Pishgaman Cycling Team

Iranian cycling team

Pishgaman Cycling Team
Team information
UCI code	PKY
Registered	Iran
Founded	2014
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Continental
Team name history
2014 2015–2016 2017–	Pishgaman Yazd Pishgaman–Giant Team Pishgaman Cycling Team

Pishgaman Cycling Team is an Iranian UCI Continental cycling team established in 2014.^[1]^[2]

Doping

On 11 December 2015, Naser Rezavi tested positive for anabolic steroids and ^[3] was given a four-year ban.^[4]

On February 10, 2017, the UCI announced that Rahim Emami had tested positive for an Anabolic Androgenic Steroid during the 2016 Jelajah Malaysia and was provisionally suspended. As teammate Naser Rezavi also tested positive in the Jelajah Malaysia in December 2015, the UCI considers this a second Adverse Analytical Finding in a 12-month period with the team potentially facing a ban of between 15 and 45 days.^[5] Emami was handed a seven year and six month ban, expiring on May 24, 2024, when Emami will be 42, therefore the ban will effectively end his professional career.^[4]

Team roster

	Rider	Date of birth
Behnam Ariyan (IRI)		(1990-04-11) 11 April 1990 (age 34)
Hamid Beikkhormizi (IRI)		(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 32)
Majid Abouei Mehrizi (IRI)		(1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 28)
Seyed Moezeddin Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI)		(1979-05-27) 27 May 1979 (age 44)
Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Seyedrezaei (IRI)		(1992-10-25) 25 October 1992 (age 31)

	Rider	Date of birth
Mohammad Amin Shafaghi Yazdi (IRI)		(1998-05-20) 20 May 1998 (age 26)
Seyed Sajjad Tabatabaei (IRI)		(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 24)
Mohammadhossein Zare Bidoki (IRI)		(1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 (age 25)
Aboulfazl Zarezadehmehrizi (IRI)		(1994-01-25) 25 January 1994 (age 30)

Major wins

2014

Iran National Road Race Championships, Rahim Emami

Overall Tour de Singkarak, Amir Zargari

Stage 3, Ramin Mehrabani

Stage 4, Rahim Emami

Stage 4 Tour of Iran, Rahim Emami

2015

Asian Road Race Championships, Hossein Askari

Asian Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari

Iran National Time Trial Championships, Hossein Askari

Stage 5 Tour of Japan, Rahim Emami

Stage 4 Tour of Iran, Hossein Askari

Overall Tour de Singkarak, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 2, Amir Zargari

Stage 6, Hossein Askari

2016

Iran National Time Trial Championships, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 4 Tour of Japan, Mohammad Rajablou

Overall Tour de Singkarak, Amir Kolahdouz

Stage 2, Rahim Emami

Stage 4, Amir Kolahdouz

Overall Jelajah Malaysia, Arvin Moazzami

Stage 1, Rahim Emami

Stage 2, Arvin Moazzami

Overall Tour of Fuzhou, Rahim Emami

Stages 1 & 4, Rahim Emami

2017: Stage 3 Tour de Flores, Arvin Moazzami; Stage 4 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Amir Kolahdouz; Stage 4 International Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen, Arvin Moazzami; Stage 3 International Tour de Banyuwangi Ijen, Amir Kolahdouz
2018: Stage 3 Tour of Mevlana, Mohammad Ganjkhanlou; Stages 1 & 6 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), Mohammad Ganjkhanlou

References

^ ProCyclingStats. "Pishgaman Yazd 2014". procyclingstats.com.
^ ProCyclingStats. "Pishgaman Yazd 2015". procyclingstats.com.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ^a ^b "Iranian rider hit with seven-year-and-six-month ban for doping - Cycling Weekly". 26 April 2017.
^ "New Energy Tour bolsters Dutch calendar - News Shorts - Cyclingnews.com". 10 February 2017.