Giro d'Italia 1996 : the real numbers of doping

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Last update 27/08/2025 - cyclisme-dopage.com

Statistics

The table below establishes, team by team, the count of the riders who have been or will be subsequently "pinned" in doping cases.

Teams Riders Pinned Top 10 Pinned Podium Pinned
Mapei 9 5 1 1 1 1
AKI 9 3 1 0 0 0
Brescialat 9 4 0 0 0 0
Carrera 9 3 1 0 1 0
Panaria 9 6 1 1 1 1
Festina 9 4 1 1 0 0
Gewiss 9 6 2 2 0 0
Selle Italia 9 2 0 0 0 0
Kelme 9 4 0 0 0 0
MG 9 6 0 0 0 0
MX Onda 9 1 0 0 0 0
Refin 9 3 0 0 0 0
Roslotto 9 3 1 1 0 0
Saeco 9 7 0 0 0 0
Amore & Vita 9 4 0 0 0 0
Scrigno 9 3 1 0 0 0
Polti 9 6 1 1 0 0
TVM 9 3 0 0 0 0
Total 162 73 10 7 3 2
Pourcentage 45% 70% 67%

Pinned: Number of riders who violated the anti-doping rules.
Included in this category: riders who have been tested positive (including refuse to submit to doping control or hematocrit> 50%), having acknowledged having doped, having been sanctioned (by the justice, their federation or their team).
Not included (for example) : those whose sample B was negative.
Top 10: number of riders present in the top 10 of the final general classification.
Podium: number of riders present in the first 3 of the final general classification.

Other data :


The official ranking

Ranking source : www.tour-giro-vuelta.net (10/11/2010)

