Morris Possoni
Morris Possoni (born July 1, 1984 in Ponte San Pietro ) is a former Italian cyclist .
After Possoni won the Giro delle Valli Cuneesi nelle Alpi di Mare and the Giro della Valle d'Aosta in 2005, he rode for the Italian cycling team Lampre at the end of the season , where he received his first regular contract in 2006. In the following years he competed four times in the Giro d'Italia and three times in the Vuelta a España and was able to finish these tours three or two times. He played his last season in 2012.
In the course of the doping investigation by the Public Prosecutor of Padua at the end of 2014, he was suspected of having been a customer of the controversial sports medicine specialist Michele Ferrari .
successes
- 2005
- 2009
- Tour de Romandie team time trial
- Giro d'Italia team time trial
Placements in the Grand Tours
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
- | 44 | 83 | DNF | 79 | - |
 Tour de France
|
- | - | - | - | - | - |
 Vuelta a España
|
88 | - | - | - | 80 | DNF |
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.
Teams
- 2005 Lampre-Caffita ( Stagiaire )
- 2006–2007 Lampre-Fondital
- 2008 Team High Road / Team Columbia
- 2009 Team Columbia-High Road
- 2010 Sky Professional Cycling Team
- 2011 Sky ProCycling
- 2012 Lampre-ISD
Individual evidence
- ^ Gazetta dello Sport: Systematic doping in Astana. radsport-news.com, December 10, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014 .
Web links
- Morris Possoni in the Radsportseiten.net database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Possoni, Morris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ponte San Pietro |