Alessandro Ballan is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, born on 6 November 1979, best known for winning the UCI Road World Championships road race in 2008 on the Varese circuit. He turned professional in 2004 with Lampre and became a leading spring classics rider, winning the Tour of Flanders in 2007 and the Vattenfall Cyclassics the same year, and finishing third at Paris-Roubaix in 2006 and 2008. He joined BMC Racing Team for 2010. He was suspended for two years in 2014 in connection with the Mantova doping investigation, a sanction that was overturned in court in late 2015, and he retired in 2016.
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is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer
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is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer
Competed In: Tour de France, Career, 2008
raced in both the other grand tours, the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espa
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