Gianpaolo Mondini

Gianpaolo Mondini (born 15 July 1972 in Faenza) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He won the 18th stage in the 1999 Tour de France and the 2003 Italian National Time Trial Championship.

Gianpaolo Mondini
Personal information
Full nameGianpaolo Mondini
Born (1972-07-15) 15 July 1972
Faenza, Italy
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1996–1997Amore & Vita–ForzArcore
1998Kross–Selle Italia
1999–2000Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
2001Mercatone Uno–Stream TV
2002U.S. Postal Service
2003Domina Vacanze–Elitron
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1999)

Single-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2003)

Doping

In 2002 Mondini was sacked from US Postal after police found EPO and growth hormones in his hotel room during 2001 Giro d'Italia. He admitted using illegal substances.[1]

Major results

1996
1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
2nd Overall Hofbrau Cup
1997
1st Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 1
1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine
10th Giro dell'Emilia
1998
1st GP Industria Artigianato e Commercio Carnaghese
3rd Giro d'Oro
1999
1st Stage 18 Tour de France
1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
1st Stage 5 Tour of Japan
8th LuK Challenge
2000
1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2003
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
9th Firenze–Pistoia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 67 109 74 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 81
A red jersey Vuelta a España 131
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

See also

References

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