Michele Bartoli
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Full name | Michele Bartoli | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Il Leoncino delle Fiandre (in Italian) (The Little Lion of Flanders) (in English) | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Pisa, Italy | 27 May 1970|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Classics specialist | |||||||||||||||||
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1992–1995 | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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1996–1997 | MG-Technogym | |||||||||||||||||
1998 | Asics–CGA | |||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Mapei-Quick Step | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2003 | Fassa Bortolo | |||||||||||||||||
2004 | Team CSC | |||||||||||||||||
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Michele Bartoli (born 27 May 1970, in Pisa) is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. Bartoli was a professional from 1992 until 2004 and was one of the most successful single-day classics specialists of his generation, especially in the Italian and Belgian races.[1] On his palmarès are three of the five monuments of cycling – five in total: the 1996 Tour of Flanders, the 1997 and 1998 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the 2002 and 2003 Giro di Lombardia. He won the UCI Road World Cup in 1997 and 1998. From 10 October 1998 until 6 June 1999, Bartoli was number one on the UCI Road World Rankings.[2]
Considered one of the most versatile riders of his generation, Bartoli won a variety of classics. He won most of the major Italian one-day races – apart from Milan–San Remo – and was Italian national champion in 2000. In Belgium, he excelled in both the cobbled classics of Flanders and the hilly races in the Ardennes, which earned him the nickname Il Leoncino delle Fiandre ("The Little Lion of Flanders").[3] In addition to the classics, Bartoli has also won stage races, such as Tirreno–Adriatico and the Three Days of De Panne, and won two stages in the Giro d'Italia. He finished third in the world championships of 1996 and 1998.[4]
Career
1993–1995: Mercatone Uno
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His breakthrough year was 1994, when he won the Brabantse Pijl, his first semi-classic win, and the thirteenth stage in the Giro d'Italia. In 1995, his star rose to prominence in the one-day classics, with fifth place in Milan–San Remo, seventh in the Tour of Flanders and third places in Liège–Bastogne–Liège and the Giro di Lombardia. He won the Three Days of De Panne and placed ninth overall in the Vuelta a España.[5]
1996–1997: MG–Technogym
In 1996, he joined the MG-Technogym team of manager Giancarlo Ferretti. He became a specialist of the classic races and claimed his first career monument win in the 1996 Tour of Flanders after an attack on the Muur van Geraardsbergen and a 16 km solo to the finish.[6] In summer, he was 19th overall in the Tour de France, before winning the Italian summer classics Giro del Veneto, GP di Larciano and Giro dell'Emilia. He finished third at the World Championships in Lugano behind Johan Museeuw and Mauro Gianetti.[7][8]
In 1997, Bartoli won his first Liège–Bastogne–Liège, after distancing his last breakaway companion, Laurent Jalabert, in the final kilometre.[9] His slender built (179 cm and 65 kg), combined with his feline ability to accelerate on steep climbs, made him the quintessential contender for the hilly Ardennes classics.[10] At the end of 1997, he won the UCI World Cup, confirming his status as the most regular classic race specialist.[11]
1998: World number one with Asics
In 1998, he transferred to the Asics team and had the most successful season of his career. He won his second Liège–Bastogne–Liège, again before Laurent Jalabert, after a long solo attack.[12] In May, he won the GP of Aargau Canton in Switzerland and the thirteenth stage in the Giro d'Italia. Later in the year, he won Züri Metzgete, his second World Cup race of 1998,[13] as well as the Giro di Romagna, and finished third in the World Championships in Valkenburg behind Oskar Camenzind and Peter Van Petegem.[4] He ended the season as world number one on the UCI Road World Rankings and won his second consecutive UCI World Cup.[14] During his years with MG and Asics, Bartoli was helped by his friend and team mate Paolo Bettini, who became Bartoli's prime lieutenant in the races.
1999–2001: Mapei
In 1999, Bartoli and Bettini joined Mapei, the most successful classics team of the 1990s.[15] He won Tirreno–Adriatico, the Brabantse Pijl and the Flèche Wallonne in the spring of 1999, but failed to win a monument race. In the 1999 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Bartoli, seeking his third consecutive win, was distanced by rising star Frank Vandenbroucke and finished fourth behind his helper Bettini.[16] In May 1999, Bartoli broke his kneecap in a crash in the Tour of Germany, which ended his season.
He returned to racing in 2000, but his Mapei team mate Paolo Bettini demanded a leading role, eventually leading to a feud between the two friends. In the summer of 2000, he won the Italian National Championship in Trieste and the Grand Prix de Plouay, before entering the Olympic road race in Sydney. Helped by his Italian team mates Bettini and Danilo Di Luca, he won the sprint for fourth place, finishing just outside the medals. He repeated his fourth place at the World championships.[17]
In 2001, Bartoli won Omloop Het Volk early in the season, but failed to win another major spring classic. He left Mapei – exceptionally mid-season – to re-join Ferretti at the new You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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2002–2004: Final years
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Bartoli ended his professional career at the end of the 2004 season, suffering minor injuries.[21] He stated: "I just wasn't motivated to continue... I can't be a top level rider any more and that was a major influence on my decision, rather than my recent physical problems."[22]
Retirement
In 2005 Bartoli gave his name to the Granfondo Michele Bartoli in the province of Lucca, with the start and finish in his hometown Montecarlo, Tuscany.[23] Bartoli is, with former cyclists Francesco Casagrande and Maximilian Sciandri, instructor of the Campagnolo Passion 2 Ride.[24]
Doping allegations
In May 2007, Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Bartoli was linked with the Operación Puerto doping investigation into the practices of Eufemiano Fuentes. According to the report, it was alleged that Bartoli was the rider behind the nickname "Sansone". The report continued that Bartoli received two blood transfusions from Fuentes in 2003.[25]
Major results
- 1993
- 1st Overall Semaine Sicilienne
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 1994
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo
- 1995
- 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1996
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 1st Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1997
- 1st Overall UCI Road World Cup
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm
- 1st Trofeo Laigueglia
- 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen
- 1998
- 1st Overall UCI Road World Cup
- 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Züri–Metzgete
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 1st Giro della Romagna
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
- Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stages 2 & 6
- 1999
- 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2000
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st GP Ouest–France
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2001
- 1st Omloop Het Volk
- 1st Grand Prix de Camaiore
- 2002
- 1st Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Stage 2 Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 1st Stage 4
- 2003
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie
Classics results timeline
Monument | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Milan–San Remo | 25 | — | 5 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 39 | 11 | 45 | 164 | 120 |
Tour of Flanders | — | 41 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 96 | 15 | 55 | 16 | 57 |
Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | 3 | 44 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 28 | 59 | 22 | 27 |
Giro di Lombardia | 47 | — | 3 | 37 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | DNF |
Classic | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Amstel Gold Race | — | 34 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 15 | — | 7 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
La Flèche Wallonne | 7 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | 11 | 3 | 40 | 73 |
Züri Metzgete | — | 63 | — | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | 11 | 53 | 6 | 34 | 24 |
Giro dell'Emilia | — | — | — | 1 | 13 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 1 | 7 | — |
Major championships timeline
Event | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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Olympic Games | Not Held | 8 | Not Held | 4 | Not Held | — | ||||||
World Championships | — | — | — | 3 | 10 | 3 | — | 4 | 23 | — | — | — |
National Championships | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
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External links
- "Official website (under construction)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2006. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
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