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Filippo Pozzato

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Pozzato at the 2016 Grand Prix de Denain

Personal information
Full name Filippo Pozzato
Nickname Pippo
The Peacock of Sandrigo
Born
(1981-09-10) 10 September 1981 (age 37)
Sandrigo, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Team information
Current team Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
2000–2002 Mapei–Quick-Step
2003–2004 Fassa Bortolo
2005–2006 Quick-Step–Innergetic
2007–2008 Liquigas
2009–2011 Team Katusha
2012 Farnese Vini–Selle Italia
2013–2015 Lampre–Merida
2016– Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia

Major wins

Grand Tours


Tour de France
2 individual stages (2004, 2007)



Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2010)



Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2008)



Stage races



Tirreno–Adriatico (2003)

One-day races and Classics



National Road Race Championships (2009)


Milan–San Remo (2006)


GP Ouest–France (2013)


E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (2009)


Omloop Het Volk (2007)


HEW Cyclassics (2005)




Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato (born 10 September 1981) is an Italian road racing cyclist with UCI Professional Continental team Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia.[1]


A northern classics specialist, Pozzato has finished 13th (2006), 14th (2007), 6th (2008), 2nd (2012) and 8th (2017) at the Tour of Flanders. His best finish at the Paris–Roubaix was 2nd in 2009. (He also delivered a respectable 15th in 2006). At the Gent–Wevelgem Pozzato finished 13th (2008) and 4th (2006). In the Omloop Het Volk he finished 6th (2003) and 1st (2007). Pozzato also won the 2006 Milan–San Remo, and has won stages in all three Grand Tours.




Contents






  • 1 Career


    • 1.1 Mapei-Quick Step


    • 1.2 Fassa Bortolo


    • 1.3 Quick Step-Innergetic


    • 1.4 Liquigas


    • 1.5 Team Katusha


    • 1.6 Lampre-Merida


    • 1.7 Southeast Pro Cycling




  • 2 Doping ban


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 Career achievements


    • 4.1 Major results


    • 4.2 Grand Tour general classification results timeline


    • 4.3 Monuments results timeline




  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Career



Mapei-Quick Step


Born in Sandrigo, Veneto, Pozzato turned professional in 2000 with the Mapei–Quick-Step cycling team, part of the famous classe di '81 a group of emerging young riders born in 1981 who were part of the Mapei TT3 development team. Other alumni include Fabian Cancellara and Bernhard Eisel, Alexandr Kolobnev and Gryschenko.



Fassa Bortolo


After Mapei ended its sponsorship in 2002 Pozzato joined Giancarlo Ferretti's Fassa Bortolo cycling team. Despite his win of Tirreno–Adriatico in 2003 and a stage win in the 2004 Tour de France, personality clashes with Ferretti meant that Pozzato suffered poor years with Fassa Bortolo in 2002–2004. During this period he was injured for some time and had to work for star sprinter Alessandro Petacchi at other times.


During the 2004 season he was chosen to be part of the Italian 2004 Olympics team in support of team leader Paolo Bettini who went on to win the event.



Quick Step-Innergetic


He re-established contact with several managers and directeurs sportif of Quick-Step–Innergetic. The Quick Step-Innergetic team expressed interest and Pozzato was able to obtain a release for the 2005 ProTour season, joining several former Mapei riders already on the team, such as Paolo Bettini and Davide Bramati.


The 2005 ProTour season went better for Pozzato, with a win in the HEW Cyclassics in front of teammate Luca Paolini.


The 2006 season saw him win the first major classic of the year Milan–San Remo after a superb ride which saw him first work for team leader Tom Boonen, but then was forced to launch his own winning attack in the finale.



Liquigas


For the 2007 season, Pozzato joined the Liquigas squad, and began his season in style, winning the Tour du Haut Var the Omloop Het Volk and Stage 5 of the Tour de France.



Team Katusha


In 2009 he won the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen. His results show experience, comfort, and power on the cobblestones and on the Belgian hills ("hellingen"). In aftermath of his 2nd place in the 2009 Paris–Roubaix, Pozzato claimed that when avoiding a crash of Thor Hushovd he lost 4 or 5 seconds and the chance for victory. He also suggested that Boonen benefited from the slipstream of official motorcycles to augment his lead.[2]


In 2010 he has been accused by several riders, including Bjorn Leukemans, Boonen and Philippe Gilbert for his "negative tactics" during key races. This resulted in the nickname "The Shadow".[3]



Lampre-Merida


In 2013, Pozzato earned his first victory of the year in the Trofeo Laigueglia, held in Liguria, Italy on mainly narrow, twisting and turning roads. His team Lampre–Merida reeled in the breakaway and controlled the front of the leading group when Mauro Santambrogio (Vini Fantini–Selle Italia) attacked with 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to cover, with Pozzato jumping in his slipstream. The sprint was contested by 4 riders, Pozzato getting the best of them. This marked Pozzato's third win in the event, a record in the race's history.[4] In September, he raced the GP Ouest-France and despite not being a top favourite, he won the race, becoming just the fifth Italian to do that.



Southeast Pro Cycling


In 2016 Pozzato will be racing for a new team, the Italian-based Southeast Pro Cycling Team.



Doping ban


In 2012, Pozzato was banned from cycling for three months by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) after it was found that he had worked with infamous doctor Michele Ferrari from 2005 to 2008. CONI had looked to ban him for a year but were forced to reduce it to a three months thanks to a technicality.[5]



Personal life



Career achievements



Major results




1998


UCI Junior Road World Championships

2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race

3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Time trial



2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships

1999

3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships

2002

1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a Cuba
1st Stage 11a



Tour de Normandie
1st Prologue, Stages 2, 3 & 5



Tour of Slovenia
1st Stages 4 & 7



Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stages 1 & 5


1st Duo Normand (with Evgeni Petrov)

1st Gran Premio Brissago

1st Tour du Lac Léman

1st Prologue Ytong Bohemia Tour

2003

1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 2


1st Trofeo Laigueglia

1st Trofeo Matteotti

1st Giro dell'Etna

2004

1st Stage 7 Tour de France

1st Trofeo Laigueglia

1st Giro della Liguria

2005

1st HEW Cyclassics

1st Giro del Lazio

1st Stage 2 Deutschland Tour

2006

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Stage 3 Tour of Britain

2007

1st Stage 5 Tour de France

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st Tour du Haut Var

1st Trofeo Matteotti

1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

1st Stage 6 Tour de Pologne

2008

1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
1st Stage 1


1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

2nd Milan–San Remo

6th Tour of Flanders

2009

1st MaillotItalia.svg Road race, National Road Championships

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne

1st Giro del Veneto

1st Memorial Cimurri

2nd Paris–Roubaix

2nd Trofeo Laigueglia

4th Paris–Tours

5th Tour of Flanders

2010

1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia

4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships

7th Paris–Roubaix

2011

1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

5th Milan–San Remo

2012

1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

2nd Tour of Flanders

6th Milan–San Remo

2013

1st Trofeo Laigueglia

1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni

1st GP Ouest–France

2nd Roma Maxima

2nd Coppa Bernocchi

3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

2014

3rd Tre Valli Varesine

2016

2nd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

4th Dwars door Vlaanderen

7th Overall Giro di Toscana

8th Milan–San Remo

9th Gran Piemonte

2017

8th Tour of Flanders




Grand Tour general classification results timeline








































































Grand Tour
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

A pink jerseyGiro d'Italia


84




DNF

45


DNF

120



115

104

A yellow jerseyTour de France

116


133

DNF

67

100









A red jerseyVuelta a España





DNF


DNF




DNF
















Legend

Did not compete

DNF
Did not finish


Monuments results timeline












































































































Monument
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

Milan–San Remo

DNF

63



1

19

2

22

29

5

6

33

30

41

8

31

Tour of Flanders

DNF

109

43

13

14

6

5





2

44

17

12

75

8

Paris–Roubaix



DNF

15

35

49

2

7

DNF

DNF

22

50

65


Liège–Bastogne–Liège

DNF

DNF

DNF












Giro di Lombardia



DNF

42

19



DNF


DNF




DNF













Legend

Did not compete

DNF
Did not finish


References





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  2. ^ Weislo, Laura; Decaluwé, Brecht (12 April 2009). "107th Paris-Roubaix - HIS". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 March 2017.


  3. ^ "Devolder is opnieuw de beste in de Ronde" (in Dutch). Sporza. 5 April 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2017.


  4. ^ Peter Hymas (16 February 2013). "Pozzato prevails at Trofeo Laigueglia". Cyclingnews. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 17 February 2013.


  5. ^ Gregor Brown (12 September 2012). "Pozzato escapes lengthy doping ban due to paperwork error". CyclingWeekly. Retrieved 5 March 2015.




External links







  • Official website


  • Filippo Pozzato at Cycling Archives

  • Palmares on Cycling Base

  • Cyclingnews.com interview, September 2004


  • Filippo Pozzato at ProCyclingStats











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