Giro d'Italia 1973 : the real numbers of doping

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Last update 27/08/2025 - cyclisme-dopage.com

Statistics

The table below establishes, team by team, the count of the riders who have been or will be subsequently "pinned" in doping cases.

Teams Riders Pinned Top 10 Pinned Podium Pinned
Molteni 10 4 1 1 1 1
Bianchi 10 3 2 1 1 1
Brooklyn 10 3 0 0 0 0
Dreher 10 1 0 0 0 0
Filotex 10 3 0 0 0 0
Flandria 10 4 0 0 0 0
GBC 10 1 1 0 0 0
Jollyceramica 10 2 1 1 1 1
KAS 10 1 4 0 0 0
Magniflex 10 0 0 0 0 0
Rokado 10 3 0 0 0 0
Sammontana 10 1 0 0 0 0
Scic 10 2 0 0 0 0
Zonca 10 2 1 1 0 0
Total 140 30 10 4 3 3
Pourcentage 21% 40% 100%

Pinned: Number of riders who violated the anti-doping rules.
Included in this category: riders who have been tested positive (including refuse to submit to doping control or hematocrit> 50%), having acknowledged having doped, having been sanctioned (by the justice, their federation or their team).
Not included (for example) : those whose sample B was negative.
Top 10: number of riders present in the top 10 of the final general classification.
Podium: number of riders present in the first 3 of the final general classification.

Other data :


The official ranking

Ranking source : www.tour-giro-vuelta.net (14/11/2010)

  1. Merckx Eddy in 106h54'41'' Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (sanction not known) ; 197x : fraud & confessions (sanction not known)
  2. Gimondi Felice at 0h07'42'' Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control (sanction not known)
  3. Battaglin Giovanni at 0h10'20'' Red card 1975 : positive control ; 1979 : positive control
  4. Pesarrodona José at 0h15'51''
  5. Lazcano Santiago at 0h19'11''
  6. Panizza Wladimiro at 0h19'45''
  7. Ritter Ole at 0h24'24''
  8. Fuente Lavendera Jose-manuel at 0h26'06''
  9. Galdos Gauna Francisco at 0h26'35''
  10. Motta Gianni at 0h26'49'' Red card 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : absence to control (sanction not known) ; 1969 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1971 : positive control
  11. De Vlaeminck Roger at 0h31'28'' Yellow card 197x : fraud (sanction not known)
  12. Poggiali Roberto at 0h32'25''
  13. Pettersson Gosta at 0h34'42''
  14. Zilioli Italo at 0h37'08'' Red card 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1969 : positive control
  15. Moser Francesco at 0h38'42'' Yellow card 1984 : confessions (sanction not known) ; 198x : confessions (sanction not known)
  16. Kuiper Hennie at 0h38'50''
  17. Cavalcanti Giovanni at 0h55'53'' Red card 1967 : positive control
  18. Zubero Luis at 0h57'22''
  19. Aja Gonzalo at 0h59'26''
  20. Swerts Roger at 1h00'01'' Red card 1966 : positive control
  21. Bruyère Joseph at 1h02'07'' Red card 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (no penalty)
  22. Paolini Enrico at 1h06'58''
  23. Karstens Gerben at 1h09'57'' Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1974 : absence to control ; 1974 : fraud
  24. Riccomi Walter at 1h11'14''
  25. Conati Luciano at 1h16'47'' Red card 1975 : positive control
  26. Mintjens Frans at 1h16'18''
  27. Schiavon Silvano at 1h17'53''
  28. De Schoenmaecker Joseph at 1h19'08''
  29. Peccolo Alessio at 1h19'38''
  30. Mori Primo at 1h22'52''
  31. Van Schil Victor at 1h24'25'' Red card 1968 : fraud
  32. Janssens Edward at 1h24'52''
  33. De Muynck Johan at 1h25'43''
  34. Pecchielan Arturo at 1h27'15''
  35. Huysmans Jozef at 1h30'34''
  36. Giuliani Donato at 1h38'16'' Red card 2009 : judicial investigation
  37. Perurena Txomin at 1h38'54'' Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1979 : positive control (sanction not known)
  38. Gilson Roger at 1h39'27'' Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control
  39. Fabbri Fabrizio at 1h40'19''
  40. Dierickx André at 1h40'48''
  41. Rodriguez Gutierr. Martin Emilio at 1h41'10''
  42. Spruyt Jozef at 1h41'16''
  43. Marchetti Renato at 1h43'15''
  44. Laghi Renato at 1h43'16''
  45. Ravagli Silvano at 1h43'19''
  46. Bertoglio Fausto at 1h43'32''
  47. Mugnaini Gabriele at 1h44'49''
  48. Wehrli Fritz at 1h45'05''
  49. Pfenninger Louis at 1h46'32''
  50. Farisato Lino at 1h48'06''
  51. Conti Constantino at 1h48'50''
  52. Brunetti Carlo at 1h52'02'' Red card 1974 : positive control
  53. Grande José at 1h54'14''
  54. Maggioni Enrico at 1h56'36''
  55. Perletto Giuseppe at 1h56'39''
  56. Michelotto Claudio at 1h57'28''
  57. Moser Aldo at 1h58'39'' Red card 1968 : positive control
  58. Boifava Davide at 1h58'54''
  59. Buffa Bruno at 2h04'07''
  60. Molineris Jean-luc
  61. Santambrogio Giacinto at 2h13'50''
  62. Polidori Giancarlo at 2h14'56''
  63. Bergamo Emanuelle at 2h15'55''
  64. Uribezubia José-luis at 2h17'00''
  65. Vannucchi Mauro at 2h18'14''
  66. Jimenez Nemesio at 2h18'21''
  67. Pella Adriano at 2h21'05''
  68. Fontanelli Sigfrido at 2h27'01''
  69. Antonini Alessio at 2h30'00''
  70. Sutter Ueli at 2h30'18''
  71. Lualdi Valerio at 2h32'06''
  72. Dallai Pietro at 2h32'23''
  73. Caverzasi Arnaldo at 2h35'18''
  74. Rossi Tullio at 2h38'44''
  75. Vercelli Celestino at 2h39'02''
  76. Passuello Adriano at 2h41'16''
  77. Spinelli Piero at 2h43'19'' Red card 1972 : absence to control
  78. Ducreux Daniel at 2h44'13'' Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control
  79. Juliano Gaetano at 2h44'49''
  80. Bassini Angelo at 2h45'22''
  81. Brentegani Enzo at 2h46'32''
  82. Varini Giovanni at 2h47'52''
  83. Bazzan Giacomo at 2h48'10''
  84. Basso Marino at 2h50'49'' Red card 2010 : positive control (?)
  85. Gavazzi Pierino at 2h53'35'' Red card 2004 : judicial investigation
  86. Vandewiele Jan at 2h55'12''
  87. Favaro Giorgio at 2h56'36''
  88. Vianelli Pierfranco at 2h56'41'' Red card 1969 : positive control
  89. Simonetti Mauro at 2h56'42''
  90. Hermans Gustave at 2h59'16''
  91. Parecchini Aldo at 3h00'39''
  92. Kuester Karl-heinz at 3h01'34''
  93. Osler Marcello at 3h02'59''
  94. Borgognoni Luciano at 3h05'17''
  95. Sorlini Roberto
  96. Mori Franco at 3h06'18''
  97. Sercu Patrick at 3h08'34''
  98. Landini Mauro at 3h11'42''
  99. Van Lint Julien at 3h13'27''
  100. Bonacina Claudio at 3h13'54''
  101. Gualazzini Ercole at 3h18'15''
  102. Campagnari Pietro at 3h18'39''
  103. Tumellero Romano at 3h20'43''
  104. Quintarelli Sandro at 3h21'30''
  105. Dominoni Giuliano at 3h23'20''
  106. Guerra Pietro at 3h24'03''
  107. Van Linden Rik at 3h28'10''
  108. Stevens Julien at 3h31'50'' Red card 1973 : positive control
  109. Conton Marino at 3h36'37''
  110. Dalla Bona Giovanni at 3h44'43''
  111. Gambarotto Pietro at 3h52'50''
  112. Avogadri Walter at 4h11'52''
  113. Ongarato Franco at 4h25'09''

Red card reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
Yellow card reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction


The alternative ranking

The ranking as it would be if we excluded all racers "pinned" in doping cases during their career.

