Eddy Mazzoleni

Eddy Mazzoleni (born 29 July 1973) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team.

Biography He currently lives in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy. Mazzoleni is a talented climber and was a higher finisher on the General Classification in the 2005 Tour de France, notably he finished 3rd on stage 16 to Pau. He also finished 3rd overall in the 2007 Giro d'Italia behind 1st-place winner Danilo Di Luca and 2nd place Andy Schleck. His brother in-law is Ivan Basso. Mazzoleni left Astana on 16 July 2007, following implication in the Italian Oil for Drugs case. On 8 April 2008 Mazzoleni was given a two-year suspension due to his involvement in this case.

His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during the 1998 Tour de France and found positive for EPO when retested in 2004.

Major results

1991

1994 9th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 1995 1st Stage 7 Regio-Tour 1997 10th Tre Valli Varesine 1998 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 1999 3rd Giro di Lombardia 9th Overall Regio-Tour 2000 1st Stage 3a Tour de Romandie 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse 2nd Giro dell'Appennino 10th Trofeo Laigueglia 2001 2nd GP Primavera 3rd Milano–Torino 3rd Coppa Placci 3rd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato 5th Trofeo Melinda 5th Giro dell'Emilia 8th Giro del Lazio 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 9th Luk-Cup Bühl 2002 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia 5th GP Chiasso 6th Overall Tour Méditerranéen 9th Overall Tour de Romandie 2003 6th Stausee Rundfahrt 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 10th Overall Giro d'Italia 10th La Flèche Wallonne 10th Giro del Veneto 2004 2nd Milano–Torino 2nd Klasika Primavera 7th Giro di Lombardia 8th Firenze–Pistoia 9th Rund um den Henninger Turm 10th Paris–Tours 2005 1st Giro del Veneto 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián 4th Tre Valli Varesine 9th Trofeo Melinda 2006 9th Overall Deutschland Tour 2007 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish