Diego Rosa (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian former racing cyclist,[4] who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He rode in nine Grand Tours and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.
.JPG) Rosa in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Rosa |
| Born | 27 March 1989 Corneliano d'Alba, Italy |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climber |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2011 | Giant Italia Team |
| 2012 | Palazzago Elledent Rad |
| Professional teams | |
| 2013–2014 | Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela |
| 2015–2016 | Astana |
| 2017–2019 | Team Sky[1] |
| 2020–2021 | Arkéa–Samsic[2] |
| 2022 | Eolo–Kometa[3] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day Races and Classics | |
Career
editIn August 2014, Astana announced that they had signed Rosa for the 2015 season, with general manager Alexander Vinokourov highlighting his role as a domestique for Fabio Aru.[5] His first professional victory was the 2015 Milano–Torino.[6] In 2016, he won a mountain stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. He celebrated his solo win by stepping off his bike and crossing the finish line by foot, holding his bicycle in the air.[7]
Rosa has competed in eight Grand Tours. In his Grand Tour debut, the 2013 Giro d'Italia, he finished 22nd overall. After not finishing the 2014 Giro d'Italia, he finished in the top 25 in both the 2015 Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España.[8]
He joined Team Sky for the 2017 season.
Major results
editMountain bike
edit- 2011
- 3rd Nalles
- 2023
- 1st
Marathon, National Championships - 1st Primiero San Martino di Castrozza
- UCI XCM World Cup
- 2nd Morzine-Avoriaz
- 5th Finale Ligure
Road
edit- 2012
- 1st
Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
Mountains classification, Giro Ciclistico d'Italia - 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
- 5th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
- 6th Gran Premio San Giuseppe
- 2013
- 1st
Young rider classification, Tour Méditerranéen - 5th Overall Route du Sud
- 2014
- 8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2015 (1 pro win)
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 5th Giro di Lombardia
- 5th Strade Bianche
- 2016 (1)
- Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- 2nd Giro di Lombardia
- 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2017
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour de Pologne - 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2018 (1)
- 1st
Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT)
- 2019
- 2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
- 3rd Overall Tour of Guangxi
- 2020
- 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 5th Pollença–Andratx
- 10th Strade Bianche
- 2022
- Giro d'Italia
- Held after Stages 9–14
Combativity award Stage 6
- Held
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
23 | DNF | 23 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | 77 |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | 20 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | 122 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 |
| Tour of Flanders | Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
| Paris–Roubaix | ||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 10 | 79 | — | — | — | 52 | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | 29 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 86 | DNF | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Strade Bianche | — | 66 | 5 | — | 83 | — | 24 | 10 | 57 | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 57 | 22 | — | — | 67 | NH | — | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | 20 | 30 | — | DNF | — | 106 | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | Not held | — | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Milano–Torino | 30 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 92 | 20 | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- ^ "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Diego Rosa". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (1 August 2014). "Transfers: Astana signs Boom, Sanchez, Rosa and Malacarne". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
- ^ "Diego Rosa (#ProWins)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