title: Cristian Moreni
text: # Cristian Moreni
  
  Cristian Moreni (born 21 November 1972 in Asola) is an Italian former road racing cyclist who rode for Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone in the UCI ProTour.
  
  ## 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.
  
  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.
  
  ## Tour de France participations
  
  * 2002 - 66th overall
  * 2006 - 44th overall; 8th points; 2nd, Stage 18
  * 2007 - Disqualified, use of Testosterone
  
  ## Major results
  
  ### 1999
  
      Stage win, Vuelta a España
  
  ### 2000
  
      Stage win, Giro d'Italia
  
  ### 2003
  
      Regio-Tour International, stage 1
      Giro del Veneto
  
  ### 2004
  
      Italian National Road Race Championship
      Route du Sud, stage 1
      46th, Summer Olympics Men's Road Race
  
  ### 2005
  
      Tour de l'Ain, stage 1
      7th, GP Ouest-France
  