🇮🇹 NEW RIDER: We welcome Michele Gazzoli, who makes a move from our Development team: 📰👉 bit.ly/3sulg8q #AstanaQazaqstanTeam 📷 @SprintCycling
Astana Qazaqstan Team confirm return of Michele Gazzoli after doping ban and time spent in developmental team
CyclingFriday, 10 November 2023 at 17:30
Michele Gazzoli tested positive for tuaminoheptane at the Volta ao Algarve 2022 and served a one-year UCI ban. In August, Astana Qazaqstan Team brought him back for their development team (he won a stage in the Arctic Race and 2 of the Tour of Bulgaria) and now they have announced him as a new rider for 2024.
Obviously, Gazzoli did not rejoin the team immediately after his suspension because there was no space in the Astana squad and now he is delighted to be back in the first team, signing for another two seasons.
“I am very happy to re-sign a contract with Astana Qazaqstan Team. This team gave me an opportunity to revive after a difficult period, and for me this project is like a family that believed in me and did a lot to ensure that I was able to return to high results. In the next two years I will try to do everything possible to repay the team with victories and podiums for believing in me and the chance I got. As a part of Astana and in the jersey of this team, I feel great motivation and desire to work for the sake of our success together,” said Gazzoli to his team's website.
“In the second half of the season, we gave Michele the opportunity to prove himself, to prove that he deserves another chance. And the rider proved himself from the best side, showed personal results, and also proved himself as a good team player, as, for example, at the Tour of Turkey, where excellent work was done. Michele has potential both in one–day races and in short stage races, he can also be an excellent assistant for the team leaders, both in sprints and on hilly stages,” added Alexandr Vinokurov, General Manager of Astana Qazaqstan Team.
Just in
Subscribe to our Daily Newsletter today!
Nov 05, 13:04
0
Popular news
Latest comments
- Doubt that, he is still competitive with the others stars but MVDP is another level.abstractengineer24-11-2024
- He already did it at the world champs. He may go very long thereabstractengineer24-11-2024
- For an agent, the more transfers with higher salary there are the better earnings they have. A bonus for the transfer plus a percentage of the salary.abstractengineer24-11-2024
- not unless mathieu is riding with a broken leg.OCexile24-11-2024
- When a guy like Madoff gets done do you spout off about all the others trying to fraud in a lesser style who didn’t really gain much from their efforts? It’s like taxes, if we’re going to pursue everyone equally we may as well never start. I’m fine that we start at the top, there’s plenty of work there. Once we’ve caught the big cheats then we can see how valuable it is going after smaller ones.Mistermaumau24-11-2024
- again, no mention that all of Lance's competitors were doping as well... 98% of them also denied doping ....Xrider5124-11-2024
- again, no mention that all of Lance's competitors were doping also ...Xrider5124-11-2024
- Yes, thank you Maria. He has a fractured skull but no pain or sequels and there should be no consequences after the small bump deflates. If anything, he is more likely to get something from the radiation he received when they “investigated” for abuse, CT scan, MRI, a dozen x-rays and he will have to have a follow up scan too. But as said, all due to childbirth, if we hadn’t noticed or worried and not taken him to emergencies, he’d have had no tests at all and instead of one to check the fracture wasn’t serious he got far more :-(Mistermaumau24-11-2024
- Obviously there is the question of enormous willpower but some injuries are extremely specific. A torn meniscus for example can function pretty well during cycling whilst making it close to impossible to go up or down stairs or walk normally.Mistermaumau24-11-2024
- First of all, I hope now all is ok with your baby!. Yeah, about to not accept foreign phone number is a big problem also for me. I have economic interests in 2 countries, I think that all can be ok with my Italian number... but NO! The world is globalized but not for bureaucracies.
maria2024202424-11-2024