Umberto Poli (cyclist)

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Umberto Poli
Personal information
Born (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996 (age 27)
Verona, Italy
Team information
Current team Team Novo Nordisk
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2015–2016Novo Nordisk Development
Professional team
2017– Team Novo Nordisk [1] [2]

Umberto Poli (born 27 August 1996) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk. [3]

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Career

He competed at the 2017 Milan–San Remo where he finished 192nd, 17 minutes and 22 seconds behind the winner. [4] [5] [6] He was the youngest rider in the race at 20 years old and did not know he was riding in the race until the Wednesday before. [7] [8] He initially formed part of the breakaway, but fell off at Capo Berta. [9]

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