Joseph M. Papp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetJoseph M. Papp
American racing cyclist
Date of Birth: 25-May-1975
Place of Birth: Parma, Ohio, United States
Profession: sport cyclist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Joseph M. Papp
- Joseph Michael "Joe" Papp (born 25 May 1975) is a former professional American road racing cyclist and U.S.
- National cycling team member, author, and convicted doper and drug distributor.
- A dual Irish–American citizen, Papp was born in Ohio and raised in Western Pennsylvania, where he attended high school and university.
- Early in his career, Papp was a member of the Pittsburgh Power, a professional team in the National Cycle League owned by Franco Harris.
- He also rode as a stagiare with Montgomery-Bell, but finished his career in 2006 riding for the Italian teams Partizan-Whistle and Team Bianchi-Cinghiale, after starting the year with Hong Kong-based Champion System. Papp was briefly a cycling author, writing about his experiences in the professional peloton, and was a featured diarist for the cycling news website cyclingnews.com.
- Papp has also written training advice columns, product reviews, and route guides for biking in Pittsburgh.
- His work has appeared in publications including VeloNews, Winning Bicycle Racing Illustrated, The Ride, Bike Culture and Cycling Times. Papp earned a BA in History from the University of Pittsburgh, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
- He won a Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs and was a graduate student in the Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, before he later pursued, and failed to obtain, an MBA at Chatham University.
- However, Papp's academic work and professional development were interrupted by his extensive involvement in multiple doping scandals in cycling, including those involving Floyd Landis, Kayle Leogrande, Frenchwoman Jeannie Longo, and Lance Armstrong.
- After cooperating on various cases with the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Papp was sentenced in 2011 on two counts of conspiracy to distribute performance-enhancing drugs.
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