1. Filippo Simeoni was born on 17 August 1971 and is an Italian former racing cyclist and the 2008 Italian road race champion.
22 Facts About Filippo Simeoni
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Filippo Simeoni was born in Desio in the province of Milan.
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Filippo Simeoni did so as a tribute to the victims of the 11 September 2001 attacks.
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The federation was unable to take into account that Filippo Simeoni's sentence came in the light of a confession during the court cases against Michele Ferrari.
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Filippo Simeoni is better known for his years-long clash with Lance Armstrong.
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Filippo Simeoni was treated by doctor Michele Ferrari, who was Armstrong's doctor.
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Filippo Simeoni testified in court that he began doping in 1993, that Dr Ferrari had prescribed him doping products such as EPO and Human Growth Hormone in 1996 and 1997, and that Ferrari gave him instructions on how to use these products and that he used them.
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In 2001 and 2002 Filippo Simeoni was suspended for several months for doping use.
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Filippo Simeoni announced that he would give any money awarded to him to charity.
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Nevertheless, Armstrong broke from the peloton and chased Filippo Simeoni down, prompting Armstrong's rival T-Mobile Team to try to catch the breakaway.
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The six riders implored Armstrong to drop back to the peloton, but Armstrong would not drop back unless Filippo Simeoni went with him.
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Filippo Simeoni subsequently told the United States Anti-Doping Agency that Armstrong told him in Italian:.
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However, Filippo Simeoni was still smarting from Armstrong's intimidation three days before, and attacked several times.
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Filippo Simeoni was again insulted and spat at by other riders after the race.
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Since Filippo Simeoni was a prosecution witness in legal proceedings against Ferrari at the time of Armstrong's move against him in the 2004 Tour, Italian authorities threatened to bring charges of witness intimidation against Armstrong.
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On 13 April 2006 Filippo Simeoni dropped the defamation suit and Armstrong dismissed his countersuit.
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Filippo Simeoni found it hard to catch on with a team.
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In protest, Filippo Simeoni returned his 2008 Italian Championship jersey in May 2009.
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Filippo Simeoni was suspended for four months by the Italian Cycling Federation for doing so.
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Filippo Simeoni retired at the end of the 2009 season.
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Filippo Simeoni was one of the key witnesses in USADA's case against Armstrong and related how Armstrong threatened him during the 2004 Tour.
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Filippo Simeoni was played by Belgian former professional cyclist Kevin Hulsmans in the 2015 film The Program.