Emanuele Sella

Emanuele Sella (born 9 January 1981) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2015 for the , and teams.

Doping In out-of-competition control testing, on 23 July 2008, Vicenza-born Sella was found to test positive for CERA, the third-generation EPO according to La Gazzetta dello Sport. Sella confirmed that he had used EPO when he was called to testify in front of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on 8 August 2008. This resulted in his suspension for a year, starting 19 August 2008.

Major results

2001 10th Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi 2002 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 5th Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi 6th Giro del Belvedere 2003 1st Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi 2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano 3rd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto 5th Giro del Belvedere 8th Gran Premio San Giuseppe 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 9th Overall Giro delle Regioni 2004 1st Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia 7th Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca 9th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 10th Giro del Medio Brenta 2005

1st Stage 2b (ITT) 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano 4th Milano–Torino 7th Giro d'Oro 9th Gran Premio Fred Mengoni 10th Overall Giro d'Italia 2006 2nd Coppa Placci 3rd Giro del Lazio 4th Overall Brixia Tour 5th Overall Giro del Trentino 6th Giro dell'Appennino 10th Overall Vuelta a Murcia 2007 1st Stage 2b Brixia Tour 2nd Giro del Lazio 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 5th Giro d'Oro 8th Giro dell'Appennino 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2008 5th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 5 6th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Stages 14, 15 & 20 7th Overall Giro del Trentino

8th Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 2009 3rd Overall Cinturó de l'Empordà 1st Stage 3 10th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 2010 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 3rd Overall Tour of Austria 5th Road race, National Road Championships 7th Les Boucles du Sud-Ardèche 9th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda 2011

1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 3 2nd Giro dell'Appennino 2nd Classica Sarda Sassari-Cagliari 3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi 4th Giro di Toscana 5th Overall Giro di Sardegna 6th Overall Giro di Padania 9th Coppa Sabatini 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 10th Overall Brixia Tour 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 2012 1st Coppa Agostoni 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 3rd Giro del Veneto – Coppa Placci 6th Overall Giro di Padania 5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 9th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese 10th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia 2013

10th Giro dell'Emilia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish