Danilo Napolitano
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.jpg) Napolitano at the 2007 Tour de France |
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| Full name | Danilo Napolitano | ||
| Born | January 31, 1981 Vittoria, Italy |
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| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||
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| Current team | Acqua & Sapone | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| 2003 | VC Bassano-Parolin | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2004–2005 2006–2008 2009–2010 2011– |
LPR-Piacenza Lampre-Fondital Team Katusha Acqua & Sapone |
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| Infobox last updated on 13 January 2012 |
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Danilo Napolitano (born January 31, 1981 in Vittoria, Sicily) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist on Acqua & Sapone, and is chiefly known for his sprinting abilities.
He turned professional in 2004 and for the 2004 and 2005 seasons he rode for the professional continental team LPR-Piacenza. For the 2006 season he moved on to the UCI ProTour squad Lampre-Fondital where his most important victories has been two stage wins in the Tour of Austria, and a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen, and joined Team Katusha at the beginning of the 2009 season.
He lives in Provaglio di'Iseo (BS), Italy.
[edit] Palmares
- 2005
- 1st, Stage 3, Settimana Coppi & Bartali
- 1st, Stage 3, Brixia Tour
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne
- 1st, Stausee Rundfahrt
- 1st, Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st, Giro di Romagna
- 2006
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st, Stage 1a, Settimana Coppi & Bartali
- 1st, Stage 4, Settimana Coppi & Bartali
- 1st, Stage 1, Österreich Rundfahrt
- 1st, Stage 5, Österreich Rundfahrt
- 1st, Stage 3a, Brixia Tour
- 1st, Coppa Bernocchi
- 2007
- 1st, Stage 9, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Stage 5, Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour of Slovenia
- 1st, Stage 1 (TTT), Tour de Pologne
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de Pologne
- 1st, Coppa Bernocchi
- 1st, Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
- 2008
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour of Qatar
- 1st, Stage 3, Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
- 1st, Stage 5, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st, Stage 1a, Brixia Tour
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour du Portugal
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour du Portugal
- 2009
- 1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st, Stage 2, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 1st, Stage 1a, Settimana Coppi & Bartali
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour de Luxembourg
- 2010
- 1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour de Wallonie
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