Mattia Gavazzi

Mattia Gavazzi at Milan-San Remo 2010

Mattia Gavazzi (born June 14, 1983 in Iseo ) is an Italian racing cyclist . Gavazzi is considered a strong sprinter. He has been linked to doping several times during his career .

Life

Mattia Gavazzi is the son of the 1980 Milan-San Remo winner Pierino .

In 2004 he won the tenth stage of the junior stage race Giro d'Italia Dilettanti . In the same year he tested positive for cocaine at the Trofeo Papá Cervi di Gattatico, was banned for 14 months and had to complete a rehab program.

After his suspension he received his first contract with an international cycling team , the Italian Professional Continental Team L.PR, in 2006.In the course of his further career he won numerous sections of international stage races in the elite, but also the one-day race Giro della Toscana in 2013 and the overall standings in 2015 the Tour of China II .

His career was interrupted again in 2010, as in April 2010 he was again provisionally suspended by the Italian Cycling Federation for abuse of cocaine and initially banned as a repeat offender for six years. In March 2012 this ban was reduced to 30 months because Gavazzi had cooperated with the National Doping Agency of the National Olympic Committee of Italy (CONI) .

In April 2016 it was announced that Gavazzi had tested positive for cocaine again in the summer of 2015,

successes

2004 a stage of the Giro d'Italia Dilettanti 2007 two stages of the Istrian Spring Trophy three stages Tour of Normandy a stage Vuelta a Navarra 2008 a stage Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda a stage Giro di Toscana a stage Circuit de Lorraine one stage Brixia Tour 2009 one stage Tour de San Luis four stages Tour de Langkawi a stage Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda three stages Vuelta a Venezuela two stages Brixia Tour

2010 a stage Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda 2013 one stage Tour de San Luis Giro della Toscana one stage Sibiu Cycling Tour a stage Vuelta a Venezuela 2014 two stage tour of Qinghai Lake one stage Tour of China I one stage Tour of China II one stage tour of Fuzhou 2015 a stage Vuelta Mexico one stage Tour of Estonia four stage tour of Qinghai Lake Overall ranking and three stages Tour of China II two stage tour of Fuzhou

Teams

• 2006: Team LPR (until June 7th)
• 2006: Amore & Vita-McDonald’s (from June 8th)
• 2007: Kio Ene-Tonazzi-DMT
• 2008: Preti Mangimi
• 2009: Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
• 2010: Colnago-CSF Inox

• 2013: Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela
• 2014: Christina Watches-Kuma (until June 20)
• 2014 (from June 21st) -2016: Amore & Vita-Selle SMP

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mattia Gavazzi drives for Christina Watches in 2014. radsport-news.com, January 24, 2014, accessed August 5, 2016 . 
2. ^ Gavazzi, la vittoria più bella contro l'inferno della cocaina. lastampa.it, January 28, 2013, accessed August 5, 2016 (Italian). 
3. ↑ Ralf Meutgens : Doping im Radsport , Bielefeld 2007, p. 286. ISBN 978-3-7688-5245-6
4. ↑ RP-online.de: "Gavazzi suspended because of cocaine abuse"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Gavazzi's suspension is reduced to 30 months on radsport-news.com v. March 27, 2012
6. ↑ radsport-news.com - Fajt and Mattia Gavazzi with positive doping tests. radsport-news.com, April 23, 2015, accessed April 12, 2016 . 

Web links

• Mattia Gavazzi in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Mattia Gavazzi in the ProCyclingStats.com database