Nicola Ruffoni

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Nicola Ruffoni

| image = Nicola Ruffoni.jpg

| caption = Ruffoni at the 2016 Tour of Britain

| fullname = Nicola Ruffoni

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brescia, Italy

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.73 m

| weight = 70 kg

| currentteam =

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 = 2007–2008

| amateurteam1 = Aspiratori Otelli–Cas. Zani

| amateuryears2 = 2009–2010

| amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|Biesse|2009}}

| amateuryears3 = 2011

| amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|IDE|2011}}

| amateuryears4 = 2012–2013

| amateurteam4 = {{UCI team code|CPK|2012}}

| amateuryears5 = 2013

| amateurteam5 = {{UCI team code|CSF|2013}} (stagiaire)

| proyears1 = 2014–2017

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|CSF|2014}}

| majorwins = One-day races and Classics

:Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (2016)

}}

Nicola Ruffoni (born 14 December 1990) is an Italian racing cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=37218 |title=Nicola Ruffoni |access-date=10 May 2014 |work=Cycling Archives}}

Career

He competed in the 2014 Giro d'Italia, but failed to finish within the time limit on stage 11.{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme-sur-route/Actualites/Ruffoni-et-appollonio-hors-delai/467231|language=French|work=L'Équipe|publisher=Éditions Philippe Amaury|date=21 May 2014|access-date=21 May 2014|title=Ruffoni et Appollonio hors délai|trans-title=Ruffoni and Appollonio out of time}} He rode in the 2015 Giro d'Italia, but withdrew on stage 15.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Giroditalia/2015/en/stage/15/standings/retired.shtml?t=15?lang=en|title=Stage 15: Marostica – Madonna Di Campiglio – Withdrawn|work=Giro d'Italia|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport, RCS MediaGroup|date=24 May 2015|access-date=24 May 2015}}

In May 2017, one day before the start of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, the UCI announced that Ruffoni and {{UCI team code|CSF|2017}} team-mate Stefano Pirazzi had tested positive for growth hormone-releasing peptides in out-of-competition controls carried out the previous month.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-two-bardiani-csf-riders-positive-in-out-of-competition-control/ |title=Giro d'Italia: Two Bardiani CSF riders positive in out-of-competition control|date=4 May 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=4 May 2017}} Later that month the UCI confirmed that both riders' B-samples had also tested positive, leading Bardiani-CSF to confirm that they would terminate both riders' contracts.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pirazzi-and-ruffoni-sacked-by-bardiani-csf-as-b-samples-come-back-positive/ |title=Pirazzi and Ruffoni sacked by Bardiani CSF as B-samples come back positive|date=19 May 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=20 May 2017}} On 14 December 2017, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) banned Ruffoni for four years,{{cite news|url=http://www.uci.ch/pressreleases/uci-statement-nicola-ruffoni/|title=UCI statement on Nicola Ruffoni|work=UCI.ch|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|date=14 December 2017|access-date=6 January 2018}} and as a result, he was unable to compete until May 2021.

Major results

;2009

: 5th Trofeo Città di Brescia

;2010

: 6th Circuito del Porto

;2012

: 2nd Circuito del Porto

: 2nd Trofeo Città di Brescia

: 5th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

: 5th Trofeo Papà Cervi

;2013

: 1st 15px Road race, Mediterranean Games

: Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia

::1st Stages 1 & 2

: 4th Circuito del Porto

: 8th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

;2014

: 1st Stage 3 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

: 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

;2015

: 7th Grand Prix de Denain

;2016

: 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

: Tour of Austria

::1st Stages 1 & 6

: 2nd Coppa Bernocchi

;2017

: Tour of Croatia

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 3 & 4

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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