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Historic Overview Danilo Di Luca

Rider

Overall Rank117
NameDanilo DI LUCA
Country
  Italy
Date of birth02-Jan-1976 - Spoltore (Abruzzi)
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Biography

Danilo Di Luca

Danilo Di Luca (born 2 January 1976) is a former Italian professional road racing cyclist, best known for winning the 2007 Giro d'Italia, but also for several positive doping tests, the last of which resulting in a lifetime ban from the sport.

Di Luca is also one of six riders to have won each of the three Ardennes classics; he won the Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne in 2005, and Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2007. During his career, Di Luca rode for the Riso Scotti, Cantina Tollo–Acqua e Sapone, Saeco Macchine per Caffè, Liquigas, LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini, Team Katusha, Acqua & Sapone and Vini Fantini–Selle Italia squads.

Di Luca's career was also dogged by numerous infractions, involving three suspensions in relation to doping. In 2007, Di Luca was suspended for three months towards the end of the season, for visiting previously banned doctor Carlo Santuccione, which later escalated into the Oil for Drugs case. In 2009, at the Giro d'Italia, Di Luca tested positive on two occasions for CERA, and was given a backdated – to July 2009 – two-year ban in February 2010, which was later reduced to nine months. His third positive test came just before the 2013 Giro d'Italia, when he tested positive for erythropoietin (EPO) in an out-of-competition test. Di Luca expressed surprise at the test results, but he was given a lifetime ban in December 2013.

Danilo Di Luca wrote his autobiography Bestie da Vittoria, which means "Beasts for victories". Such book is also a denunciation of the use of doping substances among cyclists and the use of anti-doping controls as a way to manipulate competition results.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 6 2 25 2 5 2 33

Major Victories

Amstel Gold Race 2005
Liège - Bastogne - Liège 2007
La Flèche Wallonne 2005
Giro dell'Emilia 2008
Giro di Lombardia 2001
Giro d'Italia 2007
Vuelta al Pais Vasco 2005
Trofeo Laigueglia 2002
Tre Valli Varesine 2003
Milano - Torino 2007
Giro del Veneto 2002
Coppa Placci 2003
Trofeo Pantalica 2000
G.P. Industria e Artigianato 2000
Trofeo Matteotti 2004
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 2002 (2), 2003 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 2000 (1), 2001 (1), 2005 (2), 2007 (2)
Vuelta a España - stages 2002 (1), 2006 (1)
Vuelta al Pais Vasco - stages 2000 (1), 2005 (1)
Vuelta a Valencia - stages 2002 (1)
Vuelta a Murcia - stages 2004 (1)
Giro del Trentino - stages 2009 (1)
Österreich-Rundfahrt - stages 2012 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 2001 (1)
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Seasons

Danilo Di Luca - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1996 Individual 3 1222
2. 1997 Individual 64 505
3. 1998 Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa 105 381
4. 1999 Cantina Tollo - Alexia Alluminio 401 165
5. 2000 Cantina Tollo - Regain 845 69
6. 2001 Cantina Tollo - Acqua e Sapone 1049 51
7. 2002 Saeco - Longoni Sport 1219 27
8. 2003 Saeco 1162 33
9. 2004 Saeco 868 64
10. 2005 Liquigas - Bianchi 3118 1
11. 2006 Liquigas 1083 39
12. 2007 Liquigas 3056 2
13. 2008 LPR Brakes - Ballan 962 46
14. 2009 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1383 24
15. 2011 Katusha Team 388 189
16. 2012 Acqua & Sapone 424 177
17. 2013 Vini Fantini - Selle Italia 166 389
Overall: 16296 117