Stefano Pirazzi (born 11 March 1987) is an Italian professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

, who currently rides for

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Career

Born in

Alatri Alatri () is an Italian town and ''comune'' of the province of Frosinone in the region of Lazio, with c. 30,000 inhabitants. An ancient city of the Hernici,Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hernici". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). it is kno ...

, Pirazzi has competed as a professional since 2010, joining 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 2017 Giro d'Italia was the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started on 5 May in Alghero on the island of Sardinia, and ended on 28 May in Milan. The race was won by Tom Dumoulin, who became the ...

, the UCI announced that Pirazzi and 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 team, making his first start at the Mercan'Tour Classic Alpes-Maritimes.

Major results

;2007 : 1st Stage 3

Giro delle Regioni The Giro delle Regioni was a multi-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.ncup, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, season-long competitio ...

: 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 The Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli 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 ...

: 6th Giro del Cigno ;2011 : 1st Mountains classification,

Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria The Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, currently known as the Giro della Città Metropolitana di Reggio Calabria, is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria The province of Reggio Calabria () was a province in th ...

: 1st Young rider classification,

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. In 2015, th ...

: 3rd Overall

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;2012 : 1st Mountains classification,

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

;2013 : 1st

Mountains classification The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used. While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...

Giro d'Italia The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...

: 2nd

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, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

;2014 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 17

: 4th

, National Road Championships ;2015 : 2nd

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;2016 (1) : 4th Overall

::1st Stage 4

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Bardiani-CSF profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pirazzi, Stefano 1987 births Living people People from Alatri Cyclists from Lazio Italian male cyclists Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Doping cases in cycling Italian sportspeople in doping cases Sportspeople from the Province of Frosinone 21st-century Italian sportsmen