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Marco Velo
Personal information
Full name	Marco Velo
Born	9 March 1974 (age 50); Brescia, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
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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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]

Major results

In his career, Velo won:^[5]

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 Archives

External links

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[1] Velo wants to follow Tosatto

[2] Velo confirms with Domina Vacanze

[3] Petacchi & Zabel to new German/Italian team?

[4] Quick Step signings

[5] Marco Velo at Cycling Archives

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-*[http://www.marcovelo.it/ Personal website {{it icon}}]
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-*[http://www.team-milram.com/en/team_rider_details.asp?riderID=31 Profile at Team Milram official website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928110551/http://www.team-milram.com/en/team_rider_details.asp?riderID=31 Profile at Team Milram official website]
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