Mattia Gavazzi (born 14 June 1983) is an Italian former

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2016 for teams , , , , , and two spells with . In April 2010, Gavazzi was suspended by the

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following a positive doping control for cocaine. He made his comeback in the

2013 Tour de San Luis The 2013 Tour de San Luis was the 7th edition of the Tour de San Luis stage race. It was part of the 2012–2013 UCI America Tour, and took place between 21 and 27 January 2013. The race was won by Daniel Díaz of the squad, which enjoyed a succ ...

. He is a specialist sprinter.

Biography

Mattia Gavazzi's father,

Pierino Gavazzi Pierino Gavazzi (born 4 December 1950 in Provaglio d'Iseo) is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who was professional from 1973 to 1993. He rode in the 1975 Tour de France and 1976 Tour de France, as well as in seventeen editions of the Gi ...

, was also a professional rider. He won a stage at the 2004

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, the version of the Giro d'Italia for young

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riders. He turned professional in 2006 for , but joined the team midway through the season. Following several good performances, he was signed by for the following year. He secured six victories with them in 2007, including three at the

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, showing his talent as a sprinter. In 2008 he remained with the same team, who became known as . In February he achieved a second place in a stage of the Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, behind

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and in front of

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. The following month he was again second at the

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, beaten by

Francesco Chicchi Francesco Chicchi (born 27 November 1980 in Camaiore) is an Italian retired professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2003 and 2016 for the , , , and squads. Major results ;2002 : 1st Road race, UCI Under-23 R ...

. In April, he won a stage of the

Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda ( en, Lombardic Cycling Week) is an Italian cycle road race. In 2007, the race was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions w ...

, and in May the

Giro di Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will r ...

, beating Chicchi. 2009 saw him sign for with immediate success. He won a stage at the

Tour de San Luis The Tour de San Luis was a road cycling race that was held in San Luis Province, Argentina from 2007 to 2016. The race consisted of a competition over an individual time trial, and six stages. The competition carried a UCI rating of 2.1, and i ...

and dominated at the

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, winning four stages and the

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. In 2010 he switched to and scored his first victory of the year at a

stage in early April. However, a urine sample taken two days previously tested positive for the presence of

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, 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. Gavazzi made his return at the

, where he won the last stage by out sprinting Slovak

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(). In April, he won the

, a hilly race where he edged

Ivan Rovny Ivan Andreyevich Rovny (; born 30 September 1987) is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2022. Career For the 2014 season, Leningrad-born Rovny joined . He was disqualified from the 2014 ...

and

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in the sprint. At the end of the 2013 season, Gavazzi terminated his contract with . Androni team manager Gianni Savio claimed that the split was due to Gavazzi demanding a guaranteed start for the

2014 Giro d'Italia The 2014 Giro d'Italia was the 97th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started off in Belfast, on 9 May, with a team time trial and concluded in Trieste, on 1 June, with a flat stage. A total of 198 r ...

. Gavazzi signed with the team for the 2014 season. 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. He was given a four-year suspension, backdated to July 2015.

Major results

Source:Profile
at ''Cycling Archives'' ;2003 : 1st Coppa San Biagio : 1st

Trofeo Antonietto Rancilio Trofeo (Italian and Spanish for trophy) may refer to: * Trofeo Maserati The Trofeo Maserati is a single-marque motorsport championship that was started by Maserati Corse in 2003, with the introduction of the Maserati Coupé. Its title is commo ...

;2004 : 1st Trofeo Gino Visentini : 1st Trofeo Papà Cervi : 1st

Circuito del Porto The Circuito del Porto-Trofeo Arvedi is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the U ...

: 1st Alta Padovana Tour : 1st Coppa San Biagio : 1st Trofeo Lampre : 1st Stage 10

;2006 : 7th

Giro del Mendrisiotto Giro del Mendrisiotto is a road bicycle race held annually around Mendrisio, in the canton of Ticino of Switzerland. The race was an amateur competition until 1996. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Conti ...

;2007 : 1st Univest GP :

Istrian Spring Trophy Istrian Spring Trophy ( hr, Istarsko proljeće) is a stage road bicycle race held annually in the Croatian part of the Istria peninsula. The race was first organized in 1961 as a small competition reserved to local cyclists. In 2000, it was opened ...

::1st Stages 2 & 3 :

::1st Stages 1, 2a & 2b : 1st Stage 2

Vuelta a Navarra The Vuelta a Navarra is a road cycling stage race held annually since 1941 in the Autonomous community of Navarra, Spain. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were ...

: 10th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup) ...

;2008 : 1st

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 5

Circuit de Lorraine The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competi ...

: 1st Stage 5

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: 9th

Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one-day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken ove ...

;2009 : 1st Stage 1

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 6 : 1st Stage 3

::1st Stages 1a & 5 :

Vuelta a Venezuela The Vuelta a Venezuela ( en, Tour of Venezuela) is a men's multi-day road cycling race held annually in Venezuela. The race carries a UCI rating of 2.2 and is part of the UCI America Tour, which is one of six UCI Continental Circuits sponsored ...

::1st Stages 3a, 3b & 4 ;2010 : 1st Stage 2

: 4th

;2013 : 1st

: 1st Stage 7

: 1st Stage 3b

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: 1st Stage 3

: 2nd

Châteauroux Classic The Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre Trophée Fenioux was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in the region of Indre, France, starting and finishing in Châteauroux. It was created in 2004 and since 2005 the race had been organ ...

;2014 :

Tour of Qinghai Lake The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of ...

::1st Stages 11 & 13 : 1st Stage 2

Tour of China I The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of China II :

Tour of Fuzhou Tour of Fuzhou is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in China and was rated by the UCI as 2.1 (rated 2.2 until the 2016 edition) and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

::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 The Tour of Qinghai Lake is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in the Qinghai province of China since 2002, named after Qinghai Lake. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.HC race as part of ...
::~~1st Stages 8, 10, 11 & 13~~ :Tour of Fuzhou Tour of Fuzhou is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in China and was rated by the UCI as 2.1 (rated 2.2 until the 2016 edition) and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...
::~~1st Points classification~~ ::~~1st Stages 1 & 3~~ : 3rd

GP Adria Mobil GP Adria Mobil is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Slovenia. Since 2015, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners References

Cycle races in Slovenia 2015 establishments ...

:3rd
Croatia–Slovenia Croatia–Slovenia is a one-day cycling race that has been held annually since 2008. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. It was formerly known as Ljubljana-Zagreb and Zagreb-Ljubljana, but the new finish line had moved from Ljubljana ...

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gavazzi, Mattia 1983 births Living people People from Iseo, Lombardy Doping cases in cycling Italian sportspeople in doping cases Italian male cyclists Vuelta a Venezuela stage winners Cyclists from the Province of Brescia