Andrea Peron (born 14 August 1971) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics winning a silver medal.[1] Peron turned professional in 1993, riding for team Gatorade. He is best remembered for leading the sombre peloton across the finish line in the neutralised Stage 16 of the 1995 Tour de France, the day after the death of his team- and roommate Fabio Casartelli in a fall.
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| Full name | Andrea Peron | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 August 1971 Varese, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Domestique | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Gatorade | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Polti | ||||||||||||||
| 1995-1996 | Motorola | ||||||||||||||
| 1997-1998 | La Française des Jeux | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | ONCE-Deutsche Bank | ||||||||||||||
| 2000-2001 | Fassa Bortolo | ||||||||||||||
| 2002-2006 | Team CSC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was a strong time trialist, with good results in the Italian championships, as well as a 5th place at the 1996 World Time Trial Championships. From 2002 until his retirement in 2006, he was a domestique on Team CSC. In January 2010 he joined Garmin–Transitions as assistant general manager.
Drug use allegations
editBefore the 2004 Tour de France, rumours surfaced in the French newspaper Le Monde that Peron, alongside other riders, was still under suspicion for doping following a police raid in Sanremo, Italy in June 2001. This would prevent Andrea Peron from competing in the 2004 Tour de France, as the race organizers did not want any riders under with ongoing trials competing in their race. However, Peron's case had already been closed in December 2003.[2] He had been acquitted for having four painkillers containing caffeine, of which Andrea Peron had used none. The pills had a level of caffeine below the maximum limit allowed by the UCI, the governing body of cycling.[3] Indeed, Peron had already partaken in the 2003 Tour de France the year prior without any complications.
Major results
edit- 1992
- 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Overall, Peace Race
- 1st Stage 2
- 1994
- 2nd Overall, Hofbräu Cup
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd Overall, Tour DuPont
- 1st Stage 8
- 1st Hamilton Classic
- 61st Overall, 1994 Tour de France
- 1995
- 3rd Overall, Tour DuPont
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Thrift Drug Classic
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 44th Overall, 1995 Tour de France
- 1996
- 1st Overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Points competition
- 1st Mountain competition, Three Days of De Panne
- 5th UCI Road World Championships, Time Trial
- 8th Overall, Vuelta a España
- 1997
- 56th Overall, 1997 Tour de France
- 1998
- 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1999
- 10th Overall, 1999 Tour de France
- 2000
- 4th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2001
- 1st Italian National Time Trial Championships
- 2002
- 53rd Overall, 2002 Tour de France
- 2003
- 1st Firenze–Pistoia
- 54th Overall, 2003 Tour de France
- 2004
- 64th Overall, 2004 Tour de France
- 2005
- 1st Trofeo Città di Borgomanero (with Ivan Basso)
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrea Peron". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ En dopingstorm i et glas vand[permanent dead link], Berlingske Tidende, July 3, 2004 (in Danish)
- ^ CyclingNews.com, news for February 5, 2002
External links
edit- Andrea Peron at Olympics.com
- Andrea Peron at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)