Gianpaolo Mondini

Gianpaolo Mondini (born 15 July 1972 in Faenza) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He won the 18th stage in the 1999 Tour de France and the 2003 Italian National Time Trial Championship.

Gianpaolo Mondini

Personal information
Full name	Gianpaolo Mondini
Born	(1972-07-15) 15 July 1972 (age 52) Faenza, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1996–1997	Amore & Vita–ForzArcore
1998	Kross–Selle Italia
1999–2000	Cantina Tollo–Alexia Alluminio
2001	Mercatone Uno–Stream TV
2002	U.S. Postal Service
2003	Domina Vacanze–Elitron
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (1999) Single-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2003)

Doping

In 2002 Mondini was sacked from US Postal after police found EPO and growth hormones in his hotel room during 2001 Giro d'Italia. He admitted using illegal substances.^[1]

Major results

1996

1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne

2nd Overall Hofbrau Cup

1997

1st Overall Tour of Sweden

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine

10th Giro dell'Emilia

1998

1st GP Industria Artigianato e Commercio Carnaghese

3rd Giro d'Oro

1999

1st Stage 18 Tour de France

1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne

1st Stage 5 Tour of Japan

8th LuK Challenge

2000

1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden

8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

2003

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

9th Firenze–Pistoia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Giro d'Italia	67	—	—	109	74	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	—	81	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	131

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

References

1. Mondini sacked from US Postal.

External links

• Gianpaolo Mondini at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Results at Tour de France for Gianpaolo Mondini