Rémy Di Gregorio
{{short description|French road bicycle racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
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| name = Rémy Di Gregorio
| image = Tour de l'Ain 2014 - Stage 1 - Rémy Di Grégorio.jpg
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| caption = Di Gregorio at the 2014 Tour de l'Ain
| fullname = Rémy Di Gregorio
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|7|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = Marseille, France
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| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|67|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Suspended
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Climber
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| amateuryears1 = 1999–2004
| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|LPM|1999}}
| amateuryears2 = 2013
| amateurteam2 = Team Martigues
| proyears1 = 2005–2010
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2005}}
| proyears2 = 2011
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AST|2011}}
| proyears3 = 2012
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|COF|2012}}
| proyears4 = 2014–2018
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|LPM|2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/15723/Remy-Di-Gregorio-returns-to-the-peloton-in-2014-with-La-Pomme-Marseille.aspx|title=Rémy Di Gregorio returns to the peloton in 2014 with La Pomme Marseille|first=Ben|last=Atkins|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=28 October 2013|accessdate=21 December 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/278/delko-marseille-provence-ktm#riders-2018|title=Delko Marseille-Provence KTM|work=DirectVelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton|language=French|accessdate=10 January 2018}}
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Rémy Di Gregorio (born 31 July 1985) is a French road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport following a positive in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa,{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/clean-sport-documents/provisional-suspensions-en.pdf|format=PDF|date=10 December 2018|accessdate=13 January 2019|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|title=License-Holders Provisionally Suspended as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR)}} a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previously competed for {{UCI team code|FDJ|2010}} (2005–2010), {{UCI team code|AST|2011}} (2011), {{UCI team code|COF|2012}} (2012),{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-gregorio-swaps-astana-for-cofidis |title=Di Grégorio swaps Astana for Cofidis |work=Cycling News |date=5 August 2011 |accessdate=26 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809051043/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-gregorio-swaps-astana-for-cofidis |archivedate=9 August 2011 }} and {{UCI team code|LPM|2018}} (2014–2018) in his professional career.
Career
He rode his first Tour de France in 2007. He broke his elbow in a crash on the fourth stage. He finished the stage 7:58 behind the leader and left the race. He broke clear on the 10th stage of the 2008 Tour de France edition, on Bastille Day, and led until the final climb.
Di Gregorio returned to the professional peloton in 2014, with {{UCI team code|LPM|2014}}.
Doping
On 10 July 2012, the first rest day of the 2012 Tour de France, Remi di Gregorio was arrested by French police on suspicion of doping.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/judicial-officials-tour-de-france-rider-remy-di-gregorio-arrested-in-doping-investigation/2012/07/10/gJQAxUQUaW_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711004858/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/judicial-officials-tour-de-france-rider-remy-di-gregorio-arrested-in-doping-investigation/2012/07/10/gJQAxUQUaW_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2012|title=Judicial officials: Tour de France rider Remy Di Gregorio arrested in doping investigation|accessdate=10 July 2012}} In April 2013, it was revealed that Di Gregorio could resume his career, since the products found in his possession at the Tour turned out to be vitamins. Prosecutors said the case was not formally closed. Di Gregorio maintained he has never doped and successfully sued {{UCI team code|COF|2013}} for unfair dismissal.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-gregorio-cleared-to-race-and-threatens-to-sue-cofidis|title=Di Gregorio cleared to race and threatens to sue Cofidis|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=9 April 2013|accessdate=9 April 2013|author=Brecht Decaluwé}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-gregorio-wins-court-case-over-cofidis/|title=Di Gregorio wins court case over Cofidis|first=Jean-François|last=Quénet|date=14 October 2013|website=cyclingnews.com}}
In April 2018, news broke that Di Gregorio had failed an in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO), during that year's Paris–Nice.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/cycling-weekly/remy-di-gregorio-fails-anti-doping-test-for-epo-during-paris-nice-376239|title=Rémy Di Gregorio fails anti-doping test for EPO during Paris-Nice|first=Nigel|last=Wynn|date=11 April 2018|website=Cycling Weekly}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.uci.org|title=Home|website=UCI}} He was suspended for 4 years, backdated from the adverse finding, following the confirmation that his B-sample also tested positive in May 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/french-rider-suspended-for-four-years-following-super-epo-positive-test-455691|title=French rider suspended for four years following 'super-EPO' positive test|first=Jonny|last=Long|date=11 May 2020|website=Cycling Weekly}}
Major results
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;2003
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
;2004
: 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
: 5th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
;2005
: 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain
;2006
: 1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir
;2007
: 1st 20px Mountains classification Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
;2008
: 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
: 20px Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France
;2009
: 5th Overall Route du Sud
: 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
;2010
: 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
: 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
;2011
: 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
;2012
: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
::1st Stage 3
: 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid
;2013
: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Bulgaria
::1st Stage 2
;2014
: 1st 20px Overall Tour de Taiwan
: 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
: 5th Overall Tour du Limousin
: 5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
: 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
: 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
: 9th Overall Tour Alsace
::1st 20px Mountains classification
: 9th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
: 9th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
: 9th Tour du Jura
;2016
: 1st 20px Mountains classification Tour La Provence
: 1st 20px Mountains classification Critérium International
;2017
: 2nd Overall Tour of Almaty
;2018
: 1st 20px Mountains classification Étoile de Bessèges
: 1st Stage 2 Tour La Provence
: 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Rémy Di Grégorio}}
- {{cycling Archives|14361}}
- {{Procyclingstats}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110820181540/http://www.proteam-astana.com/roster2011.php#b10 Rémy Di Gregorio profile] at Astana
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