Mattia Gavazzi

Mattia Gavazzi
Personal information
Full name	Mattia Gavazzi
Born	14 June 1983; Iseo, Italy
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
2006	Team LPR
2006	Amore & Vita–McDonald's
2007–2008	Kio Ene–Tonazzi–DMT
2009	Diquigiovanni–Androni
2010	Colnago–CSF Inox
2013	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
2014	Christina Watches–Dana
2014–2016	Amore & Vita–Selle SMP

Mattia Gavazzi (born 14 June 1983) is an Italian former road cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2016 for teams Team LPR, Preti Mangimi, Diquigiovanni–Androni, Colnago–CSF Inox, Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela, Christina Watches–Dana and two spells with Amore & Vita–Selle SMP. In April 2010, Gavazzi was suspended by the Union Cycliste Internationale following a positive doping control for cocaine. He made his comeback in the 2013 Tour de San Luis.[1] He is a specialist sprinter.

Biography

Mattia Gavazzi's father, Pierino Gavazzi, was also a professional rider.

He won a stage at the 2004 Girobio, the version of the Giro d'Italia for young amateur riders. He turned professional in 2006 for Team LPR, but joined the Amore & Vita–McDonald's team midway through the season. Following several good performances, he was signed by Kio Ene–Tonazzi–DMT for the following year. He secured six victories with them in 2007, including three at the Tour de Normandie, showing his talent as a sprinter.

In 2008 he remained with the same team, who became known as Preti Mangimi. In February he achieved a second place in a stage of the Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, behind Danilo Napolitano and in front of Filippo Pozzato. The following month he was again second at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, beaten by Francesco Chicchi. In April, he won a stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, and in May the Giro di Toscana, beating Chicchi.

2009 saw him sign for Diquigiovanni–Androni with immediate success. He won a stage at the Tour de San Luis and dominated at the Tour de Langkawi, winning four stages and the Points classification.

In 2010 he switched to Colnago–CSF Inox and scored his first victory of the year at a Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda stage in early April. However, a urine sample taken two days previously tested positive for the presence of cocaine, and this triggered a suspension by the sport's governing body. He had previously tested positive for cocaine, and received a 14-month suspension, as an amateur in 2004.[2]

Gavazzi made his return at the 2013 Tour de San Luis, where he won the last stage by out sprinting Slovak Peter Sagan (Cannondale).[3] In April, he won the Giro di Toscana, a hilly race where he edged Ivan Rovny and Taylor Phinney in the sprint.[4] At the end of the 2013 season, Gavazzi terminated his contract with Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela.[5] Androni team manager Gianni Savio claimed that the split was due to Gavazzi demanding a guaranteed start for the 2014 Giro d'Italia. Gavazzi signed with the Christina Watches–Dana team for the 2014 season.[6]

On 12 April 2016, it was announced that Gavazzi had been provisionally suspended by the UCI for a cocaine positive taken at the 2015 Tour of Qinghai Lake. It was his third positive test to this substance during his career.[7] He was given a four-year suspension, backdated to July 2015.[8]

Major results

Source:[9]

2003: 1st Coppa San Biagio; 1st Trofeo Antonietto Rancilio

2004: 1st Trofeo Gino Visentini; 1st Trofeo Papa' Cervi; 1st Circuito del Porto; 1st Alta Padovana Tour; 1st Coppa San Biagio; 1st Trofeo Lampre; 1st Stage 10 Girobio

2006: 7th Giro del Mendrisiotto

2007

1st Univest GP

Istrian Spring Trophy

1st Stages 2 & 3

Tour de Normandie

1st Stages 1, 2a & 2b

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Navarra

10th Coppa Bernocchi

2008: 1st Giro di Toscana; 1st Stage 2 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda; 1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine; 1st Stage 5 Brixia Tour; 9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

2009

1st Stage 1 Tour de San Luis

Tour de Langkawi

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 6

1st Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda

Brixia Tour

1st Stages 1a & 5

Vuelta a Venezuela

1st Stages 3a (ITT), 3b & 4

2010: 1st Stage 2 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda; 4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

2013: 1st Giro di Toscana; 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis; 1st Stage 3b Sibiu Cycling Tour; 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Venezuela; 2nd Châteauroux Classic

2014

Tour of Qinghai Lake

1st Stages 11 & 13

1st Stage 2 Tour of China I

1st Stage 1 Tour of China II

Tour of Fuzhou

1st Points classification

1st Stage 3

3rd Banja Luka–Belgrade I

2015

~~1st Overall Tour of China II~~

~~1st Points classification~~

~~1st Stages 1, 4 & 5~~

1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Mexico

1st Stage 2 Tour of Estonia

~~Tour of Qinghai Lake~~

~~1st Stages 8, 10, 11 & 13~~

~~Tour of Fuzhou~~

~~1st Points classification~~

~~1st Stages 1 & 3~~

3rd GP Adria Mobil

~~3rd Croatia–Slovenia~~

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2013
Giro d'Italia	DNF
Tour de France	—
Vuelta a España	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

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References

Benson, Daniel (22 January 2013). "Gavazzi begins his comeback at the Tour de San Luis". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
"Mattia Gavazzi positive for cocaine". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
Benson, Daniel (27 January 2013). "Diaz wins Tour de San Luis". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
"Gavazzi wins Giro di Toscana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
Farrand, Stephen (8 January 2014). "Gavazzi rescinds his contract with the Androni-Venezuela team". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
Johannesen, Jesper (30 January 2014). "Christina Watches sign Gavazzi, Rossi, and Baliani". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
"Mattia Gavazzi positive for cocaine for the third time". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
"Cocaina, Mattia Gavazzi squalificato per quattro anni" [Cocaine, Mattia Gavazzi disqualified for four years]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
Profile at Cycling Archives

External links

Mattia Gavazzi at Cycling Archives
Mattia Gavazzi at ProCyclingStats

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[1] Benson, Daniel (22 January 2013). "Gavazzi begins his comeback at the Tour de San Luis". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 25 January 2013.

[2] "Mattia Gavazzi positive for cocaine". CyclingNews. Future Publishing Limited. 21 April 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[3] Benson, Daniel (27 January 2013). "Diaz wins Tour de San Luis". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[4] "Gavazzi wins Giro di Toscana". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.

[5] Farrand, Stephen (8 January 2014). "Gavazzi rescinds his contract with the Androni-Venezuela team". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

[6] Johannesen, Jesper (30 January 2014). "Christina Watches sign Gavazzi, Rossi, and Baliani". CyclingQuotes. JJnet.dk A/S. Retrieved 23 April 2014.

[7] "Mattia Gavazzi positive for cocaine for the third time". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

[8] "Cocaina, Mattia Gavazzi squalificato per quattro anni" [Cocaine, Mattia Gavazzi disqualified for four years]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). RCS MediaGroup. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2019.

[9] Profile at Cycling Archives