Andrea Moletta

Andrea Moletta
Personal information
Full name Andrea Moletta
Born (1979-02-23) 23 February 1979
Cittadella, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team Miche-Silver Cross
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Professional team(s)
2003 Mercatone Uno
2004 Barloworld
2005–2008 Gerolsteiner
2009– Miche-Silver Cross

Andrea Moletta (born 23 February 1979 in Cittadella, Province of Padua) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Miche-Silver Cross.

In March 2007, Moletta crashed badly in the Milan-San Remo race, and it was thought that his season would be over. However, six months later Moletta was recovered and started in the 2007 Vuelta a España.[1]

During the 2008 Giro d'Italia, Moletta's father was caught with Viagra and unidentified fluids, and as result of this, Moletta's team Gerolsteiner withdrew Moletta from racing.[2] Viagra was not banned in competition, so no formal doping charge was filed against Moletta, although the doping authorities (WADA) were looking at the matter.[3] Later it was found that the fluids were the hormone Lutelef, which can be used as a new form of blood doping.[4] Moletta was later cleared from any wrongdoing.[5]

Since 2009, Moletta rides for Miche-Silver Cross.[6]

Palmares

Moletta has won one race in his professional career:[6]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Decaluwé, Brecht (3 September 2007). "Andrea Moletta: Coming back one day at a time". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Westemeyer, Susan; Brown, Gregor (22 September 2008). "Gerolsteiner's forgotten riders". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Weislo, Laury (23 May 2008). "Riders using Viagra for altitude?". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Farrand, Stephen (30 October 2009). "Italian investigation discovers new blood doping technique". Cycling weekly. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Brown, Gregor (5 November 2008). "Moletta cleared, but without team". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  6. 1 2 Andrea Moletta at Cycling Archives
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