Graziano Gasparre (born 27 June 1978) is an Italian former cyclist.

Career

Gasparre participated in two editions of the Giro d'Italia and booked multiple victories in his career, including the European Road Race Championship, the Giro delle Regioni and the

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. In addition to these, he also won stages of the

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

, the

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, the

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ( en, International Week of Coppi and Bartali), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle sport, cycle Road bicycle racing, road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in t ...

and the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda.

Doping

He admitted using doping (

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, EPO,

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) during his career on November 26, 2012. Gasparre has provided information to anti-doping investigators in Florence. He underwent surgery to remove a tumour in Reggio Emilia in November 2012. He believed the tumour was a consequence of doping during his racing career.

Major results

;1999 :3rd Triptyque Ardennais ;2000 :1st UEC_Champion_Jersey

U23 European Road Race Championships :1st Overall Giro delle Regioni ::1st Stage 3 :1st Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 3 :2nd

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;2001 :1st Stage 9

;2002 :5th GP Herning :9th Overall

::1st Stage 2 ;2003 :4th Overall

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

:10th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria ;2004 :1st Stage 1a

;2006 :3rd Overall Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ::1st Stage 4

References

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* * * 1978 births Living people Italian male cyclists Doping cases in cycling People from Codogno Cyclists from the Province of Lodi {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub