Andrea Moletta

Andrea Moletta (born 23 February 1979 in Cittadella, Province of Padua) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Miche-Silver Cross.

Andrea Moletta
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Moletta
Born (1979-02-23) 23 February 1979
Cittadella, Italy
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamMiche-Silver Cross
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2003Mercatone Uno
2004Barloworld
20052008Gerolsteiner
2009Miche-Silver Cross

In March 2007, Moletta crashed badly in the Milan-San Remo race, and it was thought that his season would be over. However, six months later Moletta was recovered and started in the 2007 Vuelta a España.[1]

During the 2008 Giro d'Italia, Moletta's father was caught with Viagra and unidentified fluids, and as result of this, Moletta's team Gerolsteiner withdrew Moletta from racing.[2] Viagra was not banned in competition, so no formal doping charge was filed against Moletta, although the doping authorities (WADA) were looking at the matter.[3] Later it was found that the fluids were the hormone Lutelef, which can be used as a new form of blood doping.[4] Moletta was later cleared from any wrongdoing.[5]

He has previously played for Team Braloworld (2004), Mercatone Uno (2003), and Fassa Bortolo (2001).[6]

Since 2009, Moletta rides for Miche-Silver Cross.[7]

Palmares

Notes and references

  1. Decaluwé, Brecht (3 September 2007). "Andrea Moletta: Coming back one day at a time". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. Westemeyer, Susan; Brown, Gregor (22 September 2008). "Gerolsteiner's forgotten riders". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. Weislo, Laury (23 May 2008). "Riders using Viagra for altitude?". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  4. Farrand, Stephen (30 October 2009). "Italian investigation discovers new blood doping technique". Cycling weekly. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  5. Brown, Gregor (5 November 2008). "Moletta cleared, but without team". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  6. "Andrea Moletta". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  7. Andrea Moletta at Cycling Archives


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