Matteo Priamo

Matteo Priamo (born 20 March 1982 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, previously of UCI Professional Continental team CSF Group–Navigare.

Matteo Priamo
Personal information
Full nameMatteo Priamo
Born (1982-03-20) 20 March 1982
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Team information
Current teamSuspended
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional team
2006–2008Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
Major wins
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage (2008)

Priamo's CSF Group–Navigare teammate Emanuele Sella, who had won three stages and the mountains classification at the 2008 Giro d'Italia, tested positive for methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta (better known as Mircera, an erythropoietin derivative) at an out-of-competition control run by the UCI.[1] After confessing to his doping[2] he named Priamo as his supplier. Though the Italian National Anti-Doping tribunal originally exonerated Priamo,[3] the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled, upon appeal by the Italian National Olympic Committee, that he should be suspended for four years.[4]

Palmarès
2004
5th Gran Premio della Liberazione
2005
1st GP di Poggiana
1st Trofeo G. Bianchin
1st GP Citta' di Felino
2nd Trofeo Zsšdi
3rd Gran Premio San Giuseppe
2007
1st Stage 2 Circuit de Lorraine
2nd Giro di Toscana
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
2008
1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
1st Stage 3 & 5

References
  1. Jeff Jones and Gregor Brown (5 August 2008). "Emmanuele Sella positive for EPO". BikeRadar.com. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. Agence France Presse (8 August 2008). "Sella tells CONI he used EPO". VeloNews. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  3. Laura Weislo and Sue George (28 February 2009). "Priamo exonerated, Sella "told the truth"". Cycling News. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  4. VeloNation Press (12 November 2009). "CAS gives Priamo a four-year ban". Velo Nation. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
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