Rodolfo Massi
{{Short description|Italian cyclist (born 1965)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Rodolfo Massi
| image =
| full_name = Rodolfo Massi
| nickname = {{lang|it|Il Farmacista}} (The Pharmacist)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|9|17}}
| birth_place = Corinaldo, Italy
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| proyears1 = 1987
| proteam1 = Magniflex
| proyears2 = 1988
| proteam2 = Alba Cucine-Benotto
| proyears3 = 1989
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ATA|1989}}
| proyears4 = 1990–1991
| proteam4 = Ariostea
| proyears5 = 1992
| proteam5 = Jolly Componibili-Club 88
| proyears6 = 1993–1994
| proteam6 = {{UCI team code|AMO|1993}}
| proyears7 = 1995–1996
| proteam7 = {{UCI team code|REF|1995}}
| proyears8 = 1997–1998
| proteam8 = {{UCI team code|ALM|1997}}
| proyears9 = 1999
| proteam9 = Liquigas
| proyears10 = 2000
| proteam10 = {{UCI team code|CTA|2000}}
| proyears11 = 2001
| proteam11 = Mobilvetta Design-Formaggi Trentini
| proyears12 = 2002
| proteam12 = {{UCI team code|AMO|2002}}
| proyears13 = 2003
| proteam13 = {{UCI team code|AND|2003}}
| majorwins = Grand Tours
::1 individual stage (1998)
::1 individual stage (1996)
}}
Rodolfo Massi ({{IPA|it|roˈdɔlfo ˈmassi}}; born 17 September 1965) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He won a stage in 1996 Giro d'Italia and 1998 Tour de France, but was expelled from the 1998 Tour de France after illegal doping was found in his hotel room. In the 1990 Tour de France, Massi was the Lanterne rouge.
Biography
As an amateur, Massi won many races, and when he became a professional cyclist in 1987, much was expected from him.{{cite web|url=http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Lab/Tour/T76.html|date=31 July 1998|publisher=NRC|language=nl|title=Italiaan Massi de apotheker van het peloton}} In 1988, he broke a leg, and after the operation, one of his legs was a few centimeters shorter than the other. Massi often complained that he was not able to cycle in a regular way, and became a domestique for many different teams.
In 1998, he had his best year. He won the Tour Méditerranéen and the Giro di Calabria. In the Tour de France, he won a mountain stage, and after the 16th stage was in seventh place in the general classification, and leading the mountains classification, when corticoids were found in his hotel room.{{cite web|url=http://www.bicycle.net/2008/ten-years-later-festina-doping-affair-still-not-forgotten|title=Ten Years Later, Festina Doping Affair Still Not Forgotten|date=3 July 2008|publisher=Bicycle|work=bicycle.net|author=Davis, Justin|access-date=19 April 2010}} He was questioned by the police, and was not able to start the next stage. Massi was the first rider in history to be arrested for breaking doping laws.{{cite news|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/archief_gratis/article769912.ece/Een_Tour_die_voortleeft_als_de_ronde_van_de_dopingschandalen|title=Een Tour die voortleeft als de ronde van de dopingschandalen|language=nl|publisher=Volkskrant|date=3 August 1998|access-date=19 April 2010|author=Lieshout, Marcel van}} Later, all legal charges against him were dropped,{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/988530.stm|title='Festina Affair': A timeline|publisher=BBC Sport|date=24 October 2000|access-date=19 April 2010}} but the Italian Olympic Committee banned him for six months.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/nov98/nov4.shtml|title=Cycling News and Analysis|date=4 November 1998|work=Cyclingnews|access-date=19 April 2010}}
Major results
Source:{{Cycling Archives|4882}}
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;1987
: 9th Giro di Toscana
;1988
: 2nd Trofeo Pantalica
: 7th Trofeo Laigueglia
;1989
: 3rd Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
;1990
: 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
: 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
: 9th Giro dell'Appennino
;1991
: 4th Trofeo Laigueglia
;1992
: 7th Overall Giro del Trentino
;1993
: 10th Giro di Toscana
;1994
: 1st 20px Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
::1st Stage 1
: 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
: 8th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
;1995
: 3rd Giro del Friuli
: 6th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
;1996
: 1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
: 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
: 3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia
: 4th Giro dell'Appennino
: 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
: 6th Overall Giro del Trentino
::1st Stage 5
: 8th Trofeo Pantalica
: 10th Trofeo Melinda
;1997
: 1st Tour du Haut Var
: 1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
: 5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
: 6th Trofeo Laigueglia
: 9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
: 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
: 10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
: 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
;1998
: 1st 20px Overall Tour Méditerranéen
::1st Stage 10
::Held File:Jersey polkadot.svg after Stages 10–17
: 1st Stage 2 Critérium International
: 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
: 3rd Paris–Camembert
: 4th Tour du Haut Var
: 5th Overall Paris–Nice
: 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
: 7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
: 10th La Flèche Wallonne
;2000
: 1st Stage 6 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
: 3rd Giro di Campania
: 8th Tre Valli Varesine
;2001
: 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
;2002
: 7th Gran Premio di Chiasso
: 10th Overall Giro Riviera Ligure Ponente
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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 1987 ! scope="col" | 1988 ! scope="col" | 1989 ! scope="col" | 1990 ! scope="col" | 1991 ! scope="col" | 1992 ! scope="col" | 1993 ! scope="col" | 1994 ! scope="col" | 1995 ! scope="col" | 1996 ! scope="col" | 1997 ! scope="col" | 1998 ! scope="col" | 1999 ! scope="col" | 2000 ! scope="col" | 2001 ! scope="col" | 2002 ! scope="col" | 2003 |
|---|
| scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg/File:Jersey gold.svg Vuelta a España
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 36 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 56 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 20 | style="text-align:center;"| DNF | style="text-align:center;"| DNF | style="text-align:center;"| 34 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
| scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia
| style="text-align:center;"| 24 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 85 | style="text-align:center;"| 35 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 94 | style="text-align:center;"| DNF | style="text-align:center;"| 37 | style="text-align:center;"| 48 | style="text-align:center;"| 35 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 67 |
| scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France
| style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 156 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| DNF | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF
| Did not finish |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.rodolfomassi.it/}} {{in lang|it}}
- [http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/739.html Official Tour de France results for Rodolfo Massi]
{{Tour de France Lanterne Rouge}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Massi, Rodolfo}}
Category:Italian male cyclists
Category:Italian Tour de France stage winners
Category:Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Category:Doping cases in cycling