Alessandro Petacchi

Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who rode from 1996 to 2015 and was one of the great sprinters of his era. He won 48 Grand Tour stages and the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010, as well as the classics Milan-San Remo in 2005 and Paris-Tours in 2007, finishing with 183 career victories. In 2007 he was banned and his results were disqualified after a doping case linked to an asthma drug, though a court said he had not cheated on purpose. He later became a lead-out man for Omega Pharma-Quick-Step and retired after the 2015 Giro d'Italia.