Michele Scarponi

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Michele Scarponi

Scarponi (centre) in 2005 with Serhiy Honchar (right)
Personal information
Full name	Michele Scarponi
Date of birth	September 25, 1979 (1979-09-25) (age 28)
Country	Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	62 kg (140 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007	Acqua & Sapone Domina Vacanze Liberty Seguros Acqua & Sapone
Major wins
Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale (2007) Peace Race (2004)
Infobox last updated on:
January 2, 2008

Michele Scarponi (born September 25, 1979 in Jesi) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer. In 2006, Scarponi was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case. Despite this, and Scarponi's Liberty Seguros-Würth cycling team folding, Scarponi was able to secure a contract with Acqua & Sapone, with whom he had started his career in 2002.

Despite a promising start to the 2007 season, Scarponi was once again implicated in the Operación Puerto case. On May 8, 2007, Scarponi confessed his role in the case.^[1] On May 15, Scarponi was provisionally suspended.^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

[edit] External links

• Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk

Persondata
NAME	Scarponi, Michele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1979-09-25
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jesi, Italy
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH