Cristian Moreni

Cristian Moreni
	Moreni at the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Cristian Moreni
Born	21 November 1972 (age 52); Asola, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1998–2000	Brescialat–Liquigas
2001	Mercatone Uno–Stream TV
2002–2004	Alessio
2005	Quick-Step–Innergetic
2006–2007	Cofidis
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2000 Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (1999) Single-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2004)

Cristian Moreni (born 21 November 1972 in Asola) is an Italian former road racing cyclist who competed as a professional from 1998 to 2000. He took eight wins in his career, including stages of the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España, the Italian National Road Race Championships and the Giro del Veneto. he also competed in the road race at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Doping

Moreni tested positive for testosterone at the end of the 11th stage of the 2007 Tour de France, on 25 July 2007 (stage 16). He was arrested after stage 16 by French gendarmes. He pleaded guilty, and did not request that a second sample be tested. Subsequently, to his arrest, Cofidis withdrew from the Tour. Moreni was suspended for two years following the scandal.^[1]

In 2009, when his suspension ended, Moreni became the first cyclist to pay a fine of one year's salary to the UCI. Moreni wanted to return as a professional cyclist.^[2]