Matteo Tosatto (born 14 May 1974) is an Italian former road racing cyclist.[1] He rode as a professional between 1997 and 2016, with his biggest personal victories coming in stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France.[2] He contested 34 Grand Tours during his career, making him the rider with most participations[3] and finishing 28 of them.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matteo Tosatto |
| Born | 14 May 1974 Castelfranco Veneto, Italy |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
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| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1997 | MG Maglificio–Technogym |
| 1998–1999 | Ballan |
| 2000–2005 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2006–2010 | Quick-Step–Innergetic |
| 2011–2016 | Saxo Bank–SunGard |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2017–2023 | Team Sky |
| 2024– | Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Following his retirement, Tosatto became a directeur sportif with Team Sky, beginning midway through the 2017 cycling season.[4] He left the team following the 2023 season, and joined UCI ProTeam Tudor Pro Cycling Team in the same role for the 2024 season – ahead of their Grand Tour début at the 2024 Giro d'Italia.[5]
Major results
editSource: [6]
- 1996
- 1st Stage 9 Girobio
- 1997
- 7th Rund um Köln
- 1998
- 1st Giro del Medio Brenta
- 3rd Overall Tour of Austria
- 5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 5th GP Rik Van Steenbergen
- 1999
- 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 9th Clásica de Almería
- 2000
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
- 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 3rd Giro della Romagna
- 6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2001
- 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
- 2002
- 1st Coppa Placci
- 3rd Trofeo Matteotti
- 3rd Coppa Bernocchi
- 4th Criterium d'Abruzzo
- 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 6th Trofeo Melinda
- 10th Giro della Romagna
- 2003
- 5th Giro del Piemonte
- 2004
- 1st Giro di Toscana
- 1st GP Kanton Aargau Gippingen
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2nd Giro del Veneto
- 2nd Giro della Romagna
- 3rd Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 7th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2006
- 1st Stage 18 Tour de France
- 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2007
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Qatar
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Qatar
- 4th Giro del Lazio
- 2009
- 9th Memorial Cimurri
- 2011
- 8th Giro del Friuli
- 2012
- 7th Paris–Roubaix
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 43 | DNF | 50 | 63 | DNF | 107 | 122 | — | 94 | — | — | 56 | 136 | 104 | — | — | 112 | 107 | |
| 132 | — | — | — | 60 | — | — | 110 | — | 125 | 108 | 96 | 114 | — | 123 | — | 92 | 119 | 132 | 145 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 134 | — | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | 67 | — | 135 | 115 | 120 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Matteo Tosatto". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (28 July 2017). "Team Sky appoints former Tinkoff pro Matteo Tosatto as sports director". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Matteo Tosatto wordt sportdirecteur bij Team Sky" [Matteo Tosatto becomes a sporting director at Team Sky]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Belga. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Moultrie, James (15 April 2024). "'Take responsibility, ride for the win' - Tudor primed for Giro d'Italia debut". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- ^ "Matteo Tosatto". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
External links
edit- Matteo Tosatto at UCI
- Matteo Tosatto at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Matteo Tosatto at ProCyclingStats
- Matteo Tosatto at Cycling Quotient
- Matteo Tosatto at CycleBase