Matteo Tosatto

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Matteo Tosatto
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Personal information
Full nameMatteo Tosatto
Born (1974-05-14) 14 May 1974 (age 50)
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current team Tudor Pro Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
Role
Rider typeClassics 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
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2006)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2001)

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.

Contents

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

Source: [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

Grand Tour 19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia —— 43 DNF 50 63 DNF 107 122 — 94 —— 56 136 104 —— 112 107
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 132 ——— 60 —— 110 — 125 108 96 114 — 123 — 92 119 132 145
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España —————— 134 — DNF DNF — DNF DNF 67 — 135 115 120 ——
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. ↑ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour . Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Matteo Tosatto". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ↑ Wynn, Nigel (28 July 2017). "Team Sky appoints former Tinkoff pro Matteo Tosatto as sports director". Cycling Weekly . TI Media . Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Matteo Tosatto". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
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