Alessandro Petacchi

Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Petacchi
Nickname	Ale-Jet
Date of birth	January 3, 1974 (1974-01-03) (age 33)
Country	Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft +1⁄2 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team	Milram
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
1996–1998 1999 2000–2005 2006–	Scrigno Navigare-Gaerne Fassa Bortolo Milram
Major wins
Tour de France, 4 stages Giro d'Italia, 24 stages Vuelta a España, 19 stages Milan-Sanremo (2005)
Infobox last updated on:
September 13, 2007

Rund um den Henninger Turm (2006)

Alessandro Petacchi winning the 2005 edition of Milan-San Remo.

Alessandro Petacchi (born on January 3, 1974 in La Spezia, Liguria) is an Italian professional road cyclist. He turned professional in 1996, and currently rides for Team Milram, along with another of the world's best cycling sprinters, Erik Zabel, following the disbanding of his former Fassa Bortolo team. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 1500 pixel, file size: 161 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Beschreibung: Der italienische Radprofi Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) beim Auftakt der Rothaus Regio-Tour in Heitersheim Quelle: selbst fotografiert Datum: 16. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... “Kg” redirects here. ... The pound or pound-mass (abbreviations: lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States, #) is a unit of mass (sometimes called weight in everyday parlance) in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 398 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2000 × 3008 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 398 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (2000 × 3008 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1404x936, 120 KB)Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi winning Milan-San Remo in 2005. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1404x936, 120 KB)Sprinter Alessandro Petacchi winning Milan-San Remo in 2005. ... These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Milano-San Remo cycling classic, which saw the first win of Alessandro Petacchi in the Via Roma. ... is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... La Spezia (Spèsa in the local dialect of Ligurian) is a city in the Liguria region of northern Italy, at the head of La Spezia Gulf, and capital city of the province of La Spezia. ... Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. ... A cyclist is a person who engages in cycling whether as a sport or rides a bicycle for recreation or transportation. ... Team Milram is a professional cycling team participating in the 2006 edition of the UCI ProTour race series, taking over the ProTour licens of the Domina Vacanze team. ... Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi beating Óscar Freire at a stage of the 2005 Tirreno-Adriatico. ... Erik Zabel (born July 7, 1970 in Berlin) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour Team Milram. ... 2005 Rund um den Henninger Turm Fassa Bortolo (2000-2005) was a professional road bicycle racing team founded in 2000 and lead by Giancarlo Ferretti. ...

Petacchi's speciality is sprinting and his nickname is "Ale-Jet". He is currently among the most talented and dangerous sprinters in the world. His explosive speed has seen him take several stage victories in all three of the Grand Tours. In 2004 he won a record nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, which resulted in him winning the maglia ciclamino for topping the points classification. He managed his first victory in a major Classic race in 2005, triumphing at the Milan-San Remo. Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi beating Óscar Freire at a stage of the 2005 Tirreno-Adriatico. ... In road bicycle racing, a Grand Tour refers to one of the three major European professional cycling stage races: Tour de France - Tour of France Giro dItalia - Tour of Italy Vuelta a España - Tour of Spain Collectively they are termed the Grand Tours, and all three are similar... The Giro dItalia, also simply known as the Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May or early June in and around Italy. ... The Maglia Ciclamino is one of the winners jerseys of the three-week stage cycling race Giro dItalia. ... The Classic cycle races are the most prestigious one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. ... Milan - San Remo, nicknamed la primavera, is an annual cycling race between Milan and San Remo. ...

He withdrew from the 2006 Giro d'Italia after crashing during the third stage. It was subsequently discovered that he had finished the stage with a fractured kneecap.[1]. In 2007, he returned and won five stages in the 2007 Giro d'Italia, bringing his tally of ProTour victories up to 21 and making him the cyclist with most UCI ProTour victories. The 89th Giro dItalia was held from May 6 to May 28, 2006. ... The patella or kneecap is a thick, triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the front of the knee joint. ... Overview of the stages The 2007 Giro dItalia cycle race takes place from May 12 until June 3, 2007. ... This is a list of records of the UCI ProTour cycling competition. ...

After a non-negative result for the Asthma drug Salbutamol (which Petacchi has clearance to use), Petacchi was placed on non-active status and missed the 2007 Tour de France.^[1] Petacchi was then absolved by the Italian Cycling Federation when they deemed any overuse of Salbutamol as simple human error.^[2] Salbutamol (INN) or albuterol (USAN) is a short-acting β2-adrenergic receptor agonist used for the relief of bronchospasm in conditions such as asthma and COPD. Salbutamol sulphate is usually given by the inhaled route for direct effect on bronchial smooth muscle. ... The Tour de France is the worlds best-known cycling race, a 22 day long, 20 stage road race that is usually run over a distance of more than 3000km. ... FCI logo The Italian Cycling Federation or FCI (in Italian: Federazione Ciclistica Italiana) is the national governing body of cycle racing in Italy. ...

Palmares

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References

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