Alessandro De Marchi (cyclist)
.JPG) De Marchi at the 2015 Grand Prix d'Isbergues | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 May 1986 San Daniele del Friuli, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | BMC Racing Team |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Breakaway specialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2009–2010 | Team Friuli |
| 2010 | Androni Giocattoli (stagiaire) |
| 2011–2012 | Androni Giocattoli |
| 2013–2014 | Cannondale |
| 2015– | BMC Racing Team |
| Major wins | |
|
Infobox last updated on 2 March 2015 | |
Alessandro De Marchi (born 19 May 1986) is an Italian professional road and track bicycle racer who rides for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team.
Career
Born in San Daniele del Friuli, De Marchi has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, joining the Androni Giocattoli squad after a stagiaire spell with the team at the end of the 2010 season.[1]
In the 2012 Giro d'Italia, De Marchi twice featured in a breakaway, during the fifth and fourteenth stages. In the latter stage, De Marchi made it to the end of the stage with the breakaway and finished third,behind Andrey Amador and Jan Bárta; the result came on his 26th birthday.[2]
In the 2014 Tour de France, De Marchi was twice declared the 'most combative' rider of a stage, and earned the Tour's overall combativity award.[3] De Marchi claimed his first Grand Tour Stage win on Stage 7 of the 2014 Vuelta a España via an early breakaway and he finished solo.[4]
The BMC Racing Team announced that De Marchi would be joining them for the 2015 season.[5]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2007
- 1st
National Track Championships – Team pursuit - Athens Open Balkan Championship
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 1st Trofeo Marlene-Bracciale Inseguitore
- 1st Stage 3 Giro Ciclisto Pesche Nettarine di Romagna
- 2nd Coppa San Vito
- 2nd Trofeo e Gran Premio Banca Credito Cooperativo del Metauro
- 4th Trofeo Martiri dell'Oreno
- 4th Piccola Sanremo
- 5th Gran Premio Pretola
- 2008
- 1st Trofeo Città di Conegliano
- 1st GP Folignano
- 2nd Giro dei Tre Ponti
- 3rd Memorial Morgan Capretta
- 3rd Gran Premio Santa Maria dei Lumi
- 4th Trofeo Marlene-Bracciale Inseguitore
- 5th Circuito del Termen
- 6th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
- 10th Overall Giro del Friuli
- 2009
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Biella
- 1st Gran Premio Città di Verona
- 4th Ruota d'Oro
- 4th Ljubljana–Zagreb
- 5th GP Fiera del Riso
- 7th G.P. Sportivi di Poggiana
- 8th Memorial Pigoni Coli
- 8th Giro del Casentino
- 9th Coppa Città di San Daniele
- 2010
- 3rd GP Città di Saltino Vallombrosa
- 4th Overall Turul al Romaniei
- 4th Coppa Comune di Castiglion Fiorentino
- 6th Coppa Città di San Daniele
- 7th Coppa Caduti di Reda
- 8th Trofeo Matteotti
- 8th Vicenze–Bionde
- 8th Gran Premio Camon
- 2011
- National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 3rd Tre Giorni Citta di Pordenone
- 6th Giro dell'Appennino
- 2013
- 1st Stage 8 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 6th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
- 2014
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
- 1st
Mountains classification Critérium du Dauphiné - 9th Overall Tour des Fjords
- Tour de France
Combativity award Stages 13, 14 & Overall
- 2015
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 14
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 9th Giro di Lombardia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
109 | 98 | – | – | – | 94 |
 Tour |
– | – | 71 | 52 | – | – |
 Vuelta |
– | – | – | 67 | – | – |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
References
- ↑ "Androni Giocattoli 2011: Il tricolore inseguimento open, Alessandro De Marchi da stagier ad effettivo – per lui un meritato contratto biennale per le stagioni 2011/2012" [Androni Giocattoli 2011: The tricolor tracking open, stagiaire Alessandro De Marchi to be effective – for him a deserved two-year contract for the seasons 2011/2012]. Pedale Tricolore (in Italian). WordPress. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ↑ "Ryder Hesjdal regains lead in Alps". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ↑ "BMC Racing signs Alessandro De Marchi". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ↑ Peter Cossins (29 August 2014). "Vuelta a España: De Marchi wins stage 7 in Alcaudete". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Transfert – Alessandro de Marchi chez BMC en 2015" [Transfer – Alessandro de Marchi at BMC in 2015]. Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 3 August 2014.
External links
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- Alessandro De Marchi profile at ProCyclingStats
- Alessandro De Marchi profile at Cycling Archives
- Cycling Quotient profile