Following his Vuelta victory, he transferred to Fassa Bortolo, after a long controversy surrounding a previous contract signed with Acqua & Sapone–Cantina Tollo.

He won the 2005 Tour de Suisse, before he retired in January 2006 after being tested positive for methyltestosterone metabolite twice during the 2005 season.

In 2008, a second arrest followed when he allegedly hired people to beat up a person who owed him money.

[5] Lastly, in 2016, he was taken into custody a fourth time, for allegedly taking part in a robbery.

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