  1. Pesarrodona José
  2. Lazcano Santiago
  3. Panizza Wladimiro
  4. Ritter Ole
  5. Fuente José-manuel
  6. Galdos Francisco
  7. Poggiali Roberto
  8. Pettersson Gosta
  9. Kuiper Hennie
  10. Zubero Luis
  11. Aja Gonzalo
  12. Paolini Enrico
  13. Riccomi Walter
  14. Mintjens Frans
  15. Schiavon Silvano
  16. De Schoenmaecker Joseph
  17. Peccolo Alessio
  18. Mori Primo
  19. Janssens Edward
  20. De Muynck Johan
  21. Pecchielan Arturo
  22. Huysmans Jozef
  23. Fabbri Fabrizio
  24. Dierickx André
  25. Rodriguez Gutierrez Martin Emilio
  26. Spruyt Jozef
  27. Marchetti Renato
  28. Laghi Renato
  29. Ravagli Silvano
  30. Bertoglio Fausto
  31. Mugnaini Gabriele
  32. Wehrli Fritz
  33. Pfenninger Louis
  34. Farisato Lino
  35. Conti Constantino
  36. Grande José
  37. Maggioni Enrico
  38. Perletto Giuseppe
  39. Michelotto Claudio
  40. Boifava Davide
  41. Buffa Bruno
  42. Molineris Jean-luc
  43. Santambrogio Giacinto
  44. Polidori Giancarlo
  45. Bergamo Emanuelle
  46. Uribezubia José-luis
  47. Vannucchi Mauro
  48. Jimenez Nemesio
  49. Pella Adriano
  50. Fontanelli Sigfrido
  51. Antonini Alessio
  52. Sutter Ueli
  53. Lualdi Valerio
  54. Dallai Pietro
  55. Caverzasi Arnaldo
  56. Rossi Tullio
  57. Vercelli Celestino
  58. Passuello Adriano
  59. Juliano Gaetano
  60. Bassini Angelo
  61. Brentegani Enzo
  62. Varini Giovanni
  63. Bazzan Giacomo
  64. Vandewiele Jan
  65. Favaro Giorgio
  66. Simonetti Mauro
  67. Hermans Gustave
  68. Parecchini Aldo
  69. Kuester Karl-heinz
  70. Osler Marcello
  71. Borgognoni Luciano
  72. Sorlini Roberto
  73. Mori Franco
  74. Sercu Patrick
  75. Landini Mauro
  76. Van Lint Julien
  77. Bonacina Claudio
  78. Gualazzini Ercole
  79. Campagnari Pietro
  80. Tumellero Romano
  81. Quintarelli Sandro
  82. Dominoni Giuliano
  83. Guerra Pietro
  84. Van Linden Rik
  85. Conton Marino
  86. Dalla Bona Giovanni
  87. Gambarotto Pietro
  88. Avogadri Walter
  89. Ongarato Franco


The list of participants

The list of participants by team

Molteni

19 years of existence, 17 cases, ie 0,89 per year

1. Merckx Eddy Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1973 : positive control ; 1977 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (sanction not known) ; 197x : fraud & confessions (sanction not known)
2. Bruyère Joseph Red card 1974 : positive control ; 197x : confessions in 1988 (no penalty)
3. De Schoenmaecker Joseph
4. Huysmans Jozef
5. Janssens Edward
6. Mintjens Frans
7. Parecchini Aldo
8. Spruyt Jozef
9. Swerts Roger Red card 1966 : positive control
10. Van Schil Victor Red card 1968 : fraud

Bianchi

17 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,18 per year

11. Basso Marino Red card 2010 : positive control (?)
12. Cavalcanti Giovanni Red card 1967 : positive control
13. Gimondi Felice Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control ; 1975 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control (sanction not known)
14. Gualazzini Ercole
15. Guerra Pietro
16. Michelotto Claudio
17. Mori Franco
18. Ritter Ole
19. Rodriguez Gutierr. Martin Emilio
20. Santambrogio Giacinto

Brooklyn

10 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,3 per year

21. De Vlaeminck Roger Yellow card 197x : fraud (sanction not known)
22. Bertoglio Fausto
23. Lualdi Valerio
24. Passuello Adriano
25. Pecchielan Arturo
26. Rota Attilio
27. Sercu Patrick
28. Stevens Julien Red card 1973 : positive control
29. Van Lint Julien
30. Vianelli Pierfranco Red card 1969 : positive control

Dreher

2 years of existence, 0 cases, ie 0 per year

31. Zilioli Italo Red card 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1969 : positive control
32. Borgognoni Luciano
33. Dalla Bona Giovanni
34. Dominoni Giuliano
35. Fochesato Gino
36. Landini Mauro
37. Lanzafame Mario
38. Maggioni Enrico
39. Ongarato Franco
40. Rossi Tullio

Filotex

16 years of existence, 4 cases, ie 0,25 per year

41. Bergamo Emanuelle
42. Bergamo Marcello
43. Caverzasi Arnaldo
44. Colombo Ugo
45. Fuchs Josef
46. Giuliani Donato Red card 2009 : judicial investigation
47. Marchetti Renato
48. Moser Aldo Red card 1968 : positive control
49. Mugnaini Gabriele
50. Moser Francesco Yellow card 1984 : confessions (sanction not known) ; 198x : confessions (sanction not known)

Flandria

22 years of existence, 28 cases, ie 1,27 per year

51. Dierickx André
52. De Muynck Johan
53. David Gérard Red card 1972 : fraud
54. Dury Maurice
55. Wijckaert Eric
56. Molineris Jean-luc
57. Ducreux Francis Red card 1967 : positive control
58. Ducreux Daniel Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1974 : positive control
59. Cocquery François
60. Legeay Roger Red card 1974 : positive control

GBC

4 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,25 per year

61. Anni Mario
62. Brunetti Carlo Red card 1974 : positive control
63. Cardi Ezio
64. Francioni Wilmo
65. Morbiato Giorgio
66. Panizza Wladimiro
67. Peccolo Alessio
68. Ravagli Silvano
69. Sorlini Roberto
70. Wehrli Fritz

Jollyceramica

5 years of existence, 2 cases, ie 0,4 per year

71. Antonini Alessio
72. Battaglin Giovanni Red card 1975 : positive control ; 1979 : positive control
73. Bazzan Giacomo
74. Brentegani Enzo
75. Buffa Bruno
76. Conton Marino
77. Gavazzi Pierino Red card 2004 : judicial investigation
78. Sutter Ueli
79. Tumellero Romano
80. Gambarotto Pietro

KAS

22 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 0,45 per year

81. Aja Gonzalo
82. Fuente Lavendera Jose-manuel
83. Galdos Gauna Francisco
84. Grande José
85. Jimenez Nemesio
86. Lazcano Santiago
87. Perurena Txomin Red card 1971 : positive control ; 1979 : positive control (sanction not known)
88. Pesarrodona José
89. Uribezubia José-luis
90. Zubero Luis

Magniflex

25 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 0,4 per year

91. Boifava Davide
92. Fabbri Fabrizio
93. Campagnari Pietro
94. Quintarelli Sandro
95. Favaro Giorgio
96. Dallai Pietro
97. Schiavon Silvano
98. Vannucchi Mauro
99. Juliano Gaetano
100. Urbani Vittorio

Rokado

4 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,75 per year

101. Karstens Gerben Red card 1969 : positive control ; 1974 : absence to control ; 1974 : fraud
102. Van Linden Rik
103. Van Roosbroeck Gustaaf Red card 1976 : absence to control
104. Van Vlierberghe Albert
105. Vandewiele Jan
106. Hermans Gustave
107. Kuiper Hennie
108. Muddemann Karl-heinz
109. Kuester Karl-heinz
110. Gilson Roger Red card 1968 : positive control ; 1978 : positive control

Sammontana

111. Bitossi Franco
112. Di Caterina Pietro
113. Fontanelli Sigfrido
114. Laghi Renato
115. Mori Primo
116. Osler Marcello
117. Poggiali Roberto
118. Riccomi Walter
119. Simonetti Mauro
120. Spinelli Piero Red card 1972 : absence to control

Scic

11 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,09 per year

121. Dancelli Michele Red card 1966 : positive control
122. Paolini Enrico
123. Polidori Giancarlo
124. Farisato Lino
125. Tosello Guerrino
126. Benfatto Attilio
127. Pettersson Gosta
128. Vercelli Celestino
129. Bassini Angelo
130. Conati Luciano Red card 1975 : positive control

Zonca

10 years of existence, 2 cases, ie 0,2 per year

131. Motta Gianni Red card 1966 : absence to control (no penalty) ; 1968 : positive control ; 1968 : absence to control (sanction not known) ; 1969 : positive control (no penalty) ; 1971 : positive control
132. Avogadri Walter
133. Bonacina Claudio
134. Conti Constantino
135. Crepaldi Ottavio Red card 1973 : absence to control
136. Pella Adriano
137. Perletto Giuseppe
138. Varini Giovanni
139. Pfenninger Louis
140. Guadrini Enrico

Red card reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
Yellow card reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction


See also