  1. Tonkov Pavel in 105h20'23'' Yellow card 1999 : blood test (sanction not known)
  2. Zaina Enrico at 0h02'43''
  3. Olano Abraham at 0h02'57'' Red card 1994 : positive control ; 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty)
  4. Ugrumov Piotr at 0h03'00'' Yellow card 1995 : judicial investigation (sanction not known)
  5. Gotti Ivan at 0h03'36'' Red card 1998 : blood test (sanction not known) ; 2001 : in the act
  6. Rebellin Davide at 0h09'15'' Red card 2008 : positive control
  7. Faustini Stefano at 0h10'38''
  8. Sheffr Alexandre at 0h11'22''
  9. Robin Jean-cyril at 0h13'04'' Yellow card 199x : confessions in 2004 (sanction not known)
  10. Berzin Evgueni at 0h14'41'' Red card 1997 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 2000 : blood test
  11. Buenahora Hernan at 0h18'02'' Red card 2006 : positive control ; 2008 : positive control
  12. Zberg Beat at 0h20'13''
  13. Teteriouk Andrei at 0h25'08''
  14. Laukka Joona at 0h26'44''
  15. Lanfranchi Paolo at 0h26'56''
  16. Pulnikov Vladimir at 0h27'11''
  17. Garcia Casas Felix Manuel at 0h29'17''
  18. Cenghialta Bruno at 0h29'21'' Yellow card 199x : judicial investigation (sanction not known)
  19. Faresin Gianni at 0h34'01'' Red card 2000 : blood test
  20. Jaskula Zenon at 0h37'15'' Yellow card 1993 : confessions in 2007 (no penalty)
  21. Fernandez Gines Manuel at 0h37'55''
  22. Guerini Giuseppe at 0h39'13''
  23. Pellicioli Oscar at 0h42'10''
  24. Rodriguez Chitiva Nelson at 0h42'22''
  25. Finco Carlo at 0h49'06'' Yellow card 2000 : police investigation (sanction not known)
  26. Di Grande Giuseppe at 0h59'49'' Red card 2001 : in the act
  27. Larsen Nicolay Bo at 1h01'02'' Red card 2000 : blood test
  28. Beltran Manuel at 1h03'22'' Red card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty) ; 1999 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1999 : laboratory inquiry (no penalty) ; 2008 : positive control
  29. Bugno Gianni at 1h05'00'' Red card 1994 : positive control ; 1997 : judicial investigation (no penalty) ; 1999 : in the act
  30. Gontchenkov Alexandre at 1h05'24''
  31. Casagrande Francesco at 1h07'56'' Red card 1998 : positive control ; 1998 : positive control ; 2004 : positive control
  32. Dotti Fausto at 1h08'15''
  33. Zen Marco at 1h16'58''
  34. Della Vedova Marco at 1h24'09''
  35. Massi Rodolfo at 1h24'13'' Red card 1998 : in the act ; 1998 : confessions in 1998 (sanction not known)
  36. Belli Wladimir at 1h24'20''
  37. Noe Andrea at 1h24'41''
  38. Piepoli Leonardo at 1h25'04'' Red card 2007 : positive control (2 times) ; 2008 : positive control (2 times)
  39. Tronca Amilcare at 1h27'46''
  40. Vergnani Marco at 1h35'31''
  41. Checchin Stefano at 1h42'44''
  42. Roux Laurent at 1h42'56'' Red card 1998 : judicial investigation (no penalty) ; 1999 : blood test ; 2001 : confessions in 2013 (no penalty) ; 2002 : unannounced positive control ; 2005 : in the act
  43. Vona Franco at 1h44'13''
  44. Saligari Marco at 1h52'11''
  45. Ouslamine Sergei at 1h52'16''
  46. Piccoli Mariano at 1h52'44'' Red card 1999 : police investigation (sanction not known) ; 1999 : positive control (no penalty) ; 2001 : police investigation (no penalty) ; 2005 : police investigation (sanction not known) ; 2010 : police investigation ; 201x : judicial investigation (no penalty)
  47. Spruch Zbigniew at 1h54'33''
  48. Donati Massimo at 1h56'14''
  49. Simeoni Filippo at 1h57'26'' Red card 1993 : confessions in 1999 (no penalty) ; 1996 : positive control
  50. Imboden Heinz at 1h58'59''
  51. Roncancio Gonzalez Celio-roberto at 2h04'07''
  52. Bontempi Fabrizio at 2h12'54''
  53. Patuelli Andrea at 2h13'58''
  54. Zanette Denis at 2h15'43'' Yellow card 2001 : in the act (sanction not known)
  55. Petilleau Stephane at 2h17'52''
  56. Loda Nicola at 2h18'10'' Yellow card 1999 : positive control (no penalty)
  57. Missaglia Gabriele at 2h18'28'' Yellow card 2001 : in the act (sanction not known) ; 2005 : police investigation (sanction not known)
  58. Barbero Sergio at 2h20'21'' Red card 2001 : positive control
  59. Baldinger Dirk at 2h21'40''
  60. Gasperoni Cristian
  61. Sanchez De La Rocha José-luis at 2h25'33''
  62. Guidi Fabrizio at 2h26'01'' Yellow card 2005 : positive control (no penalty)
  63. Petito Roberto at 2h26'12'' Yellow card 1997 : positive control (no penalty)
  64. Bettin Mauro at 2h26'43''
  65. Casarotto Davide at 2h27'54'' Yellow card 2000 : police investigation (sanction not known)
  66. Caruso Roberto at 2h28'29''
  67. Perona Davide at 2h29'11''
  68. Serpellini Marco at 2h32'48'' Yellow card 2005 : police investigation (sanction not known)
  69. Djavanian Viatcheslav at 2h33'22''
  70. Sivakov Alexei at 2h33'38''
  71. Bramati Davide at 2h33'46''
  72. Garcia Camacho Ignacio at 2h34'59''
  73. Galletti Alessio at 2h35'22'' Red card 2000 : in the act ; 2004 : in the act
  74. Uria Gonzales José-manuel at 2h35'47''
  75. Brignoli Ermanno at 2h38'27'' Red card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty) ; 2001 : in the act
  76. Hodge Stephen at 2h40'35'' Red card 1991 : confessions in 2012
  77. Ouchakov Serguei at 2h41'25'' Red card 1998 : judicial investigation (no penalty) ; 1999 : positive control
  78. Rodrigues Silva Quintino at 2h43'22''
  79. Baffi Adriano at 2h47'14''
  80. Boscardin Bruno at 2h49'00''
  81. Velo Marco at 2h49'45'' Red card 1994 : positive control ; 1999 : positive control ; 2000 : positive control
  82. Sierra Pena Alvaro at 2h51'19''
  83. Salvato Cristian at 2h53'12''
  84. Frigo Dario at 2h53'18'' Red card 1996 : confessions in 2001 (sanction not known) ; 2001 : confessions in 2001 ; 2005 : judicial investigation and confessions
  85. Vidal Jose-angel at 2h54'23''
  86. Manzoni Mario at 2h57'12'' Red card 1998 : blood test
  87. Casagrande Filippo at 2h57'14'' Yellow card 1999 : positive control (no penalty)
  88. Milesi Marco at 3h00'36''
  89. Artunghi Marco at 3h03'37''
  90. Pelliconi Roberto at 3h05'08''
  91. Calcaterra Giuseppe at 3h13'11'' Yellow card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty)
  92. Lombardi Giovanni at 3h16'06'' Yellow card 2001 : police investigation (sanction not known)
  93. Brognara Andrea at 3h16'49''
  94. Forconi Riccardo at 3h17'34'' Red card 1998 : positive control ; 2001 : positive control
  95. Scirea Mario at 3h19'46'' Red card 2004 : in the act
  96. Johnsen Lars-christian at 3h36'25''
  97. Moller Klaus-michael at 3h37'59'' Red card 1999 : positive control
  98. Cerezo Perales Francisco at 3h43'20''

