Roberto Longo (cyclist) explained

Roberto Longo
Fullname:Roberto Longo
Birth Date:1984 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Soave, Italy[1]
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2007 - 2008

Roberto Longo (born 3 December 1984, in Soave) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist who last rode for .[2]

Career

During Stage 4 of the 2007 Eneco Tour Longo was part of the early breakaway which held a gap of seven minutes at one point, unfortunately the break was caught with 30 kilometres to go and Longo finished in 145 position.[3] The 2007 Tour de Pologne started with a three kilometre Team time trial where went out early and fast beating the rain and the other teams to win the stage.[4] Although Longo's teammate Fabio Baldato was thought to have crossed the line first Longo wore the yellow leaders jersey into stage 2 where he then lost it to Graeme Brown.[5] Longo took his only top 10 in a stage of a tour at the 2008 Tour of Turkey where in stage 7 he sprinted to ninth after leading out team sprinter David Loosli to fourth position.[6]

Major results

Sources:[7] [8]

2006
  • 1st Piccola Coppa Agostoni
  • 3rd Trofeo Città di Brescia
  • 5th Circuito del Porto
    2007
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Pologne
  • 3rd Trofeo Lindo e Sano

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Roberto Longo . www.cyclingarchives.com . 8 August 2022 . en.
    2. Web site: Roberto LONGO . UCI . 8 August 2022 . en.
    3. Web site: Stokes . Shane . Weylandt collects first ProTour win at Eneco . cyclingnews.com . 8 August 2022 . en . 27 August 2007.
    4. Web site: Salmerón . Antonio J. . Poland opener plagued by rain . cyclingnews.com . 8 August 2022 . en . 10 September 2007.
    5. Web site: Johnson . Greg . Brown happy with Poland win . cyclingnews.com . 8 August 2022 . en . 11 September 2007.
    6. Web site: Tour of Turkey 2008 Stage 7 results . www.procyclingstats.com . 8 August 2022 . en.
    7. Web site: Roberto Longo . FirstCycling.com . 8 August 2022 . en.
    8. Web site: Roberto Longo . www.procyclingstats.com . 8 August 2022.