Matteo Rabottini

Matteo Rabottini

Personal information
Full name	Matteo Rabottini
Nickname	Rambo
Born	August 14, 1987 Pescara, Italy
Team information
Current team	Southeast–Venezuela
Discipline	Road
Role	Climber
Professional team(s)
2010	→Lampre–Farnese Vini (stagiaire)
2011–	Farnese Vini–Neri Sottoli
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia Mountains classification (2012) 1 individual stage (2012)
Infobox last updated on 30 March 2014

Matteo Rabottini (born 14 August 1987) is an Italian racing cyclist who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Neri Sottoli.^[1]

Career

He was provisionally suspended by the UCI in September 2014 following an adverse analytical finding for EPO in a test taken in August 2014.^[2] He was dropped from the Italian World Championships team.^[3] In May 2015 UCI announced on their website that Rabottini was banned for two years, with a cut of 3 months for "Substantial Assistance in Discovering or Establishing Anti-Doping Rule Violations".^[4] The ban ends 6 May 2016.^[5][6]

Palmarès

2011

1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey

2012

Giro d'Italia

1st Mountains classification

1st Stage 15

3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

5th Overall Tour of Slovenia

2013

9th Tre Valli Varesine

9th Milano–Torino

2014

3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

3rd Overall Tour of Slovenia

4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

9th Trofeo Laigueglia

References

1. "Yellow Fluo (YEL) – ITA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
3. "Rabottini tests positive for EPO". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 12 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
4. UCI:UCI regulatioins, anti-doping rules
5. UCI: Consequences Imposed on License-Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules
6. UCI hands Rabottini two-year ban for EPO positive, cyclingnews.com, 12 May 2015

External links

• Matteo Rabottini profile at Cycling Archives