{{Short description|Italian bicycle racer (born 1999)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Mattia Gaffuri | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|7|4|df=y}} | birth_place = Erba, Italy | height = 1.84 m | weight = 67 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|TPP men}} | discipline = {{ubl|Road|Gravel}} | role = Rider | ridertype = Climber | amateuryears1 = 2019–2021 | amateurteam1 = Velo Club Mendrisio<ref>{{cite web | url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=128034 | title=Mattia Gaffuri | work=firstcycling.com | accessdate=9 February 2026}}</ref> | amateuryears2 = 2024–2025 | amateurteam2 = Swatt Club | proyears1 = 2025 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|PTV|2025}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears2 = 2026– | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TPP men|2026}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Mattia Gaffuri''' (born 4 July 1999) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TPP men}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.teampicnicpostnl.com/welcome-mattia-gaffuri-henri-francois-haquin/ | title=Team Picnic PostNL add Mattia Gaffuri and Henri-Francois Haquin to Men’s program | date=7 November 2025 | accessdate=9 February 2026}}</ref>
==Career== During his youth, Gaffuri competed in running. He decided to switch to cycling at twenty years old, after suffering several injuries.<ref>{{cite web|language=it |title=Chi siamo |url=https://www.ciclismokompetente.it/about/ |website=ciclismokompetente.it}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref name="R2">{{cite web|author=Alessio Pediglieri |date=18 February 2024 |language=it |title=Mattia Gaffuri sui rulli del ciclismo virtuale sfida i professionisti: “Pedalo contro i pregiudizi” |url=https://www.fanpage.it/sport/ciclismo/mattia-gaffuri-sui-rulli-del-ciclismo-virtuale-sfida-i-professionisti-pedalo-contro-i-pregiudizi/ |website=fanpage.it}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Competing for Swiss club VC Mendrisio, he participated in various races between September 2019 and August 2021. However, he was not recruited by a professional team. Gaffuri then chose to prioritize his studies, with the goal of becoming a coach. He nevertheless continued to cycle at an amateur level. At the same time, he started a coaching company with fellow cyclist Luca Vergallito.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gabriele Gentili |date=8 August 2023 |language=it |title=Argento all’europeo per scalatori, Gaffuri riparte da qui |url=https://bici.pro/focus/incontri/argento-alleuropeo-per-scalatori-gaffuri-riparte-da-qui/ |website=bici.pro}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref>
During the summer of 2023, he entered the inaugural European Climbers' Championship where he finished second to professional Felix Großschartner.<ref>{{cite web|author=Jacopo Gerna |date=August 2023 |language=it |title=Großschartner re europeo degli scalatori. Gaffuri clamoroso argento da amatore |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/Ciclismo/01-08-2023/grossschartner-re-europeo-degli-scalatori-gaffuri-amatori.shtml |website=gazzetta.it}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> A few months later, he finished second in the 2024 Zwift Academy program before signing a gravel cycling partnership with Colnago.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gabriele Gentili |date=27 February 2024 |language=it |title=Finale Zwift: Gaffuri secondo, ma non tutto è perduto |url=https://bici.pro/focus/storie/finale-zwift-gaffuri-secondo-tutto-perduto/ |website=bici.pro}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> He also won the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in the 19-34 age category that fall.<ref>{{cite web|language=it |title=Mattia Gaffuri Trionfa al Mondiale UCI Granfondo ad Aalborg: Una Vittoria Dedicata a Simone Roganti |url=https://www.ciclozanzara.it/2024/09/01/mattia-gaffuri-trionfa-al-mondiale-uci-granfondo-ad-aalborg-una-vittoria-dedicata-a-simone-roganti/ |website=septembre 2024}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In 2025, he finished third in an international gravel race in Monaco, behind Mads Würtz Schmidt and Lukas Pöstlberger.<ref>{{cite web|language=en |title=Morgan Aguirre y Mads Würtz Schmidt se confirman y se llevan la UCI Monaco Gravel Race |url=https://polvu.cc/morgan-aguirre-y-mads-wurtz-schmidt-se-confirman-y-se-llevan-la-uci-monaco-gravel-race/ |website=polvu.cc}}<!-- auto-translated from French by Module:CS1 translator -->.</ref> He also participated in several road races. Riding for Swatt Club, he finished second in the Tour de Beauce and third in the Oberösterreich Rundfahrt and fifth in the Italian National Road Race Championships, won by his teammate Filippo Conca.
In August, Gaffuri joined UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|PTV|2025}} as a stagiaire, before signing full time with UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TPP men|2026}} in 2026.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/training-camps/its-been-a-crazy-five-year-journey-but-i-made-it-how-mattia-gaffuri-finally-turned-professional-with-picnic-postnl/ | title='It's been a crazy five-year journey, but I made it' – How Mattia Gaffuri finally turned professional with Picnic-PostNL | work=Cycling News | date=21 January 2026 | accessdate=9 February 2026}}</ref>
==Major results== ===Gravel=== ;2025 : 1st {{cjersey|italy}} National Championships : UCI World Series ::3rd Monaco : 5th European Championships
===Road=== ;2023 : 2nd 15px Championnats d'Europe des Grimpeurs ;2024 : 1st {{cjersey|rainbow}} UCI Gran Fondo World Championships (19-34) ;2025 : 1st Pessano–Roncola : 2nd Overall Tour de Beauce ::1st {{cjersey|polkadot}} Mountains classification : 3rd Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt : 5th Road race, National Championships : 6th Sundvolden GP : 8th Ringerike GP : 10th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaffuri, Mattia}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:Italian male cyclists Category:Cyclists from Lombardy Category:21st-century Italian sportsmen