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| Petacchi pictured on 16 August 2006 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Alessandro Petacchi |
| Nickname | Ale-Jet |
| Date of birth | 3 January 1974 |
| Country |  Italy |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (160 lb; 11.5 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Lampre-Farnese Vini |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s)1 | |
| 1996–1999 2000–2005 2006–2008 2008–2009 2010– |
Scrigno-Blue Storm Fassa Bortolo Team Milram LPR Brakes-Ballan Lampre-Farnese Vini |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, 4 stages Giro d'Italia, 21 stages & 1 points jerseys Vuelta a España, 19 stages & 1 points jersey Milan-Sanremo (2005) Paris-Tours (2007) |
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| Infobox last updated on: | |
| 15 July 2009
1 Team names given are those prevailing |
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Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974 in La Spezia, Liguria) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for Lampre-Farnese Vini.
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Petacchi turned professional in 1996, and rode for a number of teams. In 2006 he moved to Team Milram with sprinters, Erik Zabel, following the disbanding of his Fassa Bortolo. His explosive speed won him stages in all three of the Grand Tours. In 2004 he won a record nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, which resulted in winning the maglia ciclamino for topping the points classification. He won his first classic in 2005, Milan-Sanremo.
He withdrew from the 2006 Giro d'Italia after crashing during the third stage. He he had finished the stage with a broken kneecap.[1]. In 2007, he won five stages in the 2007 Giro d'Italia, bringing his tally of ProTour victories to 21 and making him the rider with most UCI ProTour victories.
After a non-negative result for the asthma drug salbutamol, which Petacchi had clearance to use, he was placed on non-active status and missed the 2007 Tour de France.[2] Petacchi was absolved when the Italian Cycling Federation ruled that overuse of Salbutamol was human error.[3]
On 6 May 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Petacchi until the end of August, applied retroactively from November. It said all competitive results obtained during the 2007 Giro d'Italia shall be disqualified with all of the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes. Results after 31 October 2007 and during his ban were disqualified. The court said Petacchi had not intended to cheat and that it was likely that he had inadvertently consumed too much medication, but he had not exercised "utmost caution."[4] The case was considered controversial,[5] as it kept Petacchi from starting the Tour de France as he had planned[6] and for the court ruling that he should be suspended despite acknowledging that he had not cheated. Petacchi maintained that he had done no wrong.[7]
As a result of this, on 16 May 2008, Petacchi was fired by Team Milram.[8]. After his suspension he joined LPR Brakes-Ballan.
After winning a few minor races in 2008 Petacchi started 2009 strongly by winning the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen semi-classic race. He was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia and won the second and third stages, taking the pink jersey.[9]
Petacchi signed with Lampre-Farnese Vini for the 2010 season.[10]
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| Preceded by Óscar Freire |
Winner of Milan-Sanremo 2005 |
Succeeded by Filippo Pozzato |
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   | Petacchi upbeat after operation - BBC SPORT | Other Sport... | Cycling | Petacchi upbeat after operation |
| | Alessandro Petacchi official site - Alessandro Petacchi - Official Web Site |
| | Sidelined Petacchi facing 12 month suspension - First Edition Cycling News for July 5, 2007 www.cyclingnews.com - the first WWW cycling results and news service |
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