Cristian Moreni (born 21 November 1972 in Asola) is an Italian former road racing cyclist who competed as a professional from 1998 to 2000. He took eight wins in his career, including stages of the

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and

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, the Italian National Road Race Championships and the Giro del Veneto. he also competed in the road race at the

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Doping

Moreni tested positive for testosterone at the end of the 11th stage of the

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, on 25 July 2007 (stage 16). He was arrested after stage 16 by French gendarmes. He pleaded guilty, and did not request that a second sample be tested. Subsequently, to his arrest, Cofidis withdrew from the Tour. Moreni was suspended for two years following the scandal. In 2009, when his suspension ended, Moreni became the first cyclist to pay a fine of one year's salary to the UCI. Moreni wanted to return as a professional cyclist.

Major results

;1994 : 4th Gran Premio della Liberazione ;1996 : 1st Stage 9 Vuelta al Táchira : 4th Gran Premio della Liberazione ;1999 (1) : 1st Stage 17

: 3rd GP de la Ville de Rennes : 7th GP Industria Artigianato e Commercio Carnaghese ;2000 (1) : 1st Stage 2

;2001 (1) : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Castilla y León : 6th Züri-Metzgete : 6th Tre Valli Varesine ;2002 : 5th Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden : 7th

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: 7th Brabantse Pijl ;2003 (2) : 1st Giro del Veneto : 2nd

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: 3rd Overall Regio-Tour ::1st Stage 1 : 7th La Flèche Wallonne ;2004 (2) : 1st MaillotItalia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1 Route du Sud : 3rd Gran Premio Fred Mengoni ;2005 (1) : 3rd

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: 7th GP Ouest-France : 9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli : 10th Overall Tour de l'Ain ::1st Stage 1 ;2006 : 4th

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: 6th Züri-Metzgete : 6th

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: 7th Overall Tour de Pologne : 8th Giro del Piemonte ;2007 : 6th Milano–Torino

Tour de France participations

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- 66th overall *

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- 44th overall; 8th points; 2nd, Stage 18 *2007 - Disqualified, use of Testosterone

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* 1972 births Living people Cyclists from the Province of Mantua Italian male cyclists Italian Vuelta a España stage winners Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Italian sportspeople in doping cases Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy Doping cases in cycling People from Asola, Lombardy {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub

Doping

Major results

Tour de France participations

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