Enrico Gasparotto
 Gasparotto at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Enrico Gasparotto |
| Nickname | Giallo |
| Born |
22 March 1982 Sacile, Italy |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Puncheur/classics specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2005–2007 | Liquigas–Bianchi |
| 2008 | Barloworld |
| 2009 | Lampre–NGC |
| 2010–2014 | Astana |
| 2015–2016 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
| 2017– | Bahrain–Merida |
| Major wins | |
Others | |
|
Infobox last updated on 6 September 2016 | |
Enrico Gasparotto (born 22 March 1982) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for UCI Pro Continental team Wanty–Groupe Gobert.[1]
Career
Born in Sacile, Gasparotto turned professional in 2005 with Liquigas–Bianchi and stayed with the team for three years. At the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Gasparotto led his Liquigas squad to a stage 1 team time trial win and wore the pink jersey the following day.
Gasparotto achieved his first Classics victory at the 2012 Amstel Gold Race; he won the race in an uphill finish, after Óscar Freire was caught 90 m (300 ft) before the finish line,[2] and Gasparotto out-sprinted Lotto–Belisol's Jelle Vanendert and Peter Sagan of Liquigas–Cannondale.[3] One week later, he took part in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, finishing third by beating a small group to the sprint in a race won by fellow Astana teammate, Maxim Iglinsky.[4]
At the Vuelta a España, bad luck hit Gasparotto and the Astana squad on the very first stage, a 16.5 km (10.3 mi) Team Time Trial held in Pampeluna. His team-mates Paolo Tiralongo, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Andrey Zeits and Gasparotto himself crashed in an accident that was not picked up by the television cameras. His teammates could pick themselves up and continue, as did Gasparotto, but it was revealed that his collarbone was fractured in three places and he had to abandon the Spanish race.[5]
Gasparotto took a second Amstel Gold triumph when he won the 2016 edition of the race, defeating Michael Valgren in a two-up sprint after the pair broke away from the main group in the closing stages of the race. It was Gasparotto's first win since his 2012 victory, and he dedicated it to Antoine Demoitié, his team-mate who had died after a crash at Gent–Wevelgem the previous month.[6]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 2005
- 1st
National Road Race Championships - 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd Overall Uniqa Classic
- 2006
- 1st Memorial Cimurri
- 3rd Coppa Sabatini
- 2007
- 1st Stage 1 TTT Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stages 1 & 3
- Held
- 2nd Overall Post Danmark Rundt
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 2nd Coppa Placci
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd GP Lugano
- 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2009
- 1st
Sprints Classification, Tour de Suisse - 2nd Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
- 3rd Coppa Bernocchi
- 8th Gran Premio Bioera
- 2010
- 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Strade Bianche
- 2011
- 4th Tre Valli Varesine
- 2012
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2013
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 2014
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2015
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 2016
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 6th Overall Tour of Belgium
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro |
97 | 92 | 60 | WD | — | 66 | — | 97 |
| Tour |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 95 | — |
 Vuelta |
— | — | 82 | 68 | 78 | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
References
- ↑ "Enrico Gasparotto at Procyclingstats.com". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
- ↑ "Freire says headwind blighted his chances of winning Amstel Gold Race". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Gasparotto wins Amstel stunner". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 15 April 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
- ↑ "Maxim Iglinsky wins Liège – Bastogne – Liège". Velo News. VeloNews.com. 22 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
- ↑ Ben Atkins (19 August 2012). "Vuelta a Espana: Fractured collarbone for Enrico Gasparotto in team time trial crash". Velo Nation. Velo Nation LLC. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
- ↑ "Enrico Gasparotto dedicates Amstel Gold win to Antoine Demoitié". theguardian.com. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
External links
Media related to Enrico Gasparotto at Wikimedia Commons
- Enrico Gasparotto at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
- Palmares on Cycling Base