Danilo Napolitano

Danilo Napolitano (born 31 January 1981) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2017, and was chiefly known for his sprinting abilities.

Danilo Napolitano

Napolitano at the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Danilo Napolitano
Born	(1981-01-31) 31 January 1981 Vittoria, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
2004–2005	LPR–Piacenza
2006–2008	Lampre–Fondital
2009–2010	Team Katusha
2011–2012	Acqua & Sapone
2013–2017	Accent Jobs–Wanty
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2007)

Born in Vittoria, Sicily, Napolitano turned professional in 2004 and for the 2004 and 2005 seasons he rode for the professional continental team LPR–Piacenza. For the 2006 season he moved on to the UCI ProTour squad Lampre–Fondital where his most important victories were two stage wins in the Tour of Austria, and a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen. He joined Team Katusha at the beginning of the 2009 season.

Major results

2002

4th Circuito del Porto

9th Trofeo Papà Cervi

2003

1st Trofeo Papà Cervi

1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Guatemala

4th Circuito del Porto

2004

1st Stage 6 Vuelta por un Chile Líder

2nd Trofeo Papà Cervi

2nd Circuito del Porto

2005

1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau

1st Coppa Bernocchi

1st Giro della Romagna

Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne

1st Stages 2 & 5

1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 3 Brixia Tour

2nd Châteauroux Classic

3rd Giro del Lago Maggiore

2006

1st Coppa Bernocchi

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stages 1a & 4

Tour of Austria

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 5

1st Stage 1 Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 3a Brixia Tour

3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

5th Milan–San Remo

8th Paris–Tours

9th Vattenfall Cyclassics

2007

1st Coppa Bernocchi

1st Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico

Tour de Pologne

1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4

1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia

1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia

4th Vattenfall Cyclassics

5th Clásica de Almería

2008

Volta a Portugal

1st Stages 1 & 2

1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar

1st Stage 3 Giro della Provincia di Grosseto

1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

1st Stage 1a Brixia Tour

3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

2009

1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg

4th Overall Tour de Picardie

4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

2010

1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie

6th Overall Tour of Qatar

2011

2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie

3rd Overall Ronde van Drenthe

6th Grand Prix de Denain

9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

2012

Tour de Wallonie

1st Points classification

1st Stages 2, 4 & 5

1st Stage 4 Circuit de Lorraine

9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

2013

1st Stage 1 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

2nd Dutch Food Valley Classic

8th Grand Prix de Denain

8th Halle–Ingooigem

2014

1st Omloop van het Waasland

1st Points classification Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

6th Handzame Classic

7th Le Samyn

7th Scheldeprijs

7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

2015

1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne

2nd Overall World Ports Classic

2016

7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

2017

4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen

6th Ronde van Drenthe

External links

• Danilo Napolitano at UCI
• Danilo Napolitano at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Danilo Napolitano at ProCyclingStats
• Danilo Napolitano at Cycling Quotient
• Danilo Napolitano at CycleBase
• Danilo Napolitano at UCI
• Profile at team website