Alberto Dainese (born 25 March 1998) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Tudor Pro Cycling Team.[3] A sprinter, he has won two stages of the Giro d'Italia; in 2022 and 2023, and a stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España.[4][5] He was also the 2019 European under-23 Road race champion. Before joining Tudor Pro Cycling Team in 2024, Dainese spent four years with UCI WorldTeam Team Sunweb.
 Dainese in 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alberto Vittorio Adolfo Dainese | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 March 1998 Abano Terme, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | General Store Bottoli Zardini | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | SEG Racing Academy | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Team Sunweb[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Grand Tours | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
edit- 2016
- 1st Stage 3 Giro di Basilicata
- 2018
- 1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
- Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Stage 9 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
- 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 6th Gooikse Pijl
- 10th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
- 2019 (1 pro win)
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 1st Entre Brenne et Montmorillonnais
- Tour de Normandie
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Czech Cycling Tour
- 2nd Gooikse Pijl
- 4th L'Etoile d'Or
- 5th Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 6th Overall Paris–Arras Tour
- 6th Coppa Bernocchi
- 6th Schaal Sels
- 7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
- 1st Stages 2, 3 & 6
- 2020 (1)
- 1st Stage 1 Herald Sun Tour
- 3rd Race Torquay
- 2021
- 2nd Paris–Chauny
- 3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 3rd Giro del Veneto
- 5th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2022 (1)
- 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia
- 5th Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2023 (3)
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 19
- 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 Arctic Race of Norway
- 4th Le Samyn
- 2024 (1)
- 1st Stage 3 Région Pays de la Loire Tour
- 2nd Trofeo Ses Salines-Felanitx
- 6th Trofeo Palma
- 9th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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— | 122 | 124 | 116 |
 Tour de France
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— | 100 | — | |
 Vuelta a España
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129 | — | 144 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Tudor Pro Cycling Team". UCI. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel (18 May 2022). "Giro d'Italia: Dainese sprints to victory on stage 11". CyclingNews. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (15 September 2023). "Vuelta a España: Alberto Dainese sprints to stage 19 victory as Kaden Groves crashes in final". CyclingNews. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alberto Dainese.
- Alberto Dainese at UCI
- Alberto Dainese at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Alberto Dainese at ProCyclingStats
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