Lorenzo Fortunato

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Lorenzo Fortunato
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Fortunato at the 2021 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Full nameLorenzo Fortunato
Born (1996-05-09) 9 May 1996 (age 27)
Bologna, Italy
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team Astana Qazaqstan Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2015Mastromarco Sensi Dover Cipras
2016–2018Hopplà–Petroli Firenze
2016 Tinkoff (stagiaire)
2017 Bardiani–CSF (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2019–2020 Neri Sottoli–Selle Italia–KTM [1] [2]
2021–2023 Eolo–Kometa [3] [4]
2024– Polti–Kometa
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2021)

Lorenzo Fortunato (born 9 May 1996) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team. [5]

Contents

Fortunato had his first professional win at the 2021 Giro d'Italia, which was also his first Grand Tour, when he soloed to win stage 14 atop the Monte Zoncolan after dropping Jan Tratnik 2.3 kilometers from the finish. He ended up finishing 26 seconds ahead of Tratnik, and 59 seconds ahead of third place Alessandro Covi. [6]

Major results

2013
1st Trofeo Guido Dorigo
2nd Gran Premio Sportivi di Sovilla
5th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
8th Overall Giro di Basilicata
2014
3rd Overall GP Général Patton
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
8th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
8th Gran Premio Sportivi di Sovilla
2017
10th Trofeo Piva
2018
6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
6th Gran Premio Sportivi di Poggiana
8th Coppa della Pace
9th GP Capodarco
2019
4th Overall Tour of Albania
6th Overall Tour of Almaty
2020
8th Overall Tour de Langkawi
2021 (3 pro wins)
1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
1st Jersey green.svg Mountains classification
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
8th Overall Giro di Sicilia
2022
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Okolo Slovenska
2nd Overall Vuelta a Asturias
6th Giro dell'Emilia
7th Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
2023 (2)
1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Tour of the Alps
6th Overall Tour of Slovenia
2024
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 16 15 21
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France ——
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España ——
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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  2. ↑ Visci, Claudio (30 December 2019). "Un Team siciliano si presenta in Sicilia Vini Zabu'-KTM" [A Sicilian team is presented in Sicily: Vini Zabu'-KTM]. Ciclismo Universale (in Italian). Claudio Visci. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "The EOLO-KOMETA Cycling Team roster is completed by Lorenzo Fortunato, Francesco Gavazzi and Luca Wackermann". Kometa Xstra Cycling Team . Hayf Sports S.L. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
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  6. ↑ Benson, Daniel (22 May 2021). "Giro d'Italia: Egan Bernal increases overall lead on stage 14 atop Zoncolan". Cycling News . Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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