Cesare Benedetti Explained
| Cesare Benedetti |
| Fullname: | Cesare Benedetti |
| Birth Date: | 1987 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rovereto, Italy |
| Height: | 1.70 m |
| Weight: | 63 kg |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Breakaway specialist |
| Proyears1: | 2009 |
| Proteam1: | De Nardi |
| Proyears2: | 2009 |
| Proteam2: | → (stagiaire) |
| Proyears3: | 2010– |
| Proteam3: | [1] [2] |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2019)
|
Cesare Benedetti (born 3 August 1987) is an Italian-born Polish professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[3]
Career
Born in Rovereto, Benedetti has competed as a professional since 2010, competing for the 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 team.[4]
Benedetti, and,[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 '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
Benedetti'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
- 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)
- 2016
1st Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
7th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
10th Rudi Altig Race
- 2017
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stage 1
- 2018
3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2019
1st Stage 12 Giro d'ItaliaGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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External links
Notes and References
- News: With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019. . Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. 2 January 2019. 23 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190423090206/https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/press/argonnews201810kader-04/argonnews201810kader-04/59094710. dead.
- News: 2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe. Barry. Ryan. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 28 December 2019. 1 January 2020.
- Web site: Bora - Hansgrohe. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101053525/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15235/1001554/279. 1 January 2021.
- News: Cesare Benedetti (UCB) sarà stagista alla Liquigas-Doimo. Italian. Cesare Benedetti (UCB) will intern at Liquigas-Doimo. 10 July 2009. 12 May 2012. BiciBG. Duemilacom S.r.l.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203090114/http://www.bicibg.it/01news/dettaglio.asp?id1=7&idN=1613&pgn=2. 3 February 2014. dmy-all.
- Web site: Team NetApp (APP) – GER. 12 May 2012. UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. https://web.archive.org/web/20140204003009/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=&teamstype=PCT&year=2012&teamnameid=3353&npage=&search=&l=ENG. 4 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Highly-motivated Team NetApp takes aim at Giro d'Italia. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 25 April 2012. 12 May 2012.
- News: A quick chat with Cesare Benedetti. . NetApp Deutschland GmbH. 12 May 2012. 12 May 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515210643/http://www.teamnetapp.com/en/news/detailview/news/a-quick-chat-with-cesare-benedetti/. 15 May 2012. dmy-all.
- News: Rubiano solos to Giro d'Italia stage win in Porto Sant'Elpidio. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 May 2012. 12 May 2012. Mark. Robinson.
- Web site: 2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist . 30 June 2016. ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: 71st Vuelta a España . 20 August 2016 . ProCyclingStats.
- Web site: Giro d'Italia: Benedetti wins stage 12. www.cyclingnews.com. 2019-05-24.
- https://kolarsko.pl/2021/04/21/cesare-benedetti-z-polskim-obywatelstwem/ Cesare Benedetti z polskim obywatelstwem
- Web site: Cesare Benedetti (POL). Vuelta a España. Amaury Sport Organisation. 9 September 2021. https://archive.today/20210909220749/https://www.lavuelta.es/en/rider/52/bora-hansgrohe/cesare-benedetti. 9 September 2021.
