Giro d'Italia 2018 : 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
Team Sunweb 8 0 2 0 1 0
AG2R La Mondiale 8 0 0 0 0 0
Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 8 1 0 0 0 0
Astana Pro Team 8 3 2 1 1 1
Bahrain - Merida 8 2 1 0 0 0
Bardiani CSF 8 0 0 0 0 0
Bmc Racing Team 8 1 0 0 0 0
Bora - Hansgrohe 8 0 2 0 0 0
Groupama - Fdj 8 1 0 0 0 0
Israel Cycling Academy 8 0 0 0 0 0
Lotto Soudal 8 1 0 0 0 0
Mitchelton - Scott 8 2 0 0 0 0
Movistar Team 8 2 1 0 0 0
Quick - Step Floors 8 0 0 0 0 0
Team Dimension Data 8 0 0 0 0 0
Team EF Education First - Drapac P/B Cannondale 8 0 0 0 0 0
Team Katusha Alpecin 8 1 0 0 0 0
Team Lotto NL - Jumbo 8 0 1 0 0 0
Team Sky 8 2 1 1 1 1
Trek - Segafredo 8 1 0 0 0 0
UAE Team Emirates 8 3 0 0 0 0
Wilier Triestina - Selle Italia 8 0 0 0 0 0
Total 176 20 10 2 3 2
Pourcentage 11% 20% 67%

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.giroditalia.it (07/07/2018)

