Rémy Di Gregorio Explained

Rémy Di Gregorio
Fullname:Rémy Di Gregorio
Birth Date:31 July 1985
Birth Place:Marseille, France
Height:1.80NaN0
Weight:67kg (148lb)
Currentteam:Suspended
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Amateuryears1:1999–2004
Amateuryears2:2013
Amateurteam2:Team Martigues
Proyears1:2005–2010
Proyears2:2011
Proyears3:2012
Proyears4:2014–2018
Proteam4:[1] [2]

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,[3] a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previously competed for (2005–2010), (2011), (2012),[4] 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 .[1]

Doping

On 10 July 2012, the first rest day of the 2012 Tour de France, Remi di Gregorio was arrested by French police on suspicion of doping.[5] 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 has never doped and successfully sued for unfair dismissal.[6] [7]

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.[8] [9] He was suspended for 4 years, backdated from the adverse finding, following the confirmation that his B-sample also tested positive in May 2020.[10]

Major results

2003
  • 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
    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
  • 1st Mountains classification Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
    2008
  • 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
  • Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France
    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 Overall Tour of Bulgaria
  • 1st Stage 2
    2014
  • 1st Overall Tour de Taiwan
  • 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
  • 1st Mountains classification
  • 9th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
  • 9th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
  • 9th Tour du Jura
    2016
  • 1st Mountains classification Tour La Provence
  • 1st Mountains classification Critérium International
    2017
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Almaty
    2018
  • 1st Mountains classification Étoile de Bessèges
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour La Provence
  • 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Rémy Di Gregorio returns to the peloton in 2014 with La Pomme Marseille. Ben. Atkins. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 28 October 2013. 21 December 2013.
    2. Web site: Delko Marseille-Provence KTM. DirectVelo. Association Le Peloton. French. 10 January 2018.
    3. Web site: License-Holders Provisionally Suspended as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR). PDF. 10 December 2018. 13 January 2019. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale.
    4. Web site: Di Grégorio swaps Astana for Cofidis . Cycling News . 5 August 2011 . 26 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809051043/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-gregorio-swaps-astana-for-cofidis . 9 August 2011 .
    5. News: Judicial officials: Tour de France rider Remy Di Gregorio arrested in doping investigation. https://web.archive.org/web/20120711004858/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/judicial-officials-tour-de-france-rider-remy-di-gregorio-arrested-in-doping-investigation/2012/07/10/gJQAxUQUaW_story.html. dead. 11 July 2012. 10 July 2012.
    6. News: Di Gregorio cleared to race and threatens to sue Cofidis. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 9 April 2013. 9 April 2013. Brecht Decaluwé.
    7. Web site: Di Gregorio wins court case over Cofidis. Jean-François. Quénet. 14 October 2013. cyclingnews.com.
    8. Web site: Rémy Di Gregorio fails anti-doping test for EPO during Paris-Nice. Nigel. Wynn. 11 April 2018. Cycling Weekly.
    9. Web site: Home. UCI.
    10. Web site: French rider suspended for four years following 'super-EPO' positive test. Jonny. Long. 11 May 2020. Cycling Weekly.

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