Red card reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
Yellow card reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction


The alternative ranking

The ranking as it would be if we excluded all racers "pinned" in doping cases during their career.

  1. Zaina Enrico
  2. Faustini Stefano
  3. Shefer Alexandre
  4. Zberg Beat
  5. Teteriouk Andrei
  6. Laukka Joona
  7. Lanfranchi Paolo
  8. Pulnikov Vladimir
  9. Garcia Casas Felix Manuel
  10. Fernandez Gines Manuel
  11. Guerini Giuseppe
  12. Pellicioli Oscar
  13. Rodriguez Nelson
  14. Gontchenkov Alexandre
  15. Dotti Fausto
  16. Zen Marco
  17. Della Vedova Marco
  18. Belli Wladimir
  19. Noe Andrea
  20. Tronca Amilcare
  21. Vergnani Marco
  22. Checchin Stefano
  23. Vona Franco
  24. Saligari Marco
  25. Ouslamine Serguei
  26. Spruch Zbigniew
  27. Donati Massimo
  28. Imboden Heinz
  29. Roncancio Gonzalez Celio-roberto
  30. Bontempi Fabrizio
  31. Patuelli Andrea
  32. Petilleau Stephane
  33. Baldinger Dirk
  34. Gasperoni Cristian
  35. Sanchez De La Rocha José-luis
  36. Bettin Mauro
  37. Caruso Roberto
  38. Perona Davide
  39. Djavanian Viatcheslav
  40. Sivakov Alexei
  41. Bramati Davide
  42. Garcia Camacho Ignacio
  43. Uria Gonzales José-manuel
  44. Rodrigues Silva Quintino
  45. Baffi Adriano
  46. Boscardin Bruno
  47. Sierra Pena Alvaro
  48. Salvato Cristian
  49. Vidal Jose-angel
  50. Milesi Marco
  51. Artunghi Marco
  52. Pelliconi Roberto
  53. Brognara Andrea
  54. Johnsen Lars-christian
  55. Cerezo Perales Francisco


List of doping cases during the race

Rider Product Race Year Sanction Control
Simeoni Filippo Testostérone, hormone de croissance, insuline Tour d'Italie 1996 Oui Contrôle positif


The list of participants

The list of participants by team

Mapei

1. Olano Abraham Red card 1994 : positive control ; 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty)
2. Baffi Adriano
3. Beltran Manuel Red card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty) ; 1999 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1999 : laboratory inquiry (no penalty) ; 2008 : positive control
4. Bortolami Gianluca Red card 1998 : confessions (sanction not known) ; 1999 : judicial search (sanction not known) ; 2000 : blood test (sanction not known) ; 2003 : positive control
5. Di Grande Giuseppe Red card 2001 : in the act
6. Fernandez Gines Manuel
7. Nardello Daniele Yellow card 1999 : positive control (no penalty)
8. Noe Andrea
9. Lanfranchi Paolo

AKI

27 years of existence, 14 cases, ie 0,52 per year

11. Konyshev Dimitri
12. Citterio Giuseppe Yellow card 1991 : positive control (sanction not known)
13. Cauz Michelangelo
14. Faustini Stefano
15. Gorini Gianluca
16. Menthéour Erwan Red card 1997 : blood test ; 1997 : confessions in 1999 (no penalty) ; 199x : confessions in 1999 (sanction not known)
17. Teteriouk Andrei
18. Vona Franco
19. Zanette Denis Yellow card 2001 : in the act (sanction not known)

