Michele Scarponi (1979 to 2017) was an Italian road racing cyclist from the Marche region who rode professionally from 2002 until his death in 2017 and took 21 professional victories. He began cycling at the age of eight, won the junior Italian national road race title in 1997 and turned professional with Acqua & Sapone. After a doping ban he returned in 2009 with stage and overall wins at Tirreno-Adriatico and two stage wins at the Giro d'Italia. When Alberto Contador was stripped of his 2011 results, Scarponi was promoted to the wins at the Volta a Catalunya and the Giro d'Italia. From 2014 he rode for Astana, mostly as a domestique for Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru, and was a key helper for overall winner Vincenzo Nibali at the Tour de France. He served two doping-related suspensions during his career.
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was an Italian road bicycle racer who rode professionally
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Michele Scarponi (25 September 1979-22 April 2017)
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He began cycling at age eight with a local team in the Marche region.
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was an Italian road bicycle racer who rode professionally
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he rode in the Tour de France for the first time and finished 32nd overall
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