Andrea Moletta

Andrea Moletta (born 23 February 1979 in Cittadella, Province of Padua) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Miche-Silver Cross.

Andrea Moletta

Personal information
Full name	Andrea Moletta
Born	(1979-02-23) 23 February 1979 (age 46) Cittadella, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Miche-Silver Cross
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2003	Mercatone Uno
2004	Barloworld
2005–2008	Gerolsteiner
2009	Miche-Silver Cross

In March 2007, Moletta crashed badly in the Milan-San Remo race, and it was thought that his season would be over. However, six months later Moletta was recovered and started in the 2007 Vuelta a España.^[1]

During the 2008 Giro d'Italia, Moletta's father was caught with Viagra and unidentified fluids, and as result of this, Moletta's team Gerolsteiner withdrew Moletta from racing.^[2] Viagra was not banned in competition, so no formal doping charge was filed against Moletta, although the doping authorities (WADA) were looking at the matter.^[3] Later it was found that the fluids were the hormone Lutelef, which can be used as a new form of blood doping.^[4] Moletta was later cleared from any wrongdoing.^[5]

He has previously played for Team Braloworld (2004), Mercatone Uno (2003), and Fassa Bortolo (2001).^[6]

Since 2009, Moletta rides for Miche-Silver Cross.^[7]

Palmares

2000

4th Trofeo Zsšdi

2001

6th Overall Ster Elektrotoer

6th Circuito Belvedere

7th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

2002

1st GP di Poggiana

3rd Trofeo Zsšdi

2003

1st Stage 6 Peace Race

4th Trofeo Città di Castelfidardo

9th Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau

2004

3rd Giro del Friuli

2005

4th San Francisco Grand Prix

2006

2nd GP Miguel Induráin

10th GP Lugano

2008

10th GP Miguel Induráin

2009

6th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria

7th Overall Okolo Slovenska

7th Memorial Marco Pantani

8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

Notes and references

1. Decaluwé, Brecht (3 September 2007). "Andrea Moletta: Coming back one day at a time". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
2. Westemeyer, Susan; Brown, Gregor (22 September 2008). "Gerolsteiner's forgotten riders". Cycling news. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
3. Weislo, Laury (23 May 2008). "Riders using Viagra for altitude?". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
4. Farrand, Stephen (30 October 2009). "Italian investigation discovers new blood doping technique". Cycling weekly. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
5. Brown, Gregor (5 November 2008). "Moletta cleared, but without team". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
6. "Andrea Moletta". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
7. Andrea Moletta at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)

External links

• Andrea Moletta at ProCyclingStats