Marco Velo (born 9 March 1974 in Brescia) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Velo |
| Born | 9 March 1974 Brescia, Italy |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1996–1997 | Brescialat |
| 1998–2001 | Mercatone Uno–Bianchi |
| 2002–2005 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2006–2008 | Team Milram |
| 2009–2010 | Quick-Step |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Professional career
editVelo, who started his career with Brescialat, is a talented time-trialist, winning the Italian National Time Trial Championship on three occasions—1998, 1999 and 2000. Since 2002, Velo has ridden as a domestique for Alessandro Petacchi, first at Fassa Bortolo. In 2005, Velo wanted to go join Matteo Tosatto at the Quick Step team,[1] but in the end joined Petacchi at the Domina Vacanze team,[2] but when that disbanded at the end of the year, they both moved to Milram at the start of 2006.[3] For the 2008 season, Velo moved to join Tosatto at the Quick Step team.[4]
Major results
editSource:[5]
- 1997
- 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino
- 7th Overall Critérium International
- 8th Tour du Haut Var
- 1998
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 1st Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Stage 4b (ITT)
- 1st Firenze–Pistoia
- 1st Coppe della Nazioni
- 2nd GP d'Europe (with Marco Serpellini)
- 4th Giro del Piemonte
- 6th Grand Prix des Nations
- 7th Trofeo Pantalica
- 1999
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Firenze–Pistoia
- 1st GP Llodio
- 2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
- 2nd Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
- 5th GP Miguel Induráin
- 5th Trofeo Melinda
- 6th Japan Cup
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Klasika Primavera
- 8th Giro di Lombardia
- 9th Coppa Placci
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 2000
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 6th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 9th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2001
- 2nd Coppe dell Nazioni
- 2005
- 3rd Giro di Toscana
- 6th Coppa Bernocchi
- 7th Trofeo Luis Puig
- 9th Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 2006
- 1st Trofeo Città di Borgomanero (with Fabio Sacchi)
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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81 | 30 | 20 | DNF | DNF | 11 | — | 21 | 100 | 103 | — | — | 87 | — | 108 |
 Tour de France
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— | — | — | — | 39 | — | 54 | DNF | DNF | — | 97 | — | 42 | — | — |
/ Vuelta a España
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | 114 | DNF | 118 | 117 | — | 93 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Notes and references
edit- ^ Velo wants to follow Tosatto
- ^ Velo confirms with Domina Vacanze
- ^ Petacchi & Zabel to new German/Italian team?
- ^ Quick Step signings
- ^ Marco Velo at Cycling Archives (archived)
External links
edit- Marco Velo at UCI
- Marco Velo at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Marco Velo at ProCyclingStats
- Marco Velo at Cycling Quotient
- Marco Velo at CycleBase
- Personal website (in Italian)
- Profile at Team Milram official website
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