# Mattia Gavazzi

Mattia Gavazzi (born 14 June 1983) is an Italian former road cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2016 for teams Team LPR, Preti Mangimi, Diquigiovanni–Androni, Colnago–CSF Inox, Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela, Christina Watches–Dana and two spells with Amore & Vita–Selle SMP. In April 2010, Gavazzi was suspended by the Union Cycliste Internationale following a positive doping control for cocaine. He made his comeback in the 2013 Tour de San Luis. He is a specialist sprinter.

## Biography

Mattia Gavazzi's father, Pierino Gavazzi, was also a professional rider.
He won a stage at the 2004 Girobio, the version of the Giro d'Italia for young amateur riders. He turned professional in 2006 for Team LPR, but joined the Amore & Vita–McDonald's team midway through the season. Following several good performances, he was signed by Kio Ene–Tonazzi–DMT for the following year. He secured six victories with them in 2007, including three at the Tour de Normandie, showing his talent as a sprinter.
In 2008 he remained with the same team, who became known as Preti Mangimi. In February he achieved a second place in a stage of the Giro della Provincia di Grosseto, behind Danilo Napolitano and in front of Filippo Pozzato. The following month he was again second at the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, beaten by Francesco Chicchi. In April, he won a stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda, and in May the Giro di Toscana, beating Chicchi.
2009 saw him sign for Diquigiovanni–Androni with immediate success. He won a stage at the Tour de San Luis and dominated at the Tour de Langkawi, winning four stages and the Points classification.
In 2010 he switched to Colnago–CSF Inox and scored his first victory of the year at a Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda stage in early April. However, a urine sample taken two days previously tested positive for the presence of cocaine, and this triggered a suspension by the sport's governing body. He had previously tested positive for cocaine, and received a 14-month suspension, as an amateur in 2004.
Gavazzi made his return at the 2013 Tour de San Luis, where he won the last stage by out sprinting Slovak Peter Sagan (Cannondale). In April, he won the Giro di Toscana, a hilly race where he edged Ivan Rovny and Taylor Phinney in the sprint. At the end of the 2013 season, Gavazzi terminated his contract with Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela. Androni team manager Gianni Savio claimed that the split was due to Gavazzi demanding a guaranteed start for the 2014 Giro d'Italia. Gavazzi signed with the Christina Watches–Dana team for the 2014 season.
On 12 April 2016, it was announced that Gavazzi had been provisionally suspended by the UCI for a cocaine positive taken at the 2015 Tour of Qinghai Lake. It was his third positive test to this substance during his career. He was given a four-year suspension, backdated to July 2015.

## Major results

Source:

### 2003

    1st Coppa San Biagio
    1st Trofeo Antonietto Rancilio

### 2004

    1st Trofeo Gino Visentini
    1st Trofeo Papà Cervi
    1st Circuito del Porto
    1st Alta Padovana Tour
    1st Coppa San Biagio
    1st Trofeo Lampre
    1st Stage 10 Girobio

### 2006

    7th Giro del Mendrisiotto

### 2007

    1st Univest GP
    Istrian Spring Trophy
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    Tour de Normandie
       1st Stages 1, 2a & 2b
    1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Navarra
    10th Coppa Bernocchi

### 2008

    1st Giro di Toscana
    1st Stage 2 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
    1st Stage 5 Circuit de Lorraine
    1st Stage 5 Brixia Tour
    9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

### 2009

    1st Stage 1 Tour de San Luis
    Tour de Langkawi
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 6
    1st Stage 3 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
    Brixia Tour
       1st Stages 1a & 5
    Vuelta a Venezuela
       1st Stages 3a, 3b & 4

### 2010

    1st Stage 2 Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
    4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

### 2013

    1st Giro di Toscana
    1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis
    1st Stage 3b Sibiu Cycling Tour
    1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Venezuela
    2nd Châteauroux Classic

### 2014

    Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Stages 11 & 13
    1st Stage 2 Tour of China I
    1st Stage 1 Tour of China II
    Tour of Fuzhou
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 3
    3rd Banja Luka–Belgrade I

### 2015

    1st Overall Tour of China II
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 4 & 5
    1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Mexico
    1st Stage 2 Tour of Estonia
    Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Stages 8, 10, 11 & 13
    Tour of Fuzhou
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    3rd GP Adria Mobil
    3rd Croatia–Slovenia

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF |
| Tour de France | — |
| Vuelta a España | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |