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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stefano Pirazzi |
| Born | (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 37) Alatri, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Amore & Vita |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur team | |
| 2007–2009 | Palazzago Saclà Maiet |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010–2017 | Colnago–CSF Inox |
| 2021– | Amore & Vita |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Stefano Pirazzi (born 11 March 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Amore & Vita.
Career
Born in Alatri, Pirazzi has competed as a professional since 2010, joining Colnago–CSF Inox from the amateur ranks; his twin brother Roberto is also a cyclist, and was also a member of the Palazzago Rad Logistica team with Stefano in 2009.
In May 2017, one day before the start of the 2017 Giro d'Italia, the UCI announced that Pirazzi and Bardiani–CSF team-mate Nicola Ruffoni had tested positive for growth hormone-releasing peptides in out-of-competition controls carried out the previous month. Later that month the UCI confirmed that both riders' B-samples had also tested positive, leading Bardiani–CSF to confirm that they would terminate both riders' contracts. In October, Pirazzi was given a four-year ban backdated to the date of the original announcement – as a result, he was unable to compete again until May 2021. Following the completion of his ban, he joined the Amore & Vita team, making his first start at the Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes.
Major results
- 2007
- 1st Stage 3 Giro delle Regioni
- 4th Giro del Canavese
- 6th Gara Ciclistica Milionaria
- 8th Overall Volta a Lleida
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 4 & 5b
- 2008
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 7th Cronoscalata Gardone Valtrompia
- 2009
- 1st Gara Milionaria Montappone
- 3rd Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
- 6th Giro del Cigno
- 2011
- 1st
Mountains classification, Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria - 1st
Young rider classification, Giro del Trentino - 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2012
- 1st Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2013
- 1st
Mountains classification, Giro d'Italia - 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 2014
- 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Giro dell'Appennino
- 2016
- 4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 4
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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120 | 61 | 46 | 44 | 85 | 22 | 18 |
 Tour de France
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Has not contested during his career | ||||||
 Vuelta a España
| |||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ^ "Amore e Vita, domani in Francia il debutto di Stefano Pirazzi" [Amore & Vita, Stefano Pirazzi's debut in France tomorrow]. TuttoBici (in Italian). Prima Pagina Edizioni srl. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
- "La Palazzago sestoautoveicoli pronta per un triplice impegno" [The sixth Palazzago season ready for a triple engagement]. BergamoSportNews.com (in Italian). Bergamo Sport News. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- "Giro d'Italia: Two Bardiani CSF riders positive in out-of-competition control". cyclingnews.com. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- "Pirazzi and Ruffoni sacked by Bardiani CSF as B-samples come back positive". cyclingnews.com. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- "Pirazzi handed four-year ban for doping - News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 3 October 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
External links
- Bardiani-CSF profile
- Stefano Pirazzi at UCI
- Stefano Pirazzi at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Stefano Pirazzi at ProCyclingStats
- Stefano Pirazzi at Cycling Quotient
- Stefano Pirazzi at CycleBase