Maximiliano Richeze

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Winner of Antalya - Alanya stage of 2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Maximiliano Richeze

Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (born on March 7, 1983 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine professional cyclist.

Among his 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.

In his season as a professional racer, he obtained the second position in the last state 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 of 2008 by doping, Richeze is the winner of stages 18 and 21 of that Giro.

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.

[edit] 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, National Championship, Road race, (under-23); 1st, Stage 9, Vuelta de 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 de 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, Stage 2, Tour de San Luis; 1st, Stage 7, Tour of Turkey

[edit] External links

Maximiliano Richeze profile at the Cycling Website

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