Career
Born in Sacile, Gasparotto turned professional in 2005 with Liquigas–Bianchi and stayed with the team for three years. At the Vuelta a España, bad luck hit Gasparotto and the Astana squad on the very first stage, a 16.5 km (103 mi) Team Time Trial held in Pampeluna. His team-mates Paolo Tiralongo, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Andrey Zeits and Gasparotto himself crashed in an accident that was not picked up by the television cameras.
His teammates could pick themselves up and continue, as did Gasparotto, but it was revealed that his collarbone was fractured in three places and he had to abandon the Spanish race.
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
World Development = Withdrew. Intellectual Property = In Progress.