Cesare Benedetti (born 3 August 1987) is an Italian-born Polish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[3]
 Benedetti in 2018. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Cesare Benedetti |
| Born | 3 August 1987 Rovereto, Italy |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Breakaway specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 2009 | De Nardi |
| 2009 | → Liquigas (stagiaire) |
| 2010– | Team NetApp[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Career
editBorn in Rovereto, Benedetti has competed as a professional since 2010, competing for the Team NetApp team since turning professional. He was also a member of the GS Gavardo Tecmor and De Nardi teams as an amateur, and also spent the second half of the 2009 season as a stagiaire with the Liquigas team.[4]
Benedetti, and Team NetApp,[5] made their Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia,[6] where Benedetti exceeded the team's expectations of a top ten stage placing,[7] by taking fifth place during the sixth stage of the race.[8] Benedetti had been part of an eleven-rider breakaway at the start of the stage, but after Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela's Miguel Ángel Rubiano went clear, Benedetti remained with another three riders to the end of the stage.
He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France[9] and the 2016 Vuelta a España.[10]
Benedetti took his first individual professional victory at stage 12 of the 2019 Giro d'Italia. Having been part of a 25-rider breakaway at the start of the stage, he took the stage win leading a small group sprint in a late comeback after having been dropped in the last hill climb.[11]
Personal life
editBenedetti's wife is Polish. He is fluent in Polish and was granted Polish citizenship in April 2021.[12]
During the 2021 season, Benedetti started competing under a Polish licence.[13]
Major results
edit- 2005
- 6th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 2007
- 2nd Gran Premio Sportivi Podenzano
- 3rd Trofeo Città di Brescia
- 3rd Trofeo FTP Tapparo
- 4th Gran Premio Industria Commercio Artigianato – Botticino
- 4th Targa d'Oro Città di Legnano
- 9th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
- 2008
- 1st Trofeo Edil C
- 2nd Coppa Stignani
- 2nd Trofeo Filtri
- 3rd Milano–Busseto
- 4th Coppa Caduti di Reda
- 5th Trofeo G.S. Gavardo Tecmor
- 5th Medaglia Oro Angelo Fumagalli
- 9th GP Città di Felino
- 2009
- 2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza
- 3rd Gran Premio San Luigi
- 6th Overall Girobio
- 8th Città di Conegliano
- 9th GP Inda
- 10th Trofeo Eco del Chisone
- 2010
- 1st Plombières
- 8th Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 2011
- 8th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
- 2012
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2014
- 9th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2015
- Giro del Trentino
- 1st
Sprints classification - 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 1st
- 2016
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico - 7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 10th Rudi Altig Race
- 2017
- Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stage 1
- Held
- 2018
- 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2019
- 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
107 | — | — | — | — | 115 | 108 | 74 | 94 | 103 | 120 | 102 |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | 93 | DNF | — | — | — | 107 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Cesare Benedetti (UCB) sarà stagista alla Liquigas-Doimo" [Cesare Benedetti (UCB) will intern at Liquigas-Doimo]. BiciBG (in Italian). Duemilacom S.r.l. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "Team NetApp (APP) – GER". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 February 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "Highly-motivated Team NetApp takes aim at Giro d'Italia". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "A quick chat with Cesare Benedetti". Team NetApp. NetApp Deutschland GmbH. 12 May 2012. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ Robinson, Mark (11 May 2012). "Rubiano solos to Giro d'Italia stage win in Porto Sant'Elpidio". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia: Benedetti wins stage 12". www.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ Cesare Benedetti z polskim obywatelstwem on Kolarsko.pl, 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Cesare Benedetti (POL)". Vuelta a España. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
External links
edit
- Team NetApp profile
- Cesare Benedetti at UCI
- Cesare Benedetti at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Cesare Benedetti at ProCyclingStats
- Cesare Benedetti at Cycling Quotient
- Cesare Benedetti at CycleBase
