Matteo Spreafico

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Matteo Spreafico
Personal information
Full nameMatteo Spreafico
Born (1993-02-15) 15 February 1993 (age 30)
Erba, Lombardy, Italy
Team information
Current teamProvisionally suspended
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2012 Team Idea (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2013–2015 Team Idea
2016 Kolss BDC Team
2017–2020 Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec [1] [2]
2020 Vini Zabù–KTM [3]

Matteo Spreafico (born 15 February 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who is provisionally suspended from the sport, following a positive drugs test.

Contents

In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia. [4] On 22 October 2020, the UCI announced that Spreafico had returned two Adverse Analytical Findings (AAF) for Enobosarm at the Giro d'Italia, and was provisionally suspended. [5] He was sacked by his team, Vini Zabù–Brado–KTM. [6]

Major results

2011
4th Overall Tre Ciclistica Internazionale Bresciana
2014
4th Trofeo Edil C
2016
10th Overall Tour of Bulgaria
2017
7th Overall Tour of China II
2018
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Venezuela
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
7th Overall Tour of China II
10th Overall Tour de Hongrie

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2020
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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