Pierpaolo De Negri

Pierpaolo De Negri
	Pierpaolo De Negri (2015)
To person
Date of birth	June 5, 1986
nation	Italy
discipline	Street
Driver type	sprinter
height	170 cm
Racing weight	61 kg
End of career	2018
doping
2018-2022	anabolic steroids
Most important successes
	Trofeo Matteotti 2012
	Last updated: November 5, 2019

Pierpaolo De Negri (born June 5, 1986 in Genoa ) is a former Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2008 De Negri won the one-day race Firenze-Empoli , a competition on the Italian national cycling calendar. At the international Giro del Casentino , it was not possible to determine on the basis of the finish photos whether he or Simone Ponzi crossed the finish line first in a sprint of a group of around 20 people, which is why both drivers were classified as winners.

In 2009 De Negri became a professional with the Italian Professional Continental Team ISD-Neri . His greatest career success to date was the 2012 sprint winner of the Trofeo Matteotti . In the following years he won a. a. two stages of the tour of Japan .

In February 2018, De Negri was temporarily suspended by the UCI after anabolic steroids had been detected in a doping test on December 21, 2017 . In November 2019, a four-year ban was set with effect from February 7, 2018.