Personal information | |
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Full name | Francesco Lasca |
Nickname | Paco |
Born | (1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 (age 36) Osimo, Italy |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
2009–2011 | Bedogni–Grassi |
Professional team | |
2012–2015 | Caja Rural |
Francesco Lasca (born 29 March 1988) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally for UCI Professional Continental Team Caja Rural–Seguros RGA between 2012 and 2015.
Career
Born in Osimo, Lasca competed as a professional from 2012, when he joined the Caja Rural team after five seasons competing domestically for the Bedogni Natalini squad. Lasca achieved his first victory as a professional, by winning the second stage of the Circuit de Lorraine; he won the mass sprint finish in L'Hôpital, beating Steven Tronet of Auber 93 and FDJ–BigMat's Nacer Bouhanni to the line. He also won the second stage of the Volta a Portugal later in the year, beating MTN–Qhubeka rider Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Saur–Sojasun's Stéphane Poulhies in Trofa. Lasca remained with the team into 2013, taking a third place at the Clásica de Almería, before he became the first Italian winner of the Vuelta a La Rioja race in late March. He achieved his first stage race podium at the Vuelta a Castilla y León, where he finished third overall and was the winner of the points classification.
Major results
- 2006
- 1st Stage 3 Giro di Basilicata
- 2007
- 1st Trofeo Edilizia Mogetta
- 2nd Memorial Gigi Pezzoni
- 2nd GP Fratelli Bagnoli Trigonon
- 2nd Gran Premio d'Apertura – Città di Pescara
- 3rd GP Città di Vinci
- 2008
- 1st Trofeo di Autunno
- 2nd Trofeo Cibes
- 2nd Firenze–Modena
- 2nd Memorial Benfenati
- 3rd Coppa Ciuffenna
- 4th Medaglia d'Oro GS Budriese
- 4th Coppa Penna
- 2009
- 1st Coppa Penna
- 1st Gran Premio d'Apertura
- 3rd Trofeo Fosco Frasconi
- 3rd Memorial Benfenati
- 3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 3rd Gran Premio Artigiani e Commercianti
- 3rd Trofeo delle Colline Capannoresi
- 4th Trofeo Comune di Lamporecchio
- 5th Memorial Gigi Pezzoni
- 6th Trofeo Alvaro Bacci
- 6th Pistoia–Fiorano
- 6th Memorial Fratelli Gandolfi
- 8th Trofeo Città di Montevarchi
- 2010
- 2nd Trofeo Città di Montevarchi
- 2nd GP Città di Vinci
- 2nd Memorial Gigi Pezzoni
- 2nd Trofeo Edilizia Mogetta
- 3rd Coppa Loro Ciuffenna
- 3rd GP Cuoio e Pelli
- 3rd Gran Premio Sportivi Poggio alla Cavalla
- 4th Trofeo Mario Zanchi
- 6th Gran Premio San Giuseppe
- 6th Firenze–Empoli
- 9th Trofeo Colline Capannoresi
- 2011
- 1st Gran Premio Vivaisti Cenaiesi
- 1st Trofeo TV1
- 1st Coppa Lanciotto Ballerini
- 2nd Trofeo Gruppo Meccaniche Luciani
- 3rd Coppa Collecchio
- 3rd Gran Premio Sportivi Poggio alla Cavalla
- 4th Coppa del Mobilio
- 4th Trofeo Fosco Frasconi
- 4th Trofeo Edilizia Mogetta
- 5th Trofeo Alessio Pistolesi
- 5th Gran Premio Pretola
- 9th Trofeo Comune di Lamporecchio
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2 Circuit de Lorraine
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a Portugal
- 4th Dwars door Drenthe
- 7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 8th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
- 2013
- 1st Vuelta a La Rioja
- 3rd Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
- 3rd Clásica de Almeria
- 2014
- 2nd Vuelta a La Rioja
References
- "Francesco Lasca's debut as a pro at Circuit de Lorraine". Spiuk. Gurenet Teknologia S.L. 18 May 2012. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- "Lasca takes sprint stage". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- "Lasca takes sprint victory at Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- "Lasca, 3º en Castilla y León: "No es una victoria pero me voy contento"" [Lasca, 3rd in Castilla y León: "It is a win but I'm happy"]. Biciciclismo (in Spanish). Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L. 14 April 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
External links
- Official website
- Francesco Lasca on Twitter
- Francesco Lasca at ProCyclingStats
- Francesco Lasca at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Cycling Quotient profile