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Mauro Gianetti
Mauro Gianetti in 1997Personal information Full name Mauro Gianetti Born March 16, 1964
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
2001-2002Cilo-Aufina
Paini-Bottecchia
Weinmann-La Suisse
Helvetia-La Suisse
Lotus-Festina
Festina-Lotus
Mapei
Team Polti
Française des Jeux
Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
Team CoastManagerial team(s) 2002-2003
2004-2011Tacconi Sport
Saunier Duval-ProdirMedal recordCompetitor for Switzerland
Road bicycle racing World Championships Silver 1996 Lugano Elite Men's Road Race Infobox last updated on
21 October 2011Mauro 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.
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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
- 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
- ^ 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.
Riders on Geox-TMC Tomas Alberio | Mauricio Ardila | David Blanco | Matthias Brändle | Vidal Celis | Giampaolo Cheula | Juan José Cobo | Daniele Colli | Marco Corti | David de la Fuente | Fabio Duarte | Arkaitz Durán | Fabio Felline | Xavier Florencio | Noè Gianetti | David Gutiérrez Gutiérrez | Dmitry Kozonchuk | Marko Kump | Denis Menchov | Matteo Pelucchi | Daniele Ratto | Carlos Sastre | Rafael Valls | Marcel Wyss | Manager: Mauro Gianetti
References
Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- Swiss cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Switzerland
- Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- People from Lugano
- Swiss people of Italian descent
- Swiss cycling biography stubs
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