Napolitano at the 2007 Tour de France | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Danilo Napolitano |
Born | (1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 (age 43) Vittoria, Italy |
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
2004–2005 | LPR–Piacenza |
2006–2008 | Lampre–Fondital |
2009–2010 | Team Katusha |
2011–2012 | Acqua & Sapone |
2013–2017 | Accent Jobs–Wanty |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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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 LPR–Piacenza. For the 2006 season he moved on to the UCI ProTour squad Lampre–Fondital where his most important victories were two stage wins in the Tour of Austria, and a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen. He joined Team Katusha 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 Drenthe
References
- "Napolitano signs with Accent.Jobs-Wanty". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links
- Danilo Napolitano at UCI
- Danilo Napolitano at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Danilo Napolitano at ProCyclingStats
- Danilo Napolitano at Cycling Quotient
- Danilo Napolitano at CycleBase
- Danilo Napolitano at UCI
- Profile at team website