Alessandro Petacchi
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Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 grand tour stages with wins of the
Petacchi at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl.
Petacchi at the 2005 Milan–San Remo, where he won his first Classic race
Petacchi at the 2006 Rund um den Henninger Turm
Petacchi at the 2010 Tour de France, wearing the Green Jersey
Operation Aderlass
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Operation Aderlass was an investigation in Austria and Germany into doping practices carried out by Erfurt-based German physician Mark Schmidt. Athletes from various disciplines were named as alleged
Alessandro Petacchi
…of doctor Mark Schmidt, who administered illegal blood transfusion for the purpose of performance enhancement to athletes in what has become known as Operation Aderlass. Petacchi denied the accusations, but was nevertheless provisionally suspended by the UCI. He subsequently stepped down from his role as commentator…
Admissions by cross-country skier Johannes Dürr led to the investigations
Alessandro Petacchi pictured in 2012, when he allegedly worked with Schmidt for the purposes of doping