Marco Velo
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Velo |
| Born | 9 March 1974 Brescia, Italy |
| Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1996–1997 | Brescialat |
| 1998–2001 | Mercatone Uno |
| 2002–2005 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2006–2008 | Milram |
| 2009–2010 | Quick Step |
| Major wins | |
| GP William Tell (1998) GP Llodio (1999) |
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| Infobox last updated on 19 August 2007 |
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Marco Velo (born 9 March 1974 in Brescia) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer.
Professional career
Velo, who started his career with Brescialat, is a talented time-trialist, winning the Italian National Time Trial Championship on three occasions—1998, 1999 and 2000. Since 2002, Velo has ridden as a domestique for Alessandro Petacchi, first at Fassa Bortolo. In 2005, Velo wanted to go join Matteo Tosatto at the Quick Step team,[1] but in the end joined Petacchi at the Domina Vacanze team,[2] but when that disbanded at the end of the year, they both moved to Milram at the start of 2006.[3] For the 2008 season, Velo moved to join Tosatto at the Quick Step team after all.[4]
Palmares
In his career, Velo won:[5]
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- 1997
- stage, Giro del Trentino
- 1998
- Coppe della Nazioni
- stage, overall, points & combination competition GP Tell
- Firenze–Pistoia
National Time Trial Championship- 1999
- Firenze–Pistoia
- GP Llodio
- National Time Trial Championship
- 2000
- National Time Trial Championship
- 2006
- Trofeo Città di Borgomanero (with Fabio Sacchi)
Notes and references
- ↑ Velo wants to follow Tosatto
- ↑ Velo confirms with Domina Vacanze
- ↑ Petacchi & Zabel to new German/Italian team?
- ↑ Quick Step signings
- ↑ Marco Velo at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
External links
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