Filippo Simeoni
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Filippo Simeoni |
| Born |
17 August 1971 Desio, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1995–1996 | Carrera Jeans–Tassoni |
| 1997–1998 | Asics–CGA |
| 1999 | Riso Scotti |
| 2000 | Amica Chips |
| 2001–2002 | Cantina Tollo–Acqua e Sapone |
| 2003–2004 | Domina Vacanze |
| 2005–2006 | Naturino |
| 2007 | Aurum Hotels |
| 2008–2009 | Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce |
| Major wins | |
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Regio Tour (2000) Italian National Road Race Championship (2008) |
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Filippo Simeoni (born August 17, 1971) is an Italian former racing cyclist and the 2008 Italian road race champion. Simeoni won two stages in the Vuelta a España in 2001 and 2003, and the 2008 Italian National Road Race Championship.
He was born in Desio in the province of Milan.
Simeoni is known for his maverick actions. During the stage win in the Vuelta he stopped just before the finish line and walked across the finish line with his bike in his hands. He did so as a tribute to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Later the Union Cycliste Internationale fined him for this.
In May 2009 he returned his Italian Championship jersey as a protest after his team was not invited to the 2009 Giro d'Italia.
Following his retirement, Simeoni started organising local races and set up a youth team. In early 2017, he was set to take up a position within the Italian Cycling Federation, but was forced to withdraw due to a rule preventing former riders who where implicated in doping offences from taking office. The federation was unable to take into account that Simeoni's sentence came in the light of a confession during the court cases against Michele Ferrari.
More famous is Simeoni's argument with Lance Armstrong. Simeoni was treated by doctor Michele Ferrari, who was also Armstrong's doctor. Simeoni testified in court that he began doping in 1993, that Dr. Ferrari had prescribed him doping products such as EPO and Human Growth Hormone in 1996 and 1997, and that Ferrari also gave him instructions on how to use these products. In 2001 and 2002 Simeoni was suspended for several months for doping use. Armstrong reportedly called Simeoni a "liar" in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde in July 2003. Simeoni lodged a charge of defamation against Armstrong and demanded €100,000. Simeoni announced that he would give any money awarded to him to charity.
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