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Gilberto Simoni
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Full nameGilberto Simoni
NicknameGibo
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9.8 st)
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DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing Specialist
Major wins
Giro d'Italia (2001, 2003), 8 stages
Tour de France, 1 stage
Vuelta a España, 2 stages

Gilberto Simoni (born August 25, 1971 in Palù di Giovo, Province of Trento) is an Italian ex-professional road bicycle racer, most recently for You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race (2001 and 2003 editions). Simoni might have won a third Giro, but in 2002 he tested positive for cocaine and was withdrawn from the race by his Saeco team - he was later cleared of any doping violation by the Italian Cycling Federation.[1] Simoni is a native of Palu di Giovo, and was considered a climbing specialist. His final race as a professional road cyclist was the Giro d'Italia, which he finished in 69th place overall, 2:40:14 behind another two-time winner Ivan Basso.[2]

Early career

Simoni was born in Palù di Giovo, in the province of Trento, and began competing as an amateur with the goal of someday winning the Giro d'Italia. Simoni confirmed his potential in 1993, when he won both the amateur version of the Giro d'Italia (known as the "Baby Giro") and the Italian Road Cycling Championship. Prior to his retirement in 2010, Simoni would reveal to the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport that the Giro was the one race that attracted him to cycling and which motivated him as a professional. “It was the Giro that brought me to cycling when I was a child,” he said. “It triggered my dreams.”[3]

Simoni turned professional in 1994 with the Jolly Componibili team, but suffered through an inauspicious rookie season, having to cope with the deaths of both his father and older brother. It was only three years later in 1997 that Simoni won his first professional race, a stage of the Giro del Trentino, while riding for the M&G Technogym team of sports director Giancarlo Ferretti.

1998 was another disappointing season for Simoni, and his results sheet was barren after a year spent with the Cantina Tollo team. He briefly quit cycling and worked as a bicycle mechanic for 1984 Giro d'Italia winner Francesco Moser. However, a resurgent Simoni joined the Ballan team in 1999 and finished a surprising third on the general classification of that year's Giro d'Italia. In a race that saw another mercurial Italian climber thrown-off the Giro for doping (Marco Pantani), Simoni was criticized in some sectors of the press for claiming a podium finish without having earned the placing. But he proved his critics wrong by winning a stage in the Tour de Suisse and again finishing on the final podium.

1st Giro d'Italia victory, 2001

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Simoni started the 2001 Giro d'Italia as Lampre's undisputed leader and hope for the general classification, which he won with a comfortable margin.

2nd Giro d'Italia victory, 2003

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia. team with the goal of repeating his Giro success of the previous year. However, traces of cocaine were found in his blood and he was disqualified despite his protestations of innocence. It was later determined that the cocaine in his blood came from candies that his aunt had bought for him from Peru.

In 2003, the Saeco team came to the Giro d'Italia with the sole purpose of supporting Simoni. After epic battles with a resurgent Stefano Garzelli, Yaroslav Popovych and Marco Pantani in the high mountains in a hailstorm, Simoni cemented his second Giro d'Italia victory. His pursuit was documented in the film The Quest.[1]

Following his dominant showing in the Giro, he set his aims on the Tour de France and in several interviews challenged the incumbent Lance Armstrong to a battle in the mountains. Unfortunately his performance was lacking, although he was able to gain a stage win.

Later career

Simoni failed to defend his title in the 2004 Giro d'Italia with the emergence of his teammate Damiano Cunego. After some public dispute, Simoni reconciled with Cunego and agreed to continue on the same team, which became You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. In the 2005 Giro d'Italia the team took advantage of the publicity and played up the rivalry between Simoni and Cunego, boasting their strength for the Giro. The early part of the Giro saw Cunego lose significant time in the early mountain stages - later diagnosed with Epstein-Barr viral infection - firmly establishing Simoni as the team leader for the Giro. However, Simoni failed to dislodge Paolo Savoldelli in the last mountain stage, even with an epic performance which saw him and Danilo Di Luca work together to gain time on Savoldelli. Suffering from cramps, he also failed to win that stage.

Simoni was slated to join Giancarlo Ferretti's Sony-Ericsson team, which was supposed to be the continuation of the Fassa Bortolo team. However, it later turned out that Ferretti had fallen victim to a fraud, and the team did not in fact exist. After a strong performance in which he finished second in the Giro di Lombardia (which was won by Cunego in the previous edition), Simoni signed a contract to join You have called {{Contentious topics}}. You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:

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Gilberto Simoni during "La Prevostura 2007" Granfondo competition.

On the urging of his frame sponsor, Scott USA, Simoni began competing in mountain bike marathon events during the 2006 off-season for road bicycle racing. He quickly garnered impressive results by winning the Italian National Championship for Mountain Bike Marathon.

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. Simoni alleged that Basso offered him a stage win in the 2006 Giro d'Italia into Aprica five kilometers from the finish after the two cyclists had broken away from the main field. Basso has denied any such offer, and went on to win the stage by 77 seconds. Simoni retracted his accusations several days later.

In dramatic fashion, with Leonardo Piepoli's support he won the epic stage 17 to Monte Zoncolan in the 2007 Giro d'Italia.

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  • {{Contentious topics/list}} and {{Contentious topics/table}} show which topics are currently designated as contentious topics. They are used by a number of templates and pages on Wikipedia.. The 2010 Giro d'Italia was the final race of his career.[4] He finished 69th overall, 2:40:14 behind two-time winner and compatriot Ivan Basso. Simoni was characteristically frank about his last bid for glory, which poignantly saw him beaten in the sprint for the Cima Coppi KOM prize by the Swiss Johann Tschopp, at the summit of the Passo di Gavia in the penultimate Giro stage. Mobbed at the finish line by Italian media looking for one final quote from a rider who rarely hesitated to speak his mind, Simoni mused:

"Perhaps if I'd played more of a bluffing game, I might have had something left for the finish but never mind. That's bike racing. I'm just glad the Giro is over. I've had enough now."[5]

The Trentinese explained that his curtain call did not go as planned, though he still claimed to have enjoyed closing-out his storied career by finishing a three-week Grand Tour, one of the most challenging events for an endurance road cyclist:

"I've known it was time to retire for awhile It's been on my mind for the last two years. I knew this Giro was my last race. I've been a professional for 17 years, and it really is time to quit. I honestly thought I'd go better than I did in this Giro. I knew I couldn't win it like in 2003 or 2007 (Monte Zoncolan stage), but I didn't expect to suffer so much and for so long during the three weeks. It's been a strange goodbye. I've ridden the Giro almost as an outsider, without the pressure to win and do well. It's hurt but I've been able to enjoy it. Before the finish today, the whole thing flashed before my eyes."[6]

Retirement

Respected cycling columnist Samuel Abt of the International Herald Tribune described Simoni as an "inspiration to all retireers who wonder what they will do now with so much time on their hands." He pointed out the fact that instead of taking up golf or lurking at home watching television, the first thing Simoni did "after saying goodbye to the workplace [was] rejoin it."[7]

But after finally calling it quits on a professional career that included nearly 600 classified results in UCI-sanctioned events[8], Simoni was vague concerning his plans for his life after cycling, though he hinted at not being in a rush or under any economic or psychological pressure to immediately engage in a new venture. Prior to the 2010 Giro's final stage, Simoni declared his intention to slow-down the pace of decision-making in his life: "I don't want to think about my future just yet," he said. "I won't need to rush things anymore. I won't need to race against time. I can take my time and enjoy the rest of my life."[9]

Palmares

1999
Giro d'Italia (3rd overall)
Tour de Suisse (3rd overall)
Giro del Trentino (2nd overall)
2000
Giro d'Italia (3rd overall; stage 14 win)
Vuelta a España (stage 16 win)
Giro dell'Emilia
2001
Giro d'Italia (1st overall; stage 20 win)
Vuelta a España (stage 20 win)
Tour de Suisse (2nd overall)
Tour de Romandie (stage 4 win)
Japan Cup
2002
Giro d'Italia (stage 11 win)
Giro del Trentino (3rd overall)
2003
Giro d'Italia (1st overall; 1st points classification; 1st Azzurri d'Italia classification; and stage 12, 14 and 19 wins)
Tour de France (stage 14 win)
Giro del Trentino (1st overall; stage 2 win)
Giro dell'Appennino
2004
Giro d'Italia (3rd overall; stage 3 win)
Giro del Veneto
Giro del Trentino (3rd overall)
2005
Paris–Nice (stage 5 win)
Giro d'Italia (2nd overall)
Giro di Lombardia (2nd overall)
Giro dell'Emilia
Giro dell'Appennino
Memorial Marco Pantani
2006
Giro del Trentino (stage 2 win)
Giro d'Italia (3rd overall)
 Italy National Mountain Bike Marathon Championship (1st)
Rampilonga[10] (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy) (1st)
PopoBike (Mexico)[11] (3rd)
2007
Giro d'Italia (1st, stage 17)
Giro d'Italia (2nd, stage 14)
Tour de Suisse (3rd, stage 5)
Giro d'Italia (4th, stage 10)
Giro d'Italia (4th, overall GC)
La Prevostura  Italy[12] (1st)
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup [13] (6th)
2008
Giro d'Italia, (2nd, stage 20)
Gala Tour de France Criterium, (2nd overall)
Marcoles Criterium, (2nd overall)
Giro d'Italia, (3rd, stage 16)
Dun Le Palestel Criterium, (3rd overall)
Giro del Trentino, (3rd, Stage 3)
Giro d'Italia, (10th overall)
2009
Tour of Mexico (stage 3 win)
Gala Tour de France Criterium (5th overall)
Giro d'Italia, (5th, stage 4)
Vuelta a Andalucia (Ruta del Sol) (10th overall)
2010
Giro d'Italia (69th overall)

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References

  1. ^ Fox Sports
  2. ^ http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/05/road/2010-giro-ditalia-stage-20-results-2_114868
  3. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/sports/cycling/21iht-BIKE.html
  4. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simoni-to-ride-last-giro-ditalia-with-lampre
  5. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simoni-makes-one-final-attack-in-the-mountains
  6. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simoni-makes-one-final-attack-in-the-mountains
  7. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/sports/cycling/21iht-BIKE.html
  8. ^ http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureuruitslagenfiche.php?coureurid=6252
  9. ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/simoni-makes-one-final-attack-in-the-mountains
  10. ^ http://www.rampilonga.com/ Rampilonga
  11. ^ http://www.popobike.com/ Popobike
  12. ^ www.mtbsentieribiellesi.it
  13. ^ http://www.dgeventos.com/mtbworldcup/pdfs/resultados_masculinos.pdf

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