Yader Zoli Explained

Yader Zoli
Fullname:Yader Zoli
Birth Date:1 October 1975
Birth Place:Faenza, Italy
Weight:64kg (141lb)
Currentteam:Torpado Factory Team
Discipline:Mountain biking
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Cross-country
Proyears1:2000
Proteam1:Diamontback
Proyears2:2006–2007
Proteam2:KTM International
Proyears3:2008
Proteam3:Giant Italia
Proyears4:2009–
Proteam4:Torpado Factory Team
Show-Medals:yes

Yader Zoli (born October 1, 1975 in Faenza) is an Italian professional mountain biker.[1] He has claimed three Italian national championship titles in men's mountain biking, and later represented his nation Italy in two editions of the Olympic Games (2004 and 2008). Zoli currently trains and races for the 2013 season on the Torpado Surfing Shop pro cycling team, along with Belgian rider and four-time Olympian Roel Paulissen.[2] [3]

Zoli made his official debut at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he scored a thirty-fifth place in the men's cross-country race with a time of 2:31:39, finishing farther off the podium by seventeen minutes.[4] [5]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Zoli qualified again for his second Italian squad, along with his teammate Marco Aurelio Fontana, in the men's cross-country race by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the Italian Cycling Federation (Italian: [[Federazione Ciclistica Italiana]], FCI) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), based on his best performance at the World Cup series, World and European Championships, and Mountain Biking World Series.[6] [7] Zoli could not upgrade a much stellar ride from Athens, as he decided to pull himself off from a 4.8-km cross-country race course with only a single lap left to complete and a thirtieth-place effort because of bike problems.[8] [9] [10]

Career achievements

2002
  • 2nd Italian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Trentino (ITA)
    2004
  • 35th Olympic Games (Cross-country), Athens (2004)
    2005
  • Stage 7, UCI World Cup (Marathon), Sankt Wendel (GER)
    2006
  • 1st Italian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Italy
  • UCI World Championships (Cross-country, Team relay), Rotorua (NZL)
  • UCI World Cup (Marathon), Villabassa ITA)
    2007
  • 1st Italian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Treviso (ITA)
  • 1st Stage 3, Afxentia Stage Race, Cyprus
  • 2nd Overall, Race Under The Sun, Yermasoyia (CYP)
  • 3rd Stage 1, Afxentia Stage Race, Cyprus
    2008
  • 1st Italian MTB Championships (Cross-country), Grotte di Castro (ITA)
  • 30th Olympic Games (Cross-country), Beijing (CHN)

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    Notes and References

    1. Yader Zoli. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013218/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zo/yader-zoli-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 30 October 2013.
    2. Web site: CONI Profile – Yader Zoli. it. Italian National Olympic Committee. 30 October 2013.
    3. News: Team Torpado Surfing shop, stagione al via. Team Torpado Surfing Shop for this season. it. Ciclismo.it. 12 March 2012. 30 October 2013.
    4. Web site: Cycling: Men's Cross-Country Race. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
    5. News: Jones. Rob. Absalon perfect as France defends gold. Cyclingnews.com. 26 August 2004. 27 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131101030642/http://ftp.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/olympics04/?id=results%2Fmtb_men. 1 November 2013. dead.
    6. News: Meda. Federico. Scelti gli azzurri della Mountain bike per Pechino. Italian mountain bikers are chosen for Beijing. it. SportLive.it. Liquida. 15 June 2008. 30 October 2013.
    7. News: Eva Lechner vince gli Internazionali e strappa il biglietto per Pechino. Eva Lechner wins the International and rips the ticket to Beijing. it. Corriere del Trentino. 26 May 2008. 30 October 2013.
    8. Web site: Men's Cross-Country Race. Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. 21 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120819172012/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCMM021100/standings.html. 19 August 2012. dead.
    9. News: "Unbeatable" Absalon wins his second gold. Agence France-Presse. Velo News. 22 August 2008. 24 October 2013.
    10. News: Di Martino eliminata nel salto in alto. Di Martino eliminated in the high jump. it. Sky Sport (Italy). 23 August 2008. 30 October 2013.

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