but was nevertheless provisionally suspended by the UCI. He subsequently stepped down from his role as commentator for Italian state television RAI. On 24 August 2019, the UCI gave Petacchi a two-year ban from competition for his involvement with Schmidt. Major results 1995 1st Gran Premio Comune di Cerreto Guidi 1997 8th Coppa Bernocchi 1998 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi 1999 4th Overall Tour of Sweden 7th Overall Tour de Langkawi 1st Mountains classification 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2000 1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca 1st Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta a España 1st Stages 8 & 12 Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stages 3 & 5 Route du Sud 1st Stages 1a & 2 1st Stage 3a Regio-Tour 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 10th Paris–Tours 2001 Settimana Lombarda 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 4 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 4a Euskal Bizikleta 7th Paris–Tours 8th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 2002 1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stages 1b, 2 & 3 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 Paris–Nice 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 5 Tour Méditerranéen 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 1st Stage 3 Regio-Tour 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Nederland 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm 2003 Tour de France 1st Stages 1, 3, 5 & 6 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 1, 5, 6, 13, 16 & 17 Vuelta a España 1st Stages 3, 5, 12, 14 & 21 Vuelta a Aragón 1st Stages 2, 4 & 5 Ronde van Nederland 1st Stages 1 & 2 1st Stage 1 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a la Comunidad Valenciana 1st Trofeo Luis Puig 1st Dwars door Gendringen 2nd Paris–Tours 2004 Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16 & 21 1st Azzurri d'Italia classification 1st Most combative rider classification Vuelta a España 1st Stages 2, 4, 7 & 13 Tirreno–Adriatico 1st Stages 1, 2 & 7 Giro della Provincia di Lucca 1st Stages 1 & 2 Vuelta a Aragón 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Nederland 2nd Millemetri del Corso di Mestre 4th Milan–San Remo 2005 Giro d'Italia 1st Stages 10, 13, 16 & 21 1st Azzurri d'Italia classification Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st