Rodolfo Massi (; 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. 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. 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. Later, all legal charges against him were dropped, but the Italian Olympic Committee banned him for six months.
Major results
Source:
1987
9th Giro di Toscana
1988
2nd Trofeo Pantalica
7th Trofeo Laigueglia
1989
3rd Gran Premio CittÃÂ di Camaiore
1990
5th Gran Premio CittÃÂ 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 Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
:1st Stage 1
5th Overall Tour de Suisse
8th Overall TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico
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 TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico
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 ÃÂtoile de Bessèges
6th Trofeo Laigueglia
9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
10th Overall TirrenoâÂÂAdriatico
10th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1998
1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
Tour de France
:1st Stage 10
:Held after Stages 10âÂÂ17
1st Stage 2 Critérium International
3rd LiègeâÂÂBastogneâÂÂLiège
3rd ParisâÂÂCamembert
4th Tour du Haut Var
5th Overall ParisâÂÂNice
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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
See also
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