Alberto Elli

Alberto Elli (born 9 March 1964) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who wore the yellow jersey for 4 days in the 2000 Tour de France. Elli was called up late for the 2000 Tour de France, and after a group of 12 cyclists stayed away from the others, Elli became a surprise leader, being the second oldest cyclist in the peloton. He kept the yellow jersey until the Pyrenées mountains, where he lost it to Lance Armstrong.

After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for several professional teams.

During the 2001 Giro d'Italia, the police found banned substances in Elli's hotel room. In October 2005, he received a six-month suspended sentence by San Remo Judge Paolo Luppi.

Major results
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 * 1986
 * 1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia


 * 1987
 * 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
 * 9th Overall Giro del Trentino


 * 1988
 * 5th GP Industria & Artigianato


 * 1989
 * 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Giro d'Italia


 * 1990
 * 3rd Tour du Haut Var
 * 3rd Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
 * 4th Giro di Toscana


 * 1991
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France


 * 1992
 * 1st Overall Hofbrau Cup
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg
 * 2nd Giro del Veneto
 * 3rd Coppa Bernocchi
 * 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
 * 5th Trofeo Matteotti
 * 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
 * 10th Giro di Romagna


 * 1993
 * 1st Trofeo Matteotti
 * 1st Milano–Vignola
 * 5th Overall Hofbrau Cup
 * 5th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
 * 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 6th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
 * 6th Giro di Romagna
 * 7th Giro dell'Emilia
 * 7th Tre Valli Varesine
 * 8th Züri-Metzgete


 * 1994
 * 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 4th Overall Critérium International
 * 5th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
 * 1st Stage 6
 * 7th Overall Tour de France
 * 1st Stage 3 (TTT)
 * 7th Giro di Romagna
 * 7th Trofeo Matteotti
 * 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
 * 9th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
 * 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 10th Giro dell'Emilia
 * 10th Giro dell'Appennino


 * 1995
 * 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo
 * 3rd Giro di Toscana
 * 3rd Wincanton Classic
 * 4th Overall Euskal Bizikleta
 * 1st Stages 1 & 3
 * 6th Amstel Gold Race
 * 6th Giro dell'Appennino
 * 8th Giro di Romagna
 * 8th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
 * 10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore


 * 1996
 * 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 1st Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
 * 1st Stage 4a Euskal Bizikleta
 * 2nd Trofeo Matteotti
 * 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
 * 5th Giro di Romagna
 * 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
 * 7th Giro del Piemonte
 * 9th Coppa Sabatini
 * 10th Coppa Placci


 * 1997
 * 1st Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 2nd Milan–San Remo
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Langkawi
 * 5th Tre Valli Varesine
 * 6th Classique des Alpes
 * 7th Josef Voegeli Memorial
 * 8th Züri-Metzgete


 * 1998
 * 1st Overall Vuelta a Murcia
 * 1st Stages 3 & 5
 * 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
 * 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
 * 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 4th Giro dell'Emilia
 * 4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
 * 6th Giro della Provincia di reggio Calabria
 * 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 8th Overall Route du Sud
 * 9th Amstel Gold Race
 * 10th Milan–San Remo


 * 1999
 * 2nd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
 * 2nd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
 * 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Josef Voegeli Memorial
 * 4th GP Ouest–France
 * 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg


 * 2000
 * 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse
 * 2nd Overall Rapport Toer
 * 1st Stage 1
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
 * 1st Points classification
 * 4th Rund um den Flughafen Köln-Bonn


 * 2001
 * 2nd GP du canton d'Argovie

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