Matteo Rabottini

Matteo Rabottini
Rabottini at the 2012 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full name Matteo Rabottini
Nickname Rambo
Born (1987-08-14) 14 August 1987
Pescara, Italy
Team information
Current team Meridiana–Kamen
Discipline Road
Role Climber
Amateur team(s)
2006–2010 Aran Cucine
Professional team(s)
2010 → Lampre–Farnese Vini (stagiaire)
2011–2014 Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli[1]
2016– Meridiana–Kamen
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2012)
1 individual stage (2012)

Matteo Rabottini (born 14 August 1987) is an Italian racing cyclist who rides for the UCI Continental team Meridiana–Kamen.

Career

He was provisionally suspended by the UCI in September 2014 following an adverse analytical finding for EPO in a test taken in August 2014.[2] He was dropped from the Italian World Championships team.[3] In May 2015 UCI announced on their website that Rabottini was banned for two years, with a cut of 3 months for "Substantial Assistance in Discovering or Establishing Anti-Doping Rule Violations".[4] The ban ended on 6 May 2016.[5][6] He joined Meridiana–Kamen upon the conclusion of the ban.

Major results

References

  1. ↑ "Yellow Fluo (YEL) – ITA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Rabottini tests positive for EPO". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  4. ↑ UCI:UCI regulatioins, anti-doping rules
  5. ↑ UCI: Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules
  6. ↑ UCI hands Rabottini two-year ban for EPO positive, cyclingnews.com, 12 May 2015
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