Rémy Di Gregorio

Rémy Di Gregorio (born 31 July 1985) is a French road bicycle racer, who is currently suspended from the sport following a positive in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO). He has previously competed for (2005–2010),  (2011),  (2012), and  (2014–2018) in his professional career.

Career
He rode his first Tour de France in 2007. He broke his elbow in a crash on the fourth stage. He finished the stage 7:58 behind the leader and left the race. He broke clear on the 10th stage of the 2008 Tour de France edition, on Bastille Day, and led until the final climb.

Di Gregorio returned to the professional peloton in 2014, with.

Doping
On 10 July 2012, the first rest day of the 2012 Tour de France, Remi di Gregorio was arrested by French police on suspicion of doping. In April 2013, it was revealed that Di Gregorio could resume his career, since the products found in his possession at the Tour turned out to be vitamins. Prosecutors said the case was not formally closed. Di Gregorio maintained he has never doped and successfully sued for unfair dismissal.

In April 2018, news broke that Di Gregorio had failed an in-competition doping test for darbepoetin alfa, a re-engineered form of erythropoietin (EPO), during that year's Paris–Nice. He was suspended for 4 years, backdated from the adverse finding, following the confirmation that his B-sample also tested positive in May 2020.

Major results



 * 2003
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships


 * 2004
 * 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
 * 5th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines


 * 2005
 * 5th Overall Tour de l'Ain


 * 2006
 * 1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir


 * 2007
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré


 * 2008
 * 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
 * Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France


 * 2009
 * 5th Overall Route du Sud
 * 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain


 * 2010
 * 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya


 * 2011
 * 1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice


 * 2012
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 3rd Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid


 * 2013
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Bulgaria
 * 1st Stage 2


 * 2014
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Taiwan
 * 2nd Boucles de l'Aulne
 * 5th Overall Tour du Limousin
 * 5th Classic Sud-Ardèche
 * 5th Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan
 * 6th Overall Tour de l'Ain
 * 9th Overall Tour Alsace
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
 * 9th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
 * 9th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
 * 9th Tour du Jura


 * 2016
 * 1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification Tour La Provence
 * 1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Critérium International


 * 2017
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Almaty


 * 2018
 * 1st Jersey blue.svg Mountains classification Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour La Provence
 * 6th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise