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Matteo Tosatto
Personal information
Full nameMatteo Tosatto
Born (1974-05-14) 14 May 1974 (age 50)
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Team information
Current teamIneos Grenadiers
DisciplineRoad
Role
  • Rider (retired)
  • Directeur sportif
Rider typeClassics specialist
Professional teams
1997MG Maglificio–Technogym
1998–1999Ballan
2000–2005Fassa Bortolo
2006–2010Quick-Step–Innergetic
2011–2016Saxo Bank–SunGard
Managerial team
2017–Team Sky
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2006)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2001)

Matteo Tosatto (born 14 May 1974 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian former road racing cyclist.[1] He rode as a professional between 1997 and 2016, with his biggest personal victories coming in stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France.[2] He contested 34 Grand Tours during his career, making him the rider with most participations[3] and finishing 28 of them.

Following his retirement, Tosatto became a directeur sportif with Team Sky, beginning midway through the 2017 cycling season.[4]

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 43 DNF 50 63 DNF 107 122 94 56 136 104 112 107
A yellow jersey Tour de France 132 60 110 125 108 96 114 123 92 119 132 145
A red jersey Vuelta a España 134 DNF DNF DNF DNF 67 135 115 120
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Matteo Tosatto". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  3. ^ Wynn, Nigel (28 July 2017). "Team Sky appoints former Tinkoff pro Matteo Tosatto as sports director". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Matteo Tosatto wordt sportdirecteur bij Team Sky" [Matteo Tosatto becomes a sporting director at Team Sky]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Belga. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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