Mauro Gianetti

Mauro Gianetti

Mauro Gianetti in 1997
Personal information
Full name	Mauro Gianetti
Born	March 16, 1964 (1964-03-16) (age 47)  Switzerland
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider & directeur sportif
Professional team(s)
1986 1987 1988 1989-1991 1992 1993 1994 1995-1996 1997-1998 1999-2000 2001-2002	Cilo-Aufina Paini-Bottecchia Weinmann-La Suisse Helvetia-La Suisse Lotus-Festina Festina-Lotus Mapei Team Polti Française des Jeux Vini Caldirola-Sidermec Team Coast
Managerial team(s)
2002-2003 2004-2011	Tacconi Sport Saunier Duval-Prodir
Medal record Competitor for  Switzerland Road bicycle racing World Championships Silver 1996 Lugano Elite Men's Road Race
Infobox last updated on 21 October 2011

Mauro Gianetti (born March 16, 1964 in Lugano) is a Swiss directeur sportif, and a former rider in professional road bicycle racing. Gianetti is employed as team manager for the Geox-TMC cycling team.

With over 30 professional victories, Gianetti's biggest career accomplishments as a rider include winning the 1995 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and Amstel Gold Race and representing Switzerland at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Doping incident

During the 1998 Tour de Romandie, Mauro Gianetti abandoned during a stage and later became unconscious.^[1] He was taken to the university hospital in Lausanne where he remained on the intensive care for 10 days, as his life was in danger. Initially, doctors suspected an infection, but all tests came back negative. Two doctors then suspected that Gianetti had been transfused with a Perfluorocarbon emulsion, to increase the oxygen carrying capacity of his blood. This was reported to the authorities and an investigation was opened.

Major achievements

Directeur sportif

2002–2003

• Tacconi Sport

2004–2008

• Saunier Duval-Prodir

Rider

1995

1st, Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st, Amstel Gold Race

1996

2nd (Silver), World Cycling Championships - Road Race

3rd, Overall, Critérium International

1st, Stage 2

References

1. ^ Gains, Paul (18 Oct 1998). "A New Threat in Blood Doping". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/18/sports/a-new-threat-in-blood-doping.html. 

References

Persondata
Name	Gianetti, Mauro
Alternative names
Short description	Directeur sportif and former road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1964-03-16
Place of birth	Lugano, Switzerland
Date of death
Place of death