  1. Froome Chris in 89h02'39'' Yellow card 2017 : positive control (no penalty)
  2. Dumoulin Tom at 0h00'46''
  3. Lopez Miguel Angel at 0h04'57'' Red card 2022 : police investigation
  4. Carapaz Richard at 0h05'44''
  5. Pozzovivo Domenico at 0h08'03''
  6. Bilbao Pello at 0h11'50''
  7. Konrad Patrick at 0h13'01''
  8. Bennett George at 0h13'17''
  9. Oomen Sam at 0h14'18''
  10. Formolo Davide at 0h15'16''
  11. Geniez Alexandre at 0h17'30''
  12. Poels Wout at 0h17'40''
  13. Henao Montoya Sergio Luis at 0h29'41'' Yellow card 2014 : biological passport (no penalty)
  14. Goncalves Maciel José Isidro at 0h34'29'' Red card 2022 : police investigation
  15. Betancur Gomez Carlos Alberto at 0h41'48''
  16. Dennis Rohan at 0h56'07''
  17. Nieve Iturralde Mikel at 0h58'16''
  18. Brambilla Gianluca at 1h00'30''
  19. Woods Michael at 1h01'24''
  20. Dupont Hubert at 1h03'54''
  21. Yates Simon at 1h15'11'' Red card 2016 : positive control
  22. Reichenbach Sébastien at 1h15'18''
  23. Gesink Robert at 1h19'49''
  24. Conti Valerio at 1h23'04''
  25. Sanchez Luis Leon at 1h23'11'' Red card 2006 : internal inquiry
  26. Masnada Fausto at 1h26'13''
  27. Grossschartner Felix at 1h28'47''
  28. Ulissi Diego at 1h31'28'' Red card 2014 : positive control
  29. Preidler Georg at 1h33'24'' Red card 2017 : enquête policière et aveux en 2019
  30. Mohoric Matej at 1h40'18''
  31. Schachmann Maximilian at 1h41'36''
  32. Polanc Jan at 1h58'09''
  33. Cattaneo Mattia at 2h00'17''
  34. Battaglin Enrico at 2h02'15''
  35. Ten Dam Laurens at 2h02'53''
  36. Haig Jack at 2h03'06''
  37. Bidard François at 2h06'25''
  38. Visconti Giovanni at 2h07'32'' Red card 2010 : confessions in 2012
  39. De La Parte Gonzalez Victor at 2h08'19'' Red card 2011 : police investigation
  40. Ciccone Giulio at 2h08'55''
  41. Lammertink Maurits at 2h10'27''
  42. Montaguti Matteo at 2h17'10''
  43. Frankiny Kilian at 2h20'10''
  44. King Benjamin at 2h24'26''
  45. Hermans Ben at 2h25'01''
  46. Hirt Jan at 2h26'47''
  47. Plaza Molina Ruben at 2h27'57''
  48. Jauregui Quentin at 2h29'16''
  49. Capecchi Eros at 2h42'24''
  50. Bouwman Koen at 2h42'38''
  51. Elissonde Kenny at 2h42'39''
  52. Brown Nathan at 2h42'39''
  53. Gavazzi Francesco at 2h45'41''
  54. Pantano Gomez Jarlinson at 2h48'11'' Red card 2019 : positive control
  55. Kreuziger Roman at 2h51'50'' Yellow card 2010 : police investigation (no penalty) ; 2011 : biological passport (no penalty)
  56. De La Cruz Melgarejo David at 2h52'42''
  57. Armee Sander at 2h53'44''
  58. Pfingsten Christoph at 2h56'01''
  59. Torres Agudelo Rodolfo Andrés at 2h58'56''
  60. Hansen Adam at 3h00'57''
  61. Atapuma Hurtado Jhon Darwin at 3h04'46''
  62. Denz Nico at 3h06'03''
  63. Dombrowski Joseph Lloyd at 3h09'17''
  64. Puccio Salvatore at 3h10'40''
  65. De Marchi Alessandro at 3h11'06''
  66. Mori Manuele at 3h12'32'' Red card 2002 : positive control
  67. Zeits Andrey at 3h13'51'' Red card 2010 : no location communication
  68. Ballerini Davide at 3h14'02''
  69. Marcato Marco at 3h19'46'' Yellow card 2008 : police investigation (no penalty)
  70. Villella Davide at 3h19'53''
  71. Haga Chad at 3h20'46''
  72. Chaves Rubio Johan Esteban at 3h21'31''
  73. Neilands Krists at 3h28'13''
  74. Juul Jensen Christopher at 3h28'31''
  75. Boaro Manuele at 3h30'05''
  76. Roux Anthony at 3h39'48''
  77. Carthy Hugh at 3h43'25''
  78. Janse Van Rensburg Jacques at 3h43'35''
  79. Morabito Steve at 3h45'10''
  80. Stybar Zdenek at 3h50'40''
  81. Wurtz Schmidt Mads at 3h53'07''
  82. Quintana Rojas Dayer Uberney at 3h54'32'' Yellow card 2020 : police investigation (sanction not known)
  83. Berhane Teweldememedhin Natnael at 3h54'37''
  84. Gibbons Ryan at 3h58'31''
  85. Fernandez Andujar Rubén at 3h59'36''
  86. Turrin Alex at 4h02'56''
  87. Lutsenko Alexey at 4h04'11''
  88. Modolo Sacha at 4h05'44''
  89. Ventoso Alberdi Francisco José at 4h06'01'' Red card 2008 : positive control
  90. Vendrame Andrea at 4h06'38''
  91. Knees Christian at 4h07'02''
  92. Pedrero Lopez Antonio at 4h07'15''
  93. Eg Niklas at 4h08'20''
  94. Barbin Enrico at 4h08'34''
  95. Venter Jacobus at 4h10'02''
  96. Sepulveda Eduardo at 4h10'17''
  97. Didier Laurent at 4h11'05''
  98. Mosca Jacopo at 4h11'21''
  99. Van Emden Jos at 4h14'22''
  100. Nibali Antonio at 4h14'30''
  101. Novak Domen at 4h15'24''
  102. Stake Laengen Vegard at 4h17'23''
  103. Hamilton Chris at 4h19'34''
  104. Venturini Clément at 4h20'56''
  105. Kuznetsov Vyacheslav at 4h21'56''
  106. Bak Lars Ytting at 4h22'00''
  107. Morkov Christiansen Michael at 4h22'56''
  108. Benedetti Cesare at 4h23'41''
  109. Roy Jérémy at 4h24'39''
  110. Martin Tony at 4h27'59''
  111. Sbaragli Kristian at 4h28'29''
  112. Bennett Sam at 4h32'23''
  113. Bonifazio Niccolò at 4h34'24''
  114. Lindeman Bert-jan at 4h36'23''
  115. Cavagna Rémi at 4h36'25''
  116. Planckaert Baptiste at 4h39'44''
  117. Boivin Guillaume at 4h40'13''
  118. Drucker Jean-pierre at 4h40'19''
  119. Frapporti Marco at 4h41'35'' Yellow card 2010 : police investigation (no penalty)
  120. Dowsett Alex at 4h41'53''
  121. Van Poppel Danny at 4h43'41''
  122. Van Hoecke Gijs at 4h44'25''
  123. Belletti Manuel at 4h45'51''
  124. Roelandts Jürgen at 4h45'53''
  125. Andreetta Simone at 4h46'51''
  126. Dempster Zakkari at 4h49'40''
  127. Belkov Maxim at 4h51'09''
  128. Curvers Roy Christian at 4h55'00''
  129. Sabatini Fabio at 4h55'09''
  130. Bewley Samuel at 4h55'48''
  131. Docker Mitchell at 4h56'30''
  132. Viviani Elia at 4h57'04''
  133. Van Asbroeck Tom at 4h57'56''
  134. Irizar Aranburu Markel at 4h59'12''
  135. Sénéchal Florian at 4h59'31''
  136. Debusschere Jens at 5h03'59''
  137. Van Poppel Boy at 5h05'39''
  138. Mullen Ryan at 5h08'12''
  139. Schillinger Andreas at 5h08'33''
  140. Pedersen Mads at 5h09'34''
  141. Sagiv Guy at 5h15'42''
  142. Frison Frederik at 5h15'59''
  143. Bertazzo Liam at 5h18'15''
  144. Hofstede Lennard at 5h18'53''
  145. Simion Paolo at 5h25'31''
  146. Coledan Marco at 5h32'07''
  147. Tuft Svein at 5h32'52''
  148. Zhupa Eugert at 5h34'14''
  149. Fonzi Giuseppe at 5h48'37''

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. Dumoulin Tom
  2. Carapaz Montenegro Richard Anton
  3. Pozzovivo Domenico
  4. Bilbao Lopez De Armentia Pello
  5. Konrad Patrick
  6. Bennett George
  7. Oomen Sam
  8. Formolo Davide
  9. Geniez Alexandre
  10. Poels Wouter
  11. Betancur Gomez Carlos Alberto
  12. Dennis Rohan
  13. Nieve Iturralde Mikel
  14. Brambilla Gianluca
  15. Woods Michael
  16. Dupont Hubert
  17. Reichenbach Sébastien
  18. Gesink Robert
  19. Conti Valerio
  20. Masnada Fausto
  21. Grossschartner Felix
  22. Mohoric Matej
  23. Schachmann Maximilian
  24. Polanc Jan
  25. Cattaneo Mattia
  26. Battaglin Enrico
  27. Ten Dam Laurens
  28. Haig Jack
  29. Bidard François
  30. Ciccone Giulio
  31. Lammertink Maurits
  32. Montaguti Matteo
  33. Frankiny Kilian
  34. King Benjamin
  35. Hermans Ben
  36. Hirt Jan
  37. Plaza Molina Ruben
  38. Jauregui Quentin
  39. Capecchi Eros
  40. Bouwman Koen
  41. Elissonde Kenny
  42. Brown Nathan
  43. Gavazzi Francesco
  44. De La Cruz Melgarejo David
  45. Armee Sander
  46. Pfingsten Christoph
  47. Torres Agudelo Rodolfo Andrés
  48. Hansen Adam
  49. Atapuma Hurtado Jhon Darwin
  50. Denz Nico
  51. Dombrowski Joseph Lloyd
  52. Puccio Salvatore
  53. De Marchi Alessandro
  54. Ballerini Davide
  55. Villella Davide
  56. Haga Chad
  57. Chaves Rubio Johan Esteban
  58. Neilands Krists
  59. Juul Jensen Christopher
  60. Boaro Manuele
  61. Roux Anthony
  62. Carthy Hugh
  63. Janse Van Rensburg Jacques
  64. Morabito Steve
  65. Stybar Zdenek
  66. Wurtz Schmidt Mads
  67. Berhane Teweldememedhin Natnael
  68. Gibbons Ryan
  69. Fernandez Andujar Rubén
  70. Turrin Alex
  71. Lutsenko Alexey
  72. Modolo Sacha
  73. Vendrame Andrea
  74. Knees Christian
  75. Pedrero Lopez Antonio
  76. Eg Niklas
  77. Barbin Enrico
  78. Venter Jacobus
  79. Sepulveda Eduardo
  80. Didier Laurent
  81. Mosca Jacopo
  82. Van Emden Jos
  83. Nibali Antonio
  84. Novak Domen
  85. Stake Laengen Vegard
  86. Hamilton Chris
  87. Venturini Clément
  88. Kuznetsov Vyacheslav
  89. Bak Lars Ytting
  90. Morkov Christiansen Michael
  91. Benedetti Cesare
  92. Roy Jérémy
  93. Martin Tony
  94. Sbaragli Kristian
  95. Bennett Sam
  96. Bonifazio Niccolò
  97. Lindeman Bert-jan
  98. Cavagna Rémi
  99. Planckaert Baptiste
  100. Boivin Guillaume
  101. Drucker Jean-pierre
  102. Dowsett Alex
  103. Van Poppel Danny
  104. Van Hoecke Gijs
  105. Belletti Manuel
  106. Roelandts Jürgen
  107. Andreetta Simone
  108. Dempster Zakkari
  109. Belkov Maxim
  110. Curvers Roy Christian
  111. Sabatini Fabio
  112. Bewley Samuel
  113. Docker Mitchell
  114. Viviani Elia
  115. Van Asbroeck Tom
  116. Irizar Aranburu Markel
  117. Sénéchal Florian
  118. Debusschere Jens
  119. Van Poppel Boy
  120. Mullen Ryan
  121. Schillinger Andreas
  122. Pedersen Mads
  123. Sagiv Guy
  124. Frison Frederik
  125. Bertazzo Liam
  126. Hofstede Lennard
  127. Simion Paolo
  128. Coledan Marco
  129. Tuft Svein
  130. Zhupa Eugert
  131. Fonzi Giuseppe


