittorio Seghezzi 1949: Guido De Santi 1950: Fritz Zbinden 1951: Abdel-Kader Zaaf 1952: Henri Paret 1953: Claude Rouer 1954: Marcel Dierkens 1955: Tony Hoar 1956: Roger Chaussabel 1957: Guy Million 1958: Walter Favre 1959: Louis Bisilliat
1960–1978	1960: José Herrero Berrendero 1961: André Geneste 1962: Augusto Marcaletti 1963: Willy Derboven 1964: Anatole Novak 1965: Joseph Groussard 1966: Paolo Mannucci 1967: Jean-Pierre Genet 1968: John Clarey 1969: André Wilhelm 1970: Frits Hoogerheide 1971: Georges Chappe 1972: Alain Bellouis 1973: Jacques-André Hochart 1974: Lorenzo Alaimo 1975: Jacques Boulas 1976: Aad van den Hoek 1977: Roger Loysch 1978: Philippe Tesnière
1979–1999	1979–80: Gerhard Schönbacher 1981: Faustino Cueli 1982: Werner Devos 1983: Marcel Laurens 1984: Gilbert Glaus 1985: Manrico Ronchiato 1986: Ennio Salvador 1987: Mathieu Hermans 1988: Dirk Wayenberg 1989: Mathieu Hermans 1990: Rodolfo Massi 1991: Rob Harmeling 1992: Fernando Quevedo 1993: Edwig Van Hooydonck 1994: John Talen 1995: Bruno Cornillet 1996: Jean-Luc Masdupuy 1997: Philippe Gaumont 1998: Damien Nazon 1999: Jacky Durand
2000–2019	2000: Olivier Perraudeau 2001: Jimmy Casper 2002: Igor Flores 2003: Hans De Clercq 2004: Jimmy Casper 2005: Iker Flores 2006–2008: Wim Vansevenant 2009: Yauheni Hutarovich 2010: Adriano Malori 2011: Fabio Sabatini 2012: Jimmy Engoulvent 2013: Svein Tuft 2014: Ji Cheng 2015: Sébastien Chavanel 2016: Sam Bennett 2017: Luke Rowe 2018: Lawson Craddock 2019: Sebastian Langeveld
2020–2039	2020: Roger Kluge 2021: Tim Declercq 2022: Caleb Ewan 2023: Michael Mørkøv 2024: Mark Cavendish

Biography

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

See also

References

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