Rémy Di Gregorio

Rémy Di Gregorio (born 31 July 1985) is a French road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport following a positive in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa,^[3] a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previously competed for Française des Jeux (2005–2010), Astana (2011), Cofidis (2012),^[4] and Delko–Marseille Provence KTM (2014–2018) in his professional career.

Rémy Di Gregorio

Di Gregorio at the 2014 Tour de l'Ain
Personal information
Full name	Rémy Di Gregorio
Born	(1985-07-31) 31 July 1985 (age 40) Marseille, France
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team	Suspended
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur teams
1999–2004	VC La Pomme
2013	Team Martigues
Professional teams
2005–2010	Française des Jeux
2011	Astana
2012	Cofidis
2014–2018	Team La Pomme Marseille 13[1][2]

Career

He rode his first Tour de France in 2007. He broke his elbow in a crash on the fourth stage. He finished the stage 7:58 behind the leader and left the race. He broke clear on the 10th stage of the 2008 Tour de France edition, on Bastille Day, and led until the final climb.

Di Gregorio returned to the professional peloton in 2014, with Team La Pomme Marseille 13.^[1]

Doping

On 10 July 2012, the first rest day of the 2012 Tour de France, Remi di Gregorio was arrested by French police on suspicion of doping.^[5] In April 2013, it was revealed that Di Gregorio could resume his career, since the products found in his possession at the Tour turned out to be vitamins. Prosecutors said the case was not formally closed. Di Gregorio maintained he has never doped and successfully sued Cofidis for unfair dismissal.^[6][7]

In April 2018, news broke that Di Gregorio had failed an in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO), during that year's Paris–Nice.^[8][9] He was suspended for 4 years, backdated from the adverse finding, following the confirmation that his B-sample also tested positive in May 2020.^[10]

Major results

Di Gregorio at the 2006 Tour de Romandie

2003

1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

2004

3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard

5th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines

2005

5th Overall Tour de l'Ain

2006

1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir

2007

1st Mountains classification Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2008

10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France

2009

5th Overall Route du Sud

6th Overall Tour de l'Ain

2010

5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

2011

1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice

2012

3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias

1st Stage 3

3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid

2013

1st Overall Tour of Bulgaria

1st Stage 2

2014

1st Overall Tour de Taiwan

2nd Boucles de l'Aulne

5th Overall Tour du Limousin

5th Classic Sud-Ardèche

5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan

6th Overall Tour de l'Ain

9th Overall Tour Alsace

1st Mountains classification

9th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan

9th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon

9th Tour du Jura

2016

1st Mountains classification Tour La Provence

1st Mountains classification Critérium International

2017

2nd Overall Tour of Almaty

2018

1st Mountains classification Étoile de Bessèges

1st Stage 2 Tour La Provence

6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise