Maximiliano Richeze

Maximiliano Richeze

Personal information
Full name	Ariel Maximiliano Richeze
Born	March 7, 1983 (1983-03-07) (age 28) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Team information
Current team	D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2006-2007 2008-2009 2011	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare CSF Group-Navigare D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo
Infobox last updated on 27 May 2011

Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (born March 7, 1983 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional cyclist who rides for the D'Angelo & Antenucci-Nippo team.

In his first season as a professional racer, he obtained the second position in the last stage of the 2006 Giro d'Italia, finishing some centimetres behind Robert Förster. He is considered to be the Argentine cyclist to obtain the best result in any of the three main cycling tours (the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España), since nationalized Lucien Petit-Breton raced for France, Argentina born Juan Antonio Flecha raced for Spain, and Alejandro Borrajo only achieved a third place, also at the Giro.

In the 2007 Giro d'Italia Richeze placed 3rd on Stage 3 and 2nd on Stage 18 and 21, all of which were won by Alessandro Petacchi. But, after the disqualification of the Italian in May 2008 by doping, Richeze was declared the winner of stages 18 and 21 of that Giro.

Among his other achievements are the first position of the Stage 1 and other second positions in the 2006 Le Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia, and the 2005 Trofeo Arvedi of the Circuito del Porto in Portugal. Also in 2005 he won the Panamerican under-23 Championship, and in 2003 he became the Argentine under-23 champion.

Before the start of the 2008 Giro d'Italia Richeze tested positive for a steroid named stanazol which resulted in his expulsion from the race. Despite being initially cleared by the Argentine Cycling Federation he was banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for two years.^[1]

Palmares

2003

 Argentina National Champion, Track, 1 km

2nd, Overall, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

1st, Stage 6

2004

1st, Stage 2, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

1st, Stage 2A, Vuelta Ciclista Lider al Sur

2005

Pan American Championships, Road race (under-23)

2nd,  Argentina National Championship, Road race, (under-23)

1st, Stage 9, Vuelta a San Juan

1st, Stage 1 & 6B, Clásica del Oeste-Doble Bragado

2nd, Piccola Coppa Agostoni (Trofeo L.Meroni)

1st, Circuito del Porto-Trofeo Arvedi

1st, Stage 2, Giro del Veneto

2006

1st, Stage 1, Tour de Langkawi

138th, Overall, Giro d'Italia

2007

1st, Stage 4, Vuelta a San Juan

1st, Stage 2, Tour de Langkawi

1st, Stage 4, Giro del Trentino

92nd, Overall, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 18, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 21, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 1, Tour de Luxembourg

2008

1st, Stages 2, Tour de San Luis

1st, Stage 7, Tour of Turkey

2011

1st Prologue Tour de Kumano

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

References

1. ^ CQ Ranking

External links

• Maximiliano Richeze profile at Cycling Archives

Persondata
Name	Richeze, Maximiliano
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Date of birth	March 7, 1983
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death
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