Roberto Ferrari (cyclist)

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Roberto Ferrari
Personal information
Full nameRoberto Ferrari
Born (1983-03-09) 9 March 1983 (age 41)
Gavardo, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
2002Colibrì
2003–2004L'Edile
2005–2006U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon
2006Team Tenax (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2007Team Tenax
2008–2009LPR Brakes–Ballan
2010De Rosa–Stac Plastic
2011–2012Androni Giocattoli
2013–2019Lampre–Merida[1]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2012)

Roberto Ferrari (born 9 March 1983) is an Italian former professional cyclist,[2] who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Tenax, LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini, De Rosa–Stac Plastic, Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela,[3] and UAE Team Emirates teams.

Career[edit]

Ferrari was born in Gavardo. After stage 3 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia in Horsens, Denmark, Ferrari was relegated from 10th to 192nd position after the race jury ruled that he was responsible for a crash that brought down world champion Mark Cavendish and race leader Taylor Phinney since he swerved from the left to the right side of the road in the final meters.[4] He stated after that mishap that "I don't care what is going on behind me". He gained extensive disapproval with this statement, from within the professional peloton and from the public.[5] Ferrari later won stage 11 – the longest stage of the race – in a sprint finish in Montecatini Terme.[6]

Major results[edit]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 143 147 150 144 133 132 150
A yellow jersey Tour de France 157 138
A red jersey Vuelta a España 145
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[edit]

  1. ^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Roberto Ferrari (UAE Team Emirates) si ritira dopo 13 stagioni da professionista" [Roberto Ferrari (UAE Team Emirates) retires after 13 seasons as a professional]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Androni Giocattoli (AND) – ITA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Race jury relegates Ferrari for dangerous Giro sprint". VeloNews.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  5. ^ Ben Atkins (7 May 2012). "Roberto Ferrari defiant after causing Giro sprint crash". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Roberto Ferrari avoids crash to take longest stage of Giro d'Italia". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Press Association. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.

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