Stefano Pirazzi

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Stefano Pirazzi
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Personal information
Full nameStefano Pirazzi
Born (1987-03-11) 11 March 1987 (age 36)
Alatri, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team Amore & Vita
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2007–2009Palazzago Saclà Maiet
Professional teams
2010–2017 Colnago–CSF Inox
2021– Amore & Vita
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2013)
1 individual stage (2014)

Stefano Pirazzi (born 11 March 1987) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Amore & Vita. [1]

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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. [2]

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. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5] Following the completion of his ban, he joined the Amore & Vita team, making his first start at the Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes. [1]

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 Jersey green.svg Mountains classification, Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification, Giro del Trentino
3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2012
1st Jersey green.svg Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
2013
1st Jersey blue.svg 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 2010201120122013201420152016
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 120 61 46 44 85 22 18
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France Has not contested during his career
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

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