Matteo Priamo
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Matteo Priamo 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. After confessing to his doping he named Priamo as his supplier. Though the Italian National Anti-Doping tribunal originally exonerated Priamo, the Court of Arbitration for Sport
ruled, upon appeal by the Italian National Olympic Committee, that he should be suspended for four years.
2008 – CSF Group-Navigare
Italy
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professional road bicycle racer, previously of UCI Professional Continental team .
Priamo's teammate Emanuele Sella
Emanuele Sella
Emanuele Sella is an Italian road racing cyclist who currently rides with the Italian team .In out of competition control testing, performed July 23, 2008, Sella was found to test positive for CERA, the third generation EPO according to La Gazzetta dello Sport...
, who had won three stages and the mountains classification at the 2008 Giro d'Italia
2008 Giro d'Italia
The 2008 Giro d'Italia was the 91st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Palermo on 10 May and ended in Milan on 1 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race, which was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador of the cycling team...
, tested positive for methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta is the active ingredient of a drug marketed by Hoffmann-La Roche under the brand name Mircera. Mircera is a long-acting erythropoietin receptor activator indicated for the treatment of patients with anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease. It is the...
(better known as Mircera, an erythropoietin
Erythropoietin
Erythropoietin, or its alternatives erythropoetin or erthropoyetin or EPO, is a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis, or red blood cell production...
derivative) at an out-of-competition control run by the UCI. After confessing to his doping he named Priamo as his supplier. Though the Italian National Anti-Doping tribunal originally exonerated Priamo, the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Court of Arbitration for Sport is an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sport. Its headquarters are in Lausanne and its courts are located in New York, Sydney and Lausanne, Switzerland...
ruled, upon appeal by the Italian National Olympic Committee, that he should be suspended for four years.
Palmarès
2007 – Panaria-Navigare- 1st, Stage 2, Circuit de LorraineCircuit de LorraineThe Circuit de Lorraine is an multi-stage road bicycle racing held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour....
2008 – CSF Group-Navigare
- 1st, Stage 3 and 5, Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of TurkeyThe 2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, the 44th running of the race, took place from April 13 to April 20, 2008.-Stages:-Teams:25 teams started the race – each had 6 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 150 started in total...
- 1st, Stage 6, Giro d'Italia2008 Giro d'ItaliaThe 2008 Giro d'Italia was the 91st running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Palermo on 10 May and ended in Milan on 1 June. Twenty-two teams entered the race, which was won by Spaniard Alberto Contador of the cycling team...