Brescialat

13 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,23 per year

21. Jaskula Zenon Yellow card 1993 : confessions in 2007 (no penalty)
22. Piccoli Mariano Red card 1999 : police investigation (sanction not known) ; 1999 : positive control (no penalty) ; 2001 : police investigation (no penalty) ; 2005 : police investigation (sanction not known) ; 2010 : police investigation ; 201x : judicial investigation (no penalty)
23. Bontempi Fabrizio
24. Milesi Marco
25. Strazzer Massimo Yellow card 2001 : positive control (no penalty)
26. Velo Marco Red card 1994 : positive control ; 1999 : positive control ; 2000 : positive control
27. Della Vedova Marco
28. Contrini Daniele
29. Dotti Fausto

Carrera

31. Chiappucci Claudio Red card 1993 : police investigation ; 1997 : blood test ; 1997 : blood test
32. Zaina Enrico
33. Zberg Beat
34. Pellicioli Oscar
35. Barbero Sergio Red card 2001 : positive control
36. Artunghi Marco
37. Checchin Stefano
38. Simeoni Filippo Red card 1993 : confessions in 1999 (no penalty) ; 1996 : positive control
39. Traversoni Mario

Panaria

41. Tonkov Pavel Yellow card 1999 : blood test (sanction not known)
42. Belli Wladimir
43. Bramati Davide
44. Conti Roberto Red card 2002 : in the act
45. Faresin Gianni Red card 2000 : blood test
46. Galletti Alessio Red card 2000 : in the act ; 2004 : in the act
47. Serpellini Marco Yellow card 2005 : police investigation (sanction not known)
48. Missaglia Gabriele Yellow card 2001 : in the act (sanction not known) ; 2005 : police investigation (sanction not known)
49. Spruch Zbigniew

Festina

12 years of existence, 30 cases, ie 2,5 per year

51. Boscardin Bruno
52. Garcia Casas Felix Manuel
53. Hervé Pascal Red card 1998 : blood test, urine, hair ; 1998 : confessions in 2000 (sanction not known) ; 2001 : positive control
54. Hodge Stephen Red card 1991 : confessions in 2012
55. Robin Jean-cyril Yellow card 199x : confessions in 2004 (sanction not known)
56. Arenas Gonzalez Juan-rodrigo
57. Lebreton Lylian Yellow card 1994 : confessions in 1998 (sanction not known) ; 1996 : confessions in 1998 (sanction not known)
58. Laukka Joona
59. Plaza David

Gewiss

5 years of existence, 12 cases, ie 2,4 per year

61. Berzin Evgueni Red card 1997 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 2000 : blood test
62. Colombo Gabriele
63. Zanini Stefano Red card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty) ; 2001 : in the act
64. Brignoli Ermanno Red card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty) ; 2001 : in the act
65. Cenghialta Bruno Yellow card 199x : judicial investigation (sanction not known)
66. Gotti Ivan Red card 1998 : blood test (sanction not known) ; 2001 : in the act
67. Volpi Alberto Yellow card 1993 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1997 : absence to control (no penalty)
68. Brognara Andrea
69. Perona Davide

Selle Italia

71. Rodriguez Chitiva Nelson
72. Cardenas Ordus Henry
73. Camargo Angel-yesid
74. Roncancio Gonzalez Celio-roberto
75. Sierra Pena Alvaro
76. Caruso Roberto
77. Miceli Nicola Red card 1998 : blood test
78. Giraldi Stefano Yellow card 2002 : police investigation (sanction not known)
79. Jolidon Jacques

Kelme

36 years of existence, 27 cases, ie 0,75 per year

81. Cubino Gonzalez Laudelino Yellow card 1993 : positive control (sanction not known)
82. Buenahora Hernan Red card 2006 : positive control ; 2008 : positive control
83. Dominguez Juan-carlos Red card 1998 : blood test ; 2006 : blood test
84. Edo Alsina Angel Red card 1998 : blood test
85. Vidal Jose-angel
86. Rodrigues Silva Quintino
87. Sanchez De La Rocha José-luis
88. Garcia Camacho Ignacio
89. Giner Blas Leon

MG

8 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 1,25 per year

91. Bugno Gianni Red card 1994 : positive control ; 1997 : judicial investigation (no penalty) ; 1999 : in the act
92. Casagranda Stefano Red card 2000 : in the act
93. Coppolillo Michele Yellow card 1999 : positive control (no penalty)
94. Finco Carlo Yellow card 2000 : police investigation (sanction not known)
95. Fontanelli Fabiano Red card 1996 : positive control ; 2001 : blood test
96. Lecchi Angelo
97. Loda Nicola Yellow card 1999 : positive control (no penalty)
98. Richard Pascal
99. Saligari Marco

