Matteo Rabottini Explained

Matteo Rabottini
Fullname:Matteo Rabottini
Nickname:Rambo
Birth Date:14 August 1987
Birth Place:Pescara, Italy
Discipline:Road
Role:Climber
Amateuryears1:2006–2010
Amateurteam1:Aran Cucine
Proyears1:2010
Proteam1:(stagiaire)
Proyears2:2011–2014
Proteam2:[1]
Proyears3:2016–2022
Proteam3:[2]
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

Mountains classification (2012)

1 individual stage (2012)

Matteo Rabottini (born 14 August 1987) is an Italian racing cyclist, who last for UCI Continental team .[3]

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.[4] He was dropped from the Italian World Championships team.[5] 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".[6] The ban ended on 6 May 2016.[7] [8] He joined upon the conclusion of the ban.

Major results

2009
  • 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2010
  • 10th Overall Girobio
  • 1st Stage 10
    2011
  • 1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey
    2012
  • Giro d'Italia
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 1st Stage 15
  • 3rd Coppa Sabatini
  • 3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
  • 5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
  • 6th Giro dell'Emilia
  • 7th Overall Giro di Padania
  • 10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
    2013
  • 9th Tre Valli Varesine
  • 9th Milano–Torino
    2014
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia
  • 4th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
  • 4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
  • 9th Trofeo Laigueglia
    2017
  • 6th Overall Tour of Albania
    2018
  • 5th Overall Tour of Albania

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour2011201220132014
    Giro d'Italia113605517
    Tour de Francecolspan=4 rowspan=2
    Vuelta a España
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Yellow Fluo (YEL) – ITA. 26 February 2014. UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. https://archive.today/20140201123201/http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(yfivexxgficjaunbgutikzeq))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3028. 1 February 2014. dead.
    2. Web site: Meridiana Kamen Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 14 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200414211945/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14105/1001569/257. 14 April 2020.
    3. Web site: Meridiana Kamen Team. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210220224548/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15810/1001569/276. 20 February 2021.
    4. Web site: Archived copy . 12 September 2014 . 12 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140912204707/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/16/67/88/20141209ADRVProvisionalSuspensionEN_English.pdf . dead .
    5. News: Rabottini tests positive for EPO . . . 12 September 2014 . 13 September 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140914005252/http://m.cyclingnews.com/news/rabottini-tests-positive-for-epo . 14 September 2014 .
    6. UCI:UCI regulatioins, anti-doping rules
    7. UCI: Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules
    8. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-hands-rabottini-two-year-ban-for-epo-positive UCI hands Rabottini two-year ban for EPO positive