The UCI quietly concluded the doping case of Italian Stefano Pirazzi, listing a four-year ban lasting until May 3, 2021 for the doping positive that was made public just before the start of the 2017 Giro d'Italia.
Pirazzi and teammate Nicola Ruffoni tested positive for GH-Releasing Peptides (GHRPs) in out-of-competition controls. Pirazzi's sample was taken April 26, 2017, one day after Ruffoni's.
The list of doping sanctions has not yet been updated to reflect any conclusion to Ruffoni's case.
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Both riders were part of Bardiani-CSF's team for the Giro, and the announcement of their anti-doping rule violations came after the team presentations. But manager Bruno Reverberi successfully pleaded with the organisers to keep the team in the race, although they were prevented from fielding substitutions under UCI rules.
The team was not able to avoid being suspended by the UCI under its rules for multiple doping cases in a team. The squad sat out 30 days of racing from June 14 to July 14.
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