Alessandro Petacchi
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Alessandro Petacchi (born on January 3, 1974 in La Spezia, Liguria) is an Italian professional road cyclist. He turned professional in 1996, and currently rides for Team Milram, along with another of the world's best cycling sprinters, Erik Zabel, following the disbanding of his former Fassa Bortolo team.
Petacchi's speciality is sprinting and his nickname is "Ale-Jet". He is currently among the most talented and dangerous sprinters in the world. His explosive speed has seen him take several stage victories in all three of the Grand Tours. In 2004 he won a record nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, which resulted in him winning the maglia ciclamino for topping the points classification. He managed his first victory in a major Classic race in 2005, triumphing at the Milan-Sanremo.
He withdrew from the 2006 Giro d'Italia after crashing during the third stage. It was subsequently discovered that he had finished the stage with a fractured kneecap.[1]
[edit] Major Victories
- Grand Tours
- Tour de France: 4 stages, 2003
- 1 day in maillot vert: Points classification leader (2003)
- Giro d'Italia: 19 stages, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Maglia ciclamino: Points classification (2004)
- Most combative classification (2004)
- Azzurri d'Italia classification (2004)
- Maglia ciclamino: Points classification (2003)
- 6 days in maglia rosa: General Classification leader (2003)
- Vuelta a España: 17 stages, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
- Points Classification (2005)
- Other one-day classics and stage races
- Milan-Sanremo: (2005; 2nd 2006)
- Tirreno-Adriatico: (2nd 2005; Points classification (2006)
- Paris-Nice: Points classification (2002)
- Danmark Rundt: Hill classification (1999)
- Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali: Points classification (2002)
- Tour Méditerranéen: Points classification (2002)
- Niedersachsen Rundfhart: Overall (2006); Points classification (2006)
- Vuelta a Aragon: Points classification (2003, 2004)
- Vuelta a Andalucía [2.1]: Points classification (2006)
- Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (2005)
- Points Classification: (2002, 2005, 2006)
- Trofeo Luis Puig: (2003, 2005)
- Giro della Provincia di Lucca [1.1]: (2000, 2006); Points classification (2006)
- GP Costa Degli Etruschi [1.1]: (2005, 2006, 2007)
- Volta ao Algarve overall and stage 3, 4 and 5 (2007)
- Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana stage 2 (2007)
[edit] External links
| Riders on Team Milram |
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Igor Astarloa | Mirko Celestino | Alessandro Cortinovis | Volodymyr Dyudya | Sergio Ghisalberti | Ralf Grabsch | Andriy Hryvko | Denis Haueisen | Matej Jurco | Christian Knees | Brett Lancaster | Mirco Lorenzetto | Martin Müller | Alberto Ongarato | Alessandro Petacchi | Enrico Poitschke | Elia Rigotto | Fabio Sabatini | Fabio Sacchi | Björn Schröder | Sebastian Schwager | Carlo Scognamiglio | Marcel Sieberg | Sebastian Siedler | Niki Terpstra | Marco Velo | Erik Zabel |
| Manager |
| Gianluigi Stanga |
