Rémy Di Gregorio

Rémy Di Gregorio (born 31 July 1985) is a French road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport following a positive in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previously competed for (2005–2010),, (2012), and (2014–2018) in his professional career.

Career He rode his first Tour de France in 2007. He broke his elbow in a crash on the fourth stage. He finished the stage 7:58 behind the leader and left the race. He broke clear on the 10th stage of the 2008 Tour de France edition, on Bastille Day, and led until the final climb.

Di Gregorio returned to the professional peloton in 2014, with . In April 2013, it was revealed that Di Gregorio could resume his career, since the products found in his possession at the Tour turned out to be vitamins. Prosecutors said the case was not formally closed. Di Gregorio maintained he had never doped and successfully sued for unfair dismissal.

In April 2018, news broke that Di Gregorio had failed an in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO), during that year's Paris–Nice. He was suspended for 4 years, backdated from the adverse finding, following the confirmation that his B-sample also tested positive in May 2020.

Major results

2003

2004 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard 5th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines 2005 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain 2006 1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir 2007

2008 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

2009 5th Overall Route du Sud 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain 2010 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2011 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice 2012 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 3 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid 2013

1st Stage 2 2014

2nd Boucles de l'Aulne 5th Overall Tour du Limousin 5th Classic Sud-Ardèche 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain 9th Overall Tour Alsace

9th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan 9th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon 9th Tour du Jura 2016

2017 2nd Overall Tour of Almaty 2018

1st Stage 2 Tour La Provence 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise