Pishgaman Cycling Team Explained

Pishgaman Cycling Team
Code:	PKY
Registered:	Iran
Founded:	2014
Discipline:	Road
Status:	UCI Continental
Season:	2014 2015–2016 2017–
Oldname:	Pishgaman Yazd Pishgaman–Giant Team Pishgaman Cycling Team

Pishgaman Cycling Team is an Iranian UCI Continental cycling team established in 2014.^[1] ^[2]

Doping

On 11 December 2015, Naser Rezavi tested positive for anabolic steroids and ^[3] was given a four-year ban.^[4]

On February 10, 2017, the UCI announced that Rahim Emami had tested positive for an Anabolic Androgenic Steroid during the 2016 Jelajah Malaysia and was provisionally suspended. As teammate Naser Rezavi also tested positive in the Jelajah Malaysia in December 2015, the UCI considers this a second Adverse Analytical Finding in a 12-month period with the team potentially facing a ban of between 15 and 45 days.^[5] Emami was handed a seven year and six month ban, expiring on May 24, 2024, when Emami will be 42, therefore the ban will effectively end his professional career.^[4]

Major wins

2014

National Road Race Championships, Rahim Emami

Overall Tour de Singkarak, Amir Zargari

Stage 3, Ramin Mehrabani

Stage 4, Rahim Emami

Stage 4 Tour of Iran, Rahim Emami

2015

Asian Road Race Championships, Hossein Askari

Asian Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari

National Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari

Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Rahim Emami

Stage 4 Tour of Iran, Hossein Askari

Overall Tour de Singkarak, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 2, Amir Zargari

Stage 6, Hossein Askari

2016

National Time Trial Championships, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Mohammad Rajablou

Overall Tour de Singkarak, Amir Kolahdouz

Stage 2, Rahim Emami

Stage 4, Amir Kolahdouz

Overall Jelajah Malaysia, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 1, Rahim Emami

Stage 2, Arvin Moazzami

Overall Tour of Fuzhou, Rahim Emami

Stages 1 & 4, Rahim Emami

2017

Stage 3 Tour de Flores, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 4 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Amir Kolahdouz

Stage 4 International Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 3 International Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen, Amir Kolahdouz

2018

Stage 3 Tour of Mevlana, Mohammad Ganjkhanlou

Stages 1 & 6 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Mohammad Ganjkhanlou

Notes and References

Web site: Pishgaman Yazd 2014. ProCyclingStats. procyclingstats.com.
Web site: Pishgaman Yazd 2015. ProCyclingStats. procyclingstats.com.
Web site: Archived copy . 2016-07-17 . 2016-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808090905/http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/17/63/88/20160704ProvisionalSuspensionEN_English.pdf . dead .
Web site: Iranian rider hit with seven-year-and-six-month ban for doping - Cycling Weekly. 26 April 2017.
Web site: New Energy Tour bolsters Dutch calendar - News Shorts - Cyclingnews.com. 10 February 2017 .