Emanuele Sella
Emanuele Sella (born January 9, 1981 in Vicenza ) is a former Italian cyclist .
Sella became a professional at Ceramiche Panaria in 2004 . He celebrated his first success at the Giro d'Italia in 2004 . By attempting to break away, he won a medium mountain stage and, alongside Damiano Cunego, was a great new discovery. In the overall standings he was twelfth. At the Giro d'Italia 2005 he improved to tenth place overall. He also won the Brixia Tour stage race the following July
Sella was able to surprise at the Giro d'Italia 2008 , in which he won three difficult mountain stages and the mountain classification . On August 5, 2008 it was announced that Sella had tested positive for the EPO preparation CERA during a training check on July 23, 2008 . A short time later he confessed to doping. He was banned for one year from August 19, 2008 to August 18, 2009. Because of his cooperation with the investigators, he received a shortened sentence.
After his suspension he won the overall ranking of the Settimana Internazionale in 2011 and the one-day races Coppa Agostoni and Gran Premio Industria & Commercio di Prato in 2012 . After the end of the 2015 season, he ended his career.
successes
2004
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
2005
- Overall ranking Brixia Tour
2007
- one stage Brixia Tour
2008
- a stage Settimana Internazionale
- three stages and the Giro d'Italia mountain classification
- 2009
- a stage Cinturó de l'Empordà
- 2011
- Overall standings, one stage and team time trial Settimana Internazionale
- 2012
Teams
- 2004 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
- 2005-2007 Ceramiche Panaria-Navigare
- 2008 CSF Group-Navigare (until September 1st)
- 2009 CarmioOro-A Style (from August 18)
- 2010 CarmioOro NGC
- 2011 Androni Giocattoli-CIPI
- 2012 Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela
- 2013 Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela
- 2014 Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela
- 2015 Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
Web links
- Emanuele Sella in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Emanuele Sella in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com from August 5, 2008: Sella tested positive, accessed on August 5, 2008
- ↑ rad-net.de of August 8, 2008: Italy's professional cyclists confess EPO doping, accessed on August 8, 2008
- ↑ Cycling doping cases 2008 on cycling4fans.de
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SURNAME | Sella, Emanuele |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1981 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vicenza |