Matteo Priamo
Personal information | |
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Full name | Matteo Priamo |
Born |
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy | 20 March 1982
Team information | |
Current team | Suspended |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team(s) | |
2006–2008 | |
Major wins | |
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage (2008) | |
Infobox last updated on 15 May 2008 |
Matteo Priamo (born 20 March 1982 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, previously of UCI Professional Continental team CSF Group-Navigare.
Priamo's CSF Group-Navigare teammate Emanuele Sella, who had won three stages and the mountains classification at the 2008 Giro d'Italia, tested positive for methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (better known as Mircera, an erythropoietin derivative) at an out-of-competition control run by the UCI.[1] After confessing to his doping[2] he named Priamo as his supplier. Though the Italian National Anti-Doping tribunal originally exonerated Priamo,[3] the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled, upon appeal by the Italian National Olympic Committee, that he should be suspended for four years.[4]
Palmarès
- 2007 – Panaria-Navigare
- 1st, Stage 2, Circuit de Lorraine
- 2008 – CSF Group-Navigare
- 1st, Stage 3 and 5, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
- 1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia
References
- ↑ Jeff Jones and Gregor Brown (2008-08-05). "Emmanuele Sella positive for EPO". BikeRadar.com. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ Agence France Presse (2008-08-08). "Sella tells CONI he used EPO". VeloNews. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
- ↑ Laura Weislo and Sue George (2009-02-28). "Priamo exonerated, Sella "told the truth"". Cycling News. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- ↑ VeloNation Press (2009-11-12). "CAS gives Priamo a four-year ban". Velo Nation. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
External links
- Matteo Priamo profile at Cycling Archives