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Dario Frigo Personal information Full name Dario Frigo Born September 18, 1973
Saronno, ItalyHeight 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 66 kg (145 lbs) Team information Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type All rounder Professional team(s) 1996–1999
2000–2001
2002
2003–2005Saeco
Fassa Bortolo
Vini Caldirola
Fassa BortoloMajor wins Tour de France, 1 stage
Giro d'Italia, 2 stages
Setmana Catalana (2003)
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2003)
Züri-Metzgete (2002)
Paris–Nice (2001)
Tour de Romandie (2001, 2002)Infobox last updated on
February 14, 2007Dario Frigo (born September 18, 1973 in Saronno, Italy) is a former professional road bicycle racer. Frigo gained notoriety in the 2005 Tour de France when, lying 52nd overall racing for Fassa Bortolo, he was arrested before stage 11 after French police found ten doses of EPO in his wife's car. His greatest successes have come in one-week stage races such as Paris–Nice, Catalan Week and the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana.
Palmarès
- 1996 - Saeco
- 1997 - Saeco
- 1998 - Saeco
- 1999 - Saeco-Cannondale
- Hofbrau Cup
- 2000 - Fassa Bortolo
- 2001 - Fassa Bortolo
- Tour de Romandie
- Paris–Nice
- Giro d'Italia - Stage 15
- 2002 - Vini Caldirola
- National Time-Trial Champion
- Züri-Metzgete
- Tour de Romandie
- Subida a Urkiola
- Tour de France - Stage 17
- 2003 - Fassa Bortolo
- Setmana Catalana
- Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- Giro d'Italia - Stage 18
- 2004 - Fassa Bortolo
- 2005 - Fassa Bortolo
See also
- List of doping cases in cycling
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
External links
- Dario Frigo at Trap-Friis.dk
Categories:- Living people
- 1973 births
- Italian cyclists
- Italian Tour de France stage winners
- Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Doping cases in cycling
- People from the Province of Varese
- Italian cycling biography stubs
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