Matteo Priamo Explained

Matteo Priamo
Fullname:Matteo Priamo
Birth Date:1982 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Currentteam:Suspended
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2006 - 2008
Majorwins:Giro d'Italia, 1 stage (2008)

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

Priamo's 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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Jeff Jones and Gregor Brown. Emmanuele Sella positive for EPO. 2008-08-05. BikeRadar.com. 2009-11-15.
    2. Web site: Agence France Presse. Sella tells CONI he used EPO. 2008-08-08. VeloNews. 2009-11-15.
    3. Web site: Laura Weislo and Sue George. Priamo exonerated, Sella "told the truth". 2009-02-28. Cycling News. 2009-11-22.
    4. Web site: VeloNation Press. CAS gives Priamo a four-year ban. 2009-11-12. Velo Nation. 2009-11-15.