Matteo Rabottini
Rabottini at the 2012 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameMatteo Rabottini
NicknameRambo
Born (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987 (age 36)
Pescara, Italy
Team information
Current teamMeridiana–Kamen
DisciplineRoad
RoleClimber
Amateur team
2006–2010Aran Cucine
Professional teams
2010→ Lampre–Farnese Vini (stagiaire)
2011–2014Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli[1]
2016–Meridiana–Kamen[2]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2012)
1 individual stage (2012)

Matteo Rabottini (born 14 August 1987) is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Meridiana–Kamen.[3]

Career

He was provisionally suspended by the UCI in September 2014 following an adverse analytical finding for EPO in a test taken in August 2014.[4] He was dropped from the Italian World Championships team.[5] In May 2015 UCI announced on their website that Rabottini was banned for two years, with a cut of 3 months for "Substantial Assistance in Discovering or Establishing Anti-Doping Rule Violations".[6] The ban ended on 6 May 2016.[7][8] He joined Meridiana–Kamen upon the conclusion of the ban.

Major results

2009
1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2010
10th Overall Girobio
1st Stage 10
2011
1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey
2012
Giro d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 15
3rd Coppa Sabatini
3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
6th Giro dell'Emilia
7th Overall Giro di Padania
10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
2013
9th Tre Valli Varesine
9th Milano–Torino
2014
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
9th Trofeo Laigueglia
2017
6th Overall Tour of Albania
2018
5th Overall Tour of Albania

References

  1. ^ "Yellow Fluo (YEL) – ITA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Meridiana Kamen Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Meridiana Kamen Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Rabottini tests positive for EPO". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  6. ^ UCI:UCI regulatioins, anti-doping rules
  7. ^ UCI: Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules
  8. ^ UCI hands Rabottini two-year ban for EPO positive, cyclingnews.com, 12 May 2015

External links

Giro d'Italia mountains classification winners
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