Andrea Peron (cyclist, born 1971)

For the younger cyclist with the same name, see Andrea Peron (cyclist, born 1988).

Andrea Peron

Personal information
Full name	Andrea Peron
Born	(1971-08-14) August 14, 1971 Varese, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Domestique
Professional teams
1993	Gatorade
1994	Polti
1995-1996	Motorola
1997-1998	La Française des Jeux
1999	ONCE-Deutsche Bank
2000-2001	Fassa Bortolo
2002-2006	Team CSC
Medal record Representing Italy Road bicycle racing Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team Road Race

Andrea Peron (born August 14, 1971 in Varese) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Peron turned professional in 1993, riding for team Gatorade. He is best remembered for leading the sombre peloton across the finish line in the neutralised Stage 16 of the 1995 Tour de France, the day after the death of his team- and room-mate Fabio Casartelli in a fall.

He is a strong time trialist, with good results in the Italian championships, as well as a 5th place at the 1996 World Time-Trial Championships. From 2002 until his retirement in 2006, he was a domestique on Team CSC. In January 2010 he joined

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Drug use allegations

Before the 2004 Tour de France, rumours surfaced in the French newspaper Le Monde that Peron, alongside other riders, was still under suspicion for using doping following a police razzia in Sanremo, Italy in June 2001. This would block Andrea Peron from competing in the 2004 Tour de France, as the race organizers did not want any riders under with ongoing trials competing in their race. However, Peron's case had already been closed in December 2003. He had been acquitted for having four painkillers containing caffeine, of which Andrea Peron had used none. The pills had a level of caffeine below the maximum limit allowed by the UCI, the governing body of cycling. Indeed, Peron had already partaken in the 2003 Tour de France the year prior without any complications.

Career highlights

1994

Stage 8, Tour Dupont

Stage 3, Hofbräu Cup

Hamilton Classic

61st Overall, 1994 Tour de France

1995

Stage 2, Tour DuPont

Thrift Drug Classic

44th Overall, 1995 Tour de France

1996

Stage 1, Points Competition, and Overall, Vuelta a Castilla-Leon

Mountain competition, Three Days of De Panne

1997

56th Overall, 1997 Tour de France

1999

10th Overall, 1999 Tour de France

2001

Italy Individual Time Trial Championship

2002

53rd Overall, 2002 Tour de France

2003

Firenze–Pistoia

54th Overall, 2003 Tour de France

2004

64th Overall, 2004 Tour de France