Dario Cataldo

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Dario Cataldo
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Cataldo at the 2017 Tour de France.
Personal information
Full nameDario Cataldo
NicknamePicasso[1]
Born (1985-03-17) 17 March 1985 (age 36)
Lanciano, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Current teamMovistar Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder[1]
Professional teams
2007–2008Liquigas
2009–2012Quick-Step
2013–2014Team Sky
2015–2019Astana[2]
2020–Movistar Team[3]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2019)
1 TTT stage (2013)
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2012)
1 TTT stage (2019)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2012)

Dario Cataldo (born 17 March 1985) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Movistar Team.[4]

Career[]

Liquigas (2007–08)[]

After surprisingly winning the Baby Giro in 2006,[5] Cataldo signed as a neo-professional for Liquigas for the 2007 season.[6] In January 2007, Cataldo was hit by a car while training and broke his right wrist.[7] Later that year, Cataldo won two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir.[8] After a disappointing year in 2008, Liquigas did not renew his contract.[5]

Quick Step (2009–12)[]

In 2009, Cataldo switched to the Quick-Step team.[9] For his first two years, Cataldo failed to make a huge impact however in 2012, he began to reach his potential. Cataldo won the 2012 Italian National Time Trial Championships and finished in 12th place at the Giro d'Italia. Cataldo won the queen stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España, stage 16 finishing atop a climb which was featured for the first time in the Vuelta, the  [es]. He escaped with Thomas De Gendt of the Vacansoleil–DCM squad early in the race and they were never caught. Cataldo shook off De Gendt with less than 2 km (1.2 mi) to race on the very steep final part of the stage, reaching more than 20% gradient in places. He managed to lift his arms for a second as he crossed the line for the 'victory pose' before slumping over his handlebars with fatigue.[10]

Team Sky (2013–14)[]

Cataldo at the 2014 Giro d'Italia

His success in 2012 saw him earn a move to UCI World Tour champions Team Sky, where he was expected to play the role of a super-domestique for either Bradley Wiggins at the Giro d'Italia or Chris Froome at the Tour de France.[11]

In October 2014 Astana announced they had signed Cataldo for the 2015 season, with the team's general manager Alexander Vinokourov describing his role as being a climbing lieutenant for Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru, as well as contributing to the team's performance in team time trials.[12]

Astana (2015–19)[]

In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[13] His tour ended when he withdrew due to injury on 12 July, caused by a crash in the feed zone.

Major results[]

2006
1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Girobio
2007
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
4th Giro del Veneto
10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 2 & 7
10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
2008
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2009
4th Overall Tour of Missouri
5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
5th Coppa Lella Mentasti – GP Città di Stresa
2010
1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2011
7th Trofeo Magalluf-Palmanova
9th Overall Tour of Beijing
2012
1st Jersey italianflag.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain
9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2013
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino
2014
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 4 (ITT)
2015
4th Overall Giro del Trentino
2016
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
8th Vuelta a Murcia
9th Overall Tour de Pologne
2017
4th Time trial, National Road Championships
2018
1st Jersey white dots on blue.svg Mountains classification Critérium du Dauphiné
3rd Overall Tour of Austria
2019
1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
8th Overall Tour of the Alps

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 54 DNF 12 12 56 26 25 — 14 — 48 66 54
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — — — — — DNF — — 80 —
A gold jersey/A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 71 131 51 74 DNF 57 51 — 64 68 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Dario Cataldo". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Movistar Team ready to open new era in 2020". Movistar Team. Abarca Sports SL. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ a b Dario Cataldo (in Dutch)
  6. ^ "Liquigas announces 2007 roster". Cycling news. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  7. ^ Brown, Gregor (31 January 2007). "Cataldo hit by car while training". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Young Italian on a roll". Cycling news. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  9. ^ Prell, Monika (27 November 2009). "Cataldo joins Quick Step". Cycling news. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  10. ^ Ben Atkins (3 September 2012). "Vuelta a España: Dario Cataldo takes historic Cuitunigru victory as the race leaders fight behind him". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Cataldo leaving Omega Pharma-QuickStep for Sky". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  12. ^ "Dario Cataldo signs for Astana to be climbing domestique for Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru". skysports.com. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  13. ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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