Danilo Napolitano Explained
Danilo Napolitano |
Fullname: | Danilo Napolitano |
Birth Date: | 1981 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Vittoria, Italy |
Height: | 1.74 m |
Weight: | 81 kg |
Currentteam: | Retired |
Discipline: | Road |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Sprinter |
Proyears1: | 2004–2005 |
Proyears2: | 2006–2008 |
Proyears3: | 2009–2010 |
Proyears4: | 2011–2012 |
Proyears5: | 2013–2017 |
Proteam5: | [1] |
Majorwins: | Grand Tours Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2007)
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Danilo Napolitano (born 31 January 1981) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2017, and was chiefly known for his sprinting abilities.
Born in Vittoria, Sicily, Napolitano turned professional in 2004 and for the 2004 and 2005 seasons he rode for the professional continental team . For the 2006 season he moved on to the UCI ProTour squad where his most important victories were two stage wins in the Tour of Austria, and a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen. He joined at the beginning of the 2009 season.
Major results
- 2002
4th Circuito del Porto
9th Trofeo Papà Cervi
- 2003
1st Trofeo Papà Cervi
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Guatemala
4th Circuito del Porto
- 2004
1st Stage 6 Vuelta por un Chile Líder
2nd Trofeo Papà Cervi
2nd Circuito del Porto
- 2005
1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
1st Coppa Bernocchi
1st Giro della Romagna
Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne
1st Stages 2 & 5
1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 3 Brixia Tour
2nd Châteauroux Classic
3rd Giro del Lago Maggiore
- 2006
1st Coppa Bernocchi
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stages 1a & 4
Tour of Austria
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 5
1st Stage 1 Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 3a Brixia Tour
3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
5th Milan–San Remo
8th Paris–Tours
9th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2007
1st Coppa Bernocchi
1st Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
Tour de Pologne
1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia
1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia
4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
5th Clásica de Almería
- 2008
Volta a Portugal
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 3 Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Stage 1a Brixia Tour
3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2009
1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg
4th Overall Tour de Picardie
4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2010
1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
6th Overall Tour of Qatar
- 2011
2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
3rd Overall Ronde van Drenthe
6th Grand Prix de Denain
9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2012
Tour de Wallonie
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
1st Stage 4 Circuit de Lorraine
9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 2013
1st Stage 1 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
2nd Dutch Food Valley Classic
8th Grand Prix de Denain
8th Halle–Ingooigem
- 2014
1st Omloop van het Waasland
1st Points classification Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
6th Handzame Classic
7th Le Samyn
7th Scheldeprijs
7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 2015
1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne
2nd Overall World Ports Classic
- 2016
7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 2017
4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
6th Ronde van DrentheExternal links
Notes and References
- News: Napolitano signs with Accent.Jobs-Wanty. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2012. 21 January 2013.