Alessandro Petacchi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Italian road bicycle racer
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Place of Birth: La Spezia, Liguria, Italy
About Alessandro Petacchi
- Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015.
- A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.
- He also won the classics Milan – San Remo in 2005 and Paris-Tours in 2007.
- His career spanned over 18 years during which he earned 183 victories.In 2007, Petacchi was banned from cycling and had his results achieved disqualified for doping.
- The court later said that he had not cheated on purpose but had not taken enough care when consuming his legal asthma drug.
- He announced his retirement as a lead sprinter on 23 April 2013, and terminated his contract at Lampre–Merida,.
- He rejoined the professional peloton in August 2013, joining the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step squad as a lead-out man.
- In 2015, he joined the Southeast team, where he retired from cycling for good after that year's Giro d'Italia.
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