Salvatore Commesso Explained
| Salvatore Commesso |
| Fullname: | Salvatore Commesso |
| Nickname: | Toto |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Torre del Greco, Italy |
| Weight: | 66kg (146lb) |
| Currentteam: | Retired |
| Discipline: | Road |
| Role: | Rider |
| Amateuryears1: | 1994 |
| Amateurteam1: | S.C. Villa d'Almè |
| Amateuryears2: | 1995 |
| Amateurteam2: | Cosmos GMG |
| Amateuryears3: | 1996–1997 |
| Amateurteam3: | Casini–Vellutex |
| Amateuryears4: | 1996 |
| Amateurteam4: | (stagiaire) |
| Proyears1: | 1998–2004 |
| Proyears2: | 2005–2006 |
| Proyears3: | 2007 |
| Proyears4: | 2008 |
| Proyears5: | 2009 |
| Proyears6: | 2010 |
| Majorwins: | Grand Tours Tour de France
2 individual stages (1999, 2000)One-day races and Classics
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| Show-Medals: | yes |
Salvatore Commesso (born March 28, 1975) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.
He was born in Torre del Greco, Campania, and turned professional in 1998. That year he placed in third in the Grand Prix de Suisse and the Giro del Capo. He won the Italian National Road Race Championships and Stage 13 of the Tour de France in 1999.
Commesso won Stage 18 of the 2000 Tour de France and won the points competition in the Volta a Portugal in 2001.
In 2002, he again won the Italian Championship, as well as the Trofeo Matteotti and the Criterium d'Abruzzo.
He rode for the team from 1998 to 2004. In 2005, the team merged with, with whom he came in second in the Giro del Veneto.
He rode for Lampre in the 2006 Tour de France and finished second in Stage 14.
Major results
[1]
- 1996
1st Giro del Mendrisiotto
1st Prologue & Stage 4 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
5th Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships
10th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 1997
1st Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships
1st Road race, Mediterranean Games
2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
9th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 1998
3rd Grand Prix de Suisse
3rd Overall Giro del Capo
1st Stage 1
4th HEW Cyclassics
4th First Union Invitational
- 1999
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 13 Tour de France
1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
5th Clásica de San Sebastián
7th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2000
1st Stage 18 Tour de France
5th First Union Invitational
9th First Union Classic
- 2001
Volta a Portugal
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 9
8th Giro del Friuli
10th Trofeo Matteotti
- 2002
1st Road race, National Road Championships
1st Trofeo Matteotti
1st Criterium d'Abruzzo
4th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2003
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2005
2nd Giro del Veneto
4th Coppa Agostoni
4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
7th HEW Cyclassics
9th GP Nobili Rubinetterie
- 2006
Combativity award Stage 14, Tour de France
- 2007
1st Mountains classification, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2008
1st Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg
8th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 2009
5th SEB Tartu Grand Prix
8th Overall Tour de SerbieExternal links
Notes and References
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/salvatore-commesso Profile on cyclingnews.com
