Gasparotto turns Swiss, Pedersen heads to Tour Down Under – News Shorts

Enrico Gasparotto Dimension Data Giro d'Italia
Enrico Gasparotto in action for Dimension Data at the 2019 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Two-time Amstel Gold Race winner Enrico Gasparotto (Dimension Data) has switched nationalities from Italian to Swisse, with the move confirmed by a change on his profile page on the UCI website.

The 37-year-old was born in Sacile in the eastern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, though has lived in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino for several years. In order to acquire Swiss citizenship, the canton requires residents to have lived there for 12 years, a demand that Gasparotto has met.

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