Ivan Santaromita Explained

Ivan Santaromita
Fullname:Ivan Santaromita
Birth Date:1984 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Varese, Italy
Height:1760NaN0
Weight:58kg (128lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Amateuryears1:2003–2005
Amateurteam1:VC Mendrisio
Proyears1:2005
Proteam1:(stagiaire)
Proyears2:2006–2007
Proyears3:2008–2010
Proyears4:2011–2013
Proyears5:2014–2015
Proyears6:2016
Proyears7:2017–2019
Proteam7:[1] [2]
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

1 TTT stage (2014)

Single-day races
  • National Road Race Championships (2013)
  • Ivan Santaromita (born 30 April 1984) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the,,,, and teams.[3]

    His brother Mauro-Antonio and nephew Alessandro are also professional cyclists.

    Career

    Born in Varese, Santaromita turned professional with in 2006 before moving to in 2008. In 2010, he took his first significant victory as a professional in the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, dominating the stage race as he won it with more than a minute-and-a-half of an advantage over Przemysław Niemiec.[4]

    In 2013,[5] Santaromita won the third stage of the Giro del Trentino. He approached the finish line with Michele Scarponi and Paolo Tiralongo, the trio being the remnants of an early breakaway. Santaromita outsprinted the pair to claim his first victory since 2010.[6] Santaromita left the at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season.[7]

    In 2014, Santaromita was the first rider to withdraw from the Vuelta a España on stage 7 after breaking a finger in a crash.[8]

    In 2015, he came in sixth position in the general classification of the Tour of Norway.[9]

    Major results

    2005
  • 4th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
    2007
  • 10th Overall Tour de Georgia
    2008
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    2009
  • 3rd Japan Cup
    2010
  • 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
  • 1st Stage 1b (TTT)
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano
    2012
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino
    2013
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships (Trofeo Melinda)
  • 1st Stage 3 Giro del Trentino
  • 5th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
  • 9th Giro di Lombardia
    2014
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    2015
  • 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
  • 6th Overall Tour of Norway
    2016
  • 7th Overall Tour de Langkawi
    2017
  • 8th Pro Ötztaler 5500
  • 9th Overall Tour of Slovenia
  • 9th Giro dell'Appennino
  • 10th Overall Tour of Japan
    2018
  • 4th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 5th Japan Cup

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
    Giro d'Italia5230DNF102
    Tour de France83
    Vuelta a España1256511748DNF
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Nippo-Vini Fantini hoping to secure Giro d'Italia wildcard. Cyclingnews.com. 15 January 2018. 30 January 2018.
    2. News: Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 uomini in organico nel 2019. it. Nippo-Fantini-Faizanè, 17 men on roster in 2019. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 28 November 2018. 22 January 2019.
    3. News: Santaromita retires, De Vreese extends – Transfer shorts. Daniel. Ostanek. Cyclingnews.com. 13 November 2019. 13 January 2020.
    4. News: Huzarski solos to Sassuolo. Cyclingnews.com. 27 March 2010. 19 April 2013.
    5. Web site: BMC Racing Team (BMC) – USA. 3 January 2013. UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. 14 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174801/http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MTA3&RefDate=03.01.2013&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1. dead.
    6. News: Giro del Trentino: Santaromita outsprints Tiralongo and Scarponi to grab first victory since 2010. VeloNation. 18 April 2013. 19 April 2013. Shane Stokes.
    7. News: Santaromita joins Orica-GreenEdge for 2014. VeloNews. 12 August 2013. 12 August 2013. 19 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131119062528/http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/08/news/santaromita-joins-orica-greenedge-for-2014_299014. dead.
    8. News: De Marchi wins 7th Vuelta stage, Valverde leads. https://web.archive.org/web/20140904035925/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/de-marchi-wins-7th-vuelta-stage-valverde-leads/2014/08/29/298b9c6e-2f94-11e4-be9e-60cc44c01e7f_story.html. dead. 4 September 2014. Washington Post. 29 August 2014. 29 August 2014.
    9. Web site: Tour of Norway: Vangstad solos to victory on final day . Quénet . Jean-François . 25 May 2015 . . 26 May 2015.