 | |
| 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
| |
Marco Velo (born 9 March 1974 in Brescia) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer.
Velo, 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]
Source: [5]
Time trial, National Road Championships Time trial, National Road Championships Time trial, National Road Championships| Grand Tour | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | 81 | 30 | 20 | DNF | DNF | 11 | — | 21 | 100 | 103 | — | — | 87 | — | 108 |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | 54 | DNF | DNF | — | 97 | — | 42 | — | — |
/ Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | 114 | DNF | 118 | 117 | — | 93 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
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