Personal information | |
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Born | Codogno, Italy | 27 June 1978
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2000 | Team Polti (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2001–2002 | Mapei–Quick-Step |
2003–2004 | De Nardi |
2006–2009 | Amore & Vita–McDonald's |
Graziano Gasparre (born 27 June 1978) is an Italian former cyclist. [1]
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 Ronde de l'Isard. In addition to these, he also won stages of the Tour de l'Avenir, the Circuit de Lorraine, the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali and the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda.
He admitted using doping (Amphetamine, Cocaine, EPO, hGH, Testosterone [2] ) during his career on November 26, 2012. [3] 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. [4]
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