- Claudio Chiappucci
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Claudio Chiappucci 
Personal information Full name Claudio Chiappucci Nickname El Diablo Born February 28, 1963
Uboldo, ItalyTeam information Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type All-rounder Professional team(s) 1985–1996
1997
1998–1999Carrera
Asics
Amica ChipsMajor wins Tour de France
Milan – San Remo (1991)
Clásica de San Sebastián (1993)
Vuelta al País Vasco (1991)Medal recordCompetitor for 
ItalyRoad bicycle racing World Championships Silver 1994 Agrigento Elite Men's Road Race Infobox last updated on
February 9, 2007Claudio Chiappucci (born 28 February 1963 in Uboldo, Varese, Lombardy) is a retired Italian professional cyclist. He was on the podium three times in the Tour de France general classification - second in 1990, third in 1991 and second again in 1992.
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Career
After a quiet start to his career he burst onto the scene in the 1990 Tour de France. Chiappucci found himself almost casually wearing the yellow jersey after a stage one attack which the favourites allowed him to arrive with a 10 minute time advantage. In subsequent stages he resisted the return of Greg LeMond, only losing the lead of the race in stage 20, the final time trial. In the end, LeMond won the Tour by 2' 16", Chiappucci came home with a surprising second place and, moreover, the status of a cycling star. He was the first Italian cyclist to arrive on the podium at the Tour since Felice Gimondi in 1972. This first successful campaign highlighted Chiappucci's main weakness, the time trial. Although vowing to return the following year as a better racer against the clock, Chiappucci never was able to master this discipline.
The year of 1991 confirmed to the cycling community that Chiappucci was able to perform consistently. Beginning with a win in the opening classic of the season, the Milan San-Remo, Chiappucci rode the Giro d'Italia and the Tour of France.
However, Chiappucci declined quickly. After riding a solid Giro it looked like his 1993 Tour de France was to be a big showdown with Miguel Indurain. But from the first mountain stage Chiappucci was obviously struggling. Although he had a revival later on in the race, Chiappucci finished sixth overall. He won the Clásica de San Sebastián a few weeks after the Tour de France, but this marked the end of his major results. His level of performance declined sharply from around 1994/1995, and he retired in 1998 after having been found guilty of doping several times in 1997.
His most famous stage win was stage 13 of the 1992 Tour de France, when he attacked on the first climb of the day, arriving in Sestriere after holding off a thrilling chase by Miguel Indurain and Gianni Bugno.
Among the awards received by Chiappucci is a silver medal earned in 1994 at the World Cycling Championship in Sicily.
Not gifted with an exceptional physique, Chiappucci was distinguished by a gritty, combative style, always ready to attack; he did not hold back in the face of any climb or time trial.
Doping
Claudio Chiappucci used the services of doctor Francesco Conconi,[1] who is accused of applying EPO to cyclists.[2][3] Conconi was found 'morally guilty', but not convicted, because the statute of limitations had expired.[4] The judge had looked at medical reports of 33 cyclists in the period 1993-1995, including Chiappucci's, and all blood tests showed largely fluctuating hematocrit-values, indicative for EPO-use.[5] In 1997, Claudio Chiappucci told prosecutor Vincenzo Scolastico that he had been using epo since 1993, but later he retracted that statement.[6]
Major results
- 1982
- Amateur Italian road race champion
- 1991
- Tour de France:
Winner Mountains classification- Winner stage 13
- Winner Combativity award
- Giro d'Italia
Winner points classification
- Milan – San Remo
- Vuelta al País Vasco
- 1992
- Tour de France:
- Winner Mountains classification
- Winner stage 17
- Winner Combativity award
- Giro d'Italia
Winner Mountains classification
- Giro del Trentino
- 1993
- Giro d'Italia
- Winner Mountains classification
- Winner stage 14
- Clásica de San Sebastián
- 1994
- Volta a Catalunya
Grand Tours overall classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 
Giro64 - 48 24 46 12 2 2 3 5 4 WD - 60 
Tour- - - - 81 2 3 2 6 WD 11 37 - - 
Vuelta- - - 26 - - - - - - - - 11 - WD = Withdrew
See also
External links
Notes
- ^ Chiapucci
- ^ Doping affairs in cycling from 1980-1998
- ^ http://www.wilhelm-gym.de/html/sport/doping/it28_10.htm Conconi wird wegen Epo-Dopings der Prozess gemacht(German)
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/mar04/mar20news1 Judge calls Italian professor "morally guilty"
- ^ Conconi vrijgesproken na proces van vijf jaar(Dutch)
- ^ Vrijgesproken Conconi moreel veroordeeld door Italiaanse gerecht (Dutch)
Tour de France combativity award winners 1956 André Darrigade • 1957 Nicolas Barone • 1958 Federico Bahamontes • 1959 Gérard Saint • 1960 Jean Graczyk • 1961 Team West-Southwest • 1962 Eddy Pauwels • 1963 Rik van Looy • 1964 Henry Anglade • 1965 Felice Gimondi • 1966 Rudi Altig • 1967 Désiré Letort • 1968 Roger Pingeon • 1969–1970 Eddy Merckx • 1971 Luis Ocaña • 1972 Cyrille Guimard • 1973 Luis Ocaña • 1974–1975 Eddy Merckx • 1976 Raymond Delisle • 1977 Gerrie Knetemann • 1978 Paul Wellens • 1979 Hennie Kuiper • 1980 Christian Levavasseur • 1981 Bernard Hinault • 1982 Régis Clère • 1983 Serge Demierre • 1984 Bernard Hinault • 1985 Maarten Ducrot • 1986 Bernard Hinault • 1987 Régis Clère • 1988 Jérôme Simon • 1989 Laurent Fignon • 1990 Eduardo Chozas • 1991–1992 Claudio Chiappucci • 1993 Massimo Ghirotto • 1994 Eros Poli • 1995 Hernán Buenahora • 1996–1997 Richard Virenque • 1998–1999 Jacky Durand • 2000 Erik Dekker • 2001–2002 Laurent Jalabert • 2003 Alexander Vinokourov • 2004 Richard Virenque • 2005 Óscar Pereiro • 2006 David de la Fuente • 2007 Amets Txurruka • 2008 Sylvain Chavanel • 2009 None • 2010 Sylvain Chavanel • 2011 Jérémy Roy
Categories:- Italian cyclists
- Doping cases in cycling
- People from the Province of Varese
- 1963 births
- Living people
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