MX Onda

101. Wust Marcel
102. Cordes Tom
103. Moller Klaus-michael Red card 1999 : positive control
104. Diaz Rodriguez Antonio-miguel
105. Nieto Fernandez German
106. Santamaria Gonzales Jose-luis
107. Irusta Sampedro Alfredoo
108. Cerezo Perales Francisco
109. Uria Gonzales José-manuel

Refin

111. Abdoujaparov Djamolidine Red card 1989 : positive control ; 1997 : positive control ; 1997 : positive control ; 1997 : positive control ; 1997 : positive control ; 1997 : positive control ; 1997 : positive control
112. Puttini Felice
113. Massi Rodolfo Red card 1998 : in the act ; 1998 : confessions in 1998 (sanction not known)
114. Salvato Cristian
115. Piepoli Leonardo Red card 2007 : positive control (2 times) ; 2008 : positive control (2 times)
116. Imboden Heinz
117. Bettin Mauro
118. Ouslamine Sergei
119. Saitov Asiate

Roslotto

9 years of existence, 11 cases, ie 1,22 per year

121. Ugrumov Piotr Yellow card 1995 : judicial investigation (sanction not known)
122. Gontchenkov Alexandre
123. Sgnaolin Daniele
124. Zen Marco
125. Manzoni Mario Red card 1998 : blood test
126. Cattai Stefano
127. Davidenko Vassilli Red card 2001 : positive control
128. Djavanian Viatcheslav
129. Sivakov Alexei

Saeco

15 years of existence, 20 cases, ie 1,33 per year

131. Cipollini Mario Yellow card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty)
132. Casagrande Francesco Red card 1998 : positive control ; 1998 : positive control ; 2004 : positive control
133. Furlan Giorgio Yellow card 1999 : police investigation (sanction not known) ; 2000 : blood test (sanction not known)
134. Martinello Silvio
135. Scirea Mario Red card 2004 : in the act
136. Donati Massimo
137. Frigo Dario Red card 1996 : confessions in 2001 (sanction not known) ; 2001 : confessions in 2001 ; 2005 : judicial investigation and confessions
138. Petito Roberto Yellow card 1997 : positive control (no penalty)
139. Calcaterra Giuseppe Yellow card 1998 : senate inquiry (no penalty)

Amore & Vita

33 years of existence, 11 cases, ie 0,33 per year

141. Forconi Riccardo Red card 1998 : positive control ; 2001 : positive control
142. Patuelli Andrea
143. Magnusson Glenn
144. Andriotto Dario Yellow card 2001 : in the act (no penalty)
145. De Pasquale Maurizio
146. Pelliconi Roberto
147. Vergnani Marco
148. Larsen Nicolay Bo Red card 2000 : blood test
149. Laddomada Michele Red card 2007 : positive control

Scrigno

151. Rossato Mirko
152. Guidi Fabrizio Yellow card 2005 : positive control (no penalty)
153. Casagrande Filippo Yellow card 1999 : positive control (no penalty)
154. Secchiari Francesco
155. Vatteroni Andrea
156. Casarotto Davide Yellow card 2000 : police investigation (sanction not known)
157. Sheffr Alexandre
158. Gasperoni Cristian
159. Tronca Amilcare

Polti

18 years of existence, 9 cases, ie 0,5 per year

161. Baldinger Dirk
162. Crepaldi Mirko Yellow card 2018 : police investigation (sanction not known)
163. Gianetti Mauro Yellow card 1998 : judicial investigation (no penalty)
164. Guerini Giuseppe
165. Lombardi Giovanni Yellow card 2001 : police investigation (sanction not known)
166. Ouchakov Serguei Red card 1998 : judicial investigation (no penalty) ; 1999 : positive control
167. Pianegonda Gianluca
168. Rebellin Davide Red card 2008 : positive control
169. Totschnig Georg Yellow card 2005 : judicial investigation (sanction not known)

TVM

171. Johnsen Lars-christian
172. Kjaergaard Steffen Yellow card 2000 : confessions in 2012 (no penalty)
173. Petilleau Stephane
174. Pulnikov Vladimir
175. Roux Laurent Red card 1998 : judicial investigation (no penalty) ; 1999 : blood test ; 2001 : confessions in 2013 (no penalty) ; 2002 : unannounced positive control ; 2005 : in the act
176. Redant Hendrik
177. Skibby Jesper Yellow card 1990 : confessions in 2006 (no penalty) ; 1991 : confessions in 2006 (no penalty) ; 1992 : confessions in 2006 (no penalty)
178. Van Der Steen Niels
179. Van Steen Martin

Red card reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
Yellow card reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction


See also