Matija Kvasina
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matija Kvasina |
| Born |
4 December 1981 Nova Gradiška, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Felbermayr–Simplon Wels |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2004–2008 | Perutnina Ptuj |
| 2009 | Amica Chips–Knauf |
| 2009 | Loborika |
| 2010 | Zheroquadro–Radenska |
| 2010–2012 | Loborika |
| 2012 | Tuşnad |
| 2013–2015 | Gourmetfein–Simplon |
| 2016 | Synergy Baku |
| 2017 | Felbermayr–Simplon Wels |
| Major wins | |
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Matija Kvasina (born 4 December 1981 in Nova Gradiška) is a Croatian racing cyclist. He finished 56th in the road race and 38th in the road time trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He was named by Synergy Baku as part of their squad for the 2016 season.[1]
In 2016, he won the overall title at Tour of Croatia.[2]
Doping
Kvasina tested positive for an experimental drug known, Molidustat (BAY-85-3934), during two tests taken during the 2017 Fleche du Sud - a race in which he won. Molidustat represents a class of drugs that act on the same physiological pathways and enzyme cascades as those which are activated during altitude training. Oxygen deprivation has the effect of stimulating the body's production of erythropoeitin (EPO) - Molidustat imitates this.[3] [4] Kvasina was subsequently kicked out of the 2017 Tour of Austria.[5]
In oxygen poor environments the human body manufactures a protein called hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), which initiates and drives the processes which allow the body to adapt to those low-oxygen conditions. Typically this involves increasing the concentrations of naturally made EPO, mobilising iron and an increase in the rate of red blood cell production. Under normal oxygen environmental conditions, HIF is kept in check (its actions are inhibited) by an enzyme called prolyl hydroxylase (PH). Moldustat stops PH from blocking HIF, thus, increasing both the concentrations of EPO and red blood cells in the body, imitating altitude training.[3]
Major results
- 2004
- 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2005
- 10th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2006
- 5th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2007
- 2nd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 10th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
- 2008
- 2nd Trofeo Zsšdi
- 2nd Ljubljana–Zagreb
- 8th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2009
- 2nd Giro Valli Aretine
- 3rd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc
- 6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2010
- 4th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
- 9th Giro del Veneto
- 10th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
- 2011
- 1st Banja Luka–Belgrade II
- 1st Central European Tour Miskolc GP
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Bulgaria
- 6th Trofeo Avis
- 8th Overall Tour of Slovenia
- 2012
- 1st Overall Tour of Romania
- 1st Stage 5
- 2nd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 3rd National Time Trial Championships
- 4th Overall Tour of Szeklerland
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 4 (ITT)
- 4th Central European Tour Miskolc GP
- 5th Overall Tour de Serbie
- 8th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 2013
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
- 3rd Overall Okolo Jižních Čech
- 1st Stage 3
- 4th Raiffeisen Grand Prix
- 8th Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- 9th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
- 1st Mountains classification
- 10th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2014
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Trofej Umag
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 5th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 6th Tour de Berne
- 2015
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 9th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 9th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
- 2016
- 1st
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour de Serbie
- 8th Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
- 9th Porec Trophy
- 2017
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 7th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 1st Mountains classification
References
- ↑ "News shorts: Bonnet hoping to return for Tour de France, Terpstra to ride Rotterdam six". cyclingnews.com. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ↑ "Matija Kvasina wins the 2016 Tour of Croatia". Tour of Croatia. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Kvasina positive for EPO stimulator at Fleche du Sud - Cyclingnews.com".
- ↑ "Croatian rider excluded from Tour of Austria for doping". 3 July 2017.
- ↑ http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/CleanSport/17/63/88/20170703ProvisionalsuspensionsEN_English.PDF
External links
- Matija Kvasina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- Matija Kvasina at Cycling Archives