The list of participants

The list of participants by team

Team Sunweb

21 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,14 per year

1. Dumoulin Tom
2. Curvers Roy Christian
3. Haga Chad
4. Hamilton Chris
5. Hofstede Lennard
6. Oomen Sam
7. Ten Dam Laurens
8. Vervaeke Louis

AG2R La Mondiale

34 years of existence, 19 cases, ie 0,56 per year

11. Geniez Alexandre
12. Bidard François
13. Cherel Mickaël
14. Denz Nico
15. Dupont Hubert
16. Jauregui Quentin
17. Montaguti Matteo
18. Venturini Clément

Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec

31 years of existence, 28 cases, ie 0,9 per year

21. Gavazzi Francesco
22. Ballerini Davide
23. Belletti Manuel
24. Cattaneo Mattia
25. Frapporti Marco Yellow card 2010 : police investigation (no penalty)
26. Masnada Fausto
27. Torres Agudelo Rodolfo Andrés
28. Vendrame Andrea

Astana Pro Team

19 years of existence, 21 cases, ie 1,11 per year

31. Lopez Miguel Angel Red card 2022 : police investigation
32. Bilbao Pello
33. Hirt Jan
34. Kangert Tanel
35. Lutsenko Alexey
36. Sanchez Luis Leon Red card 2006 : internal inquiry
37. Villella Davide
38. Zeits Andrey Red card 2010 : no location communication

Bahrain - Merida

9 years of existence, 2 cases, ie 0,22 per year

41. Pozzovivo Domenico
42. Boaro Manuele
43. Bonifazio Niccolò
44. Mohoric Matej
45. Nibali Antonio
46. Novak Domen
47. Sivtsov Kanstantsin Red card 2018 : positive control
48. Visconti Giovanni Red card 2010 : confessions in 2012

Bardiani CSF

44 years of existence, 18 cases, ie 0,41 per year

51. Ciccone Giulio
52. Andreetta Simone
53. Barbin Enrico
54. Guardini Andrea
55. Maestri Mirco
56. Senni Manuel
57. Simion Paolo
58. Tonelli Alessandro

Bmc Racing Team

21 years of existence, 18 cases, ie 0,86 per year

61. Dennis Rohan
62. De Marchi Alessandro
63. Drucker Jean-pierre
64. Frankiny Kilian
65. Roche Nicolas
66. Roelandts Jürgen
67. Ventoso Alberdi Francisco José Red card 2008 : positive control
68. Vliegen Loic

Bora - Hansgrohe

16 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,06 per year

71. Formolo Davide
72. Benedetti Cesare
73. Bennett Sam
74. Grossschartner Felix
75. Konrad Patrick
76. Pfingsten Christoph
77. Schillinger Andreas
78. Selig Rudiger

Groupama - Fdj

29 years of existence, 13 cases, ie 0,45 per year

81. Pinot Thibaut
82. Bonnet William
83. Ladagnous Matthieu
84. Morabito Steve
85. Preidler Georg Red card 2017 : enquête policière et aveux en 2019
86. Reichenbach Sébastien
87. Roux Anthony
88. Roy Jérémy

Israel Cycling Academy

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

91. Hermans Ben
92. Boivin Guillaume
93. Dempster Zakkari
94. Neilands Krists
95. Niv Guy
96. Plaza Molina Ruben
97. Sbaragli Kristian
98. Sagiv Guy

Lotto Soudal

42 years of existence, 16 cases, ie 0,38 per year

101. Wellens Tim
102. Armee Sander
103. Bak Lars Ytting
104. Campenaerts Victor
105. Debusschere Jens
106. Hansen Adam
107. Van Der Sande Tosh Yellow card 2018 : positive control (no penalty)
109. Frison Frederik

Mitchelton - Scott

14 years of existence, 4 cases, ie 0,29 per year

111. Chaves Rubio Johan Esteban
112. Bewley Samuel
113. Haig Jack
114. Juul Jensen Christopher
115. Kreuziger Roman Yellow card 2010 : police investigation (no penalty) ; 2011 : biological passport (no penalty)
116. Nieve Iturralde Mikel
117. Tuft Svein
119. Yates Simon Red card 2016 : positive control

Movistar Team

46 years of existence, 30 cases, ie 0,65 per year

121. Betancur Gomez Carlos Alberto
122. Carapaz Richard
123. De La Parte Gonzalez Victor Red card 2011 : police investigation
124. Fernandez Andujar Rubén
125. Pedrero Lopez Antonio
126. Quintana Rojas Dayer Uberney Yellow card 2020 : police investigation (sanction not known)
127. Sepulveda Eduardo
129. Valls Ferri Rafael

Quick - Step Floors

33 years of existence, 31 cases, ie 0,94 per year

131. Viviani Elia
132. Capecchi Eros
133. Cavagna Rémi
134. Morkov Christiansen Michael
135. Sabatini Fabio
136. Schachmann Maximilian
137. Sénéchal Florian
139. Stybar Zdenek

Team Dimension Data

15 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,07 per year

141. Meintjes Louis
142. Anton Hernandez Igor
143. Berhane Teweldememedhin Natnael
144. Gibbons Ryan
145. King Benjamin
146. O'connor Ben
147. Janse Van Rensburg Jacques
149. Venter Jacobus

Team EF Education First - Drapac P/B Cannondale

21 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,14 per year

151. Woods Michael
152. Scully Thomas
153. Carthy Hugh
154. Docker Mitchell
155. Dombrowski Joseph Lloyd
156. Modolo Sacha
157. Van Asbroeck Tom
159. Brown Nathan

Team Katusha Alpecin

11 years of existence, 15 cases, ie 1,36 per year

161. Belkov Maxim
162. Dowsett Alex
163. Goncalves Maciel José Isidro Red card 2022 : police investigation
164. Kuznetsov Vyacheslav
165. Lammertink Maurits
166. Martin Tony
167. Planckaert Baptiste
169. Wurtz Schmidt Mads

Team Lotto NL - Jumbo

42 years of existence, 23 cases, ie 0,55 per year

171. Battaglin Enrico
172. Bennett George
173. Bouwman Koen
174. Van Emden Jos
175. Gesink Robert
176. Van Hoecke Gijs
177. Lindeman Bert-jan
179. Van Poppel Danny

Team Sky

16 years of existence, 7 cases, ie 0,44 per year

181. Froome Chris Yellow card 2017 : positive control (no penalty)
182. De La Cruz Melgarejo David
183. Elissonde Kenny
184. Henao Montoya Sergio Luis Yellow card 2014 : biological passport (no penalty)
185. Kiryienka Vasili
186. Knees Christian
187. Poels Wout
189. Puccio Salvatore

Trek - Segafredo

15 years of existence, 5 cases, ie 0,33 per year

191. Brambilla Gianluca
192. Didier Laurent
193. Eg Niklas
194. Irizar Aranburu Markel
195. Mullen Ryan
196. Pantano Gomez Jarlinson Red card 2019 : positive control
197. Van Poppel Boy
199. Pedersen Mads

UAE Team Emirates

27 years of existence, 33 cases, ie 1,22 per year

201. Aru Fabio
202. Atapuma Hurtado Jhon Darwin
203. Conti Valerio
204. Stake Laengen Vegard
205. Marcato Marco Yellow card 2008 : police investigation (no penalty)
206. Mori Manuele Red card 2002 : positive control
207. Polanc Jan
209. Ulissi Diego Red card 2014 : positive control

Wilier Triestina - Selle Italia

13 years of existence, 10 cases, ie 0,77 per year

211. Mareczko Jakub
212. Bertazzo Liam
213. Coledan Marco
214. Fonzi Giuseppe
215. Mosca Jacopo
216. Turrin Alex
217. Zardini Edoardo
219. Zhupa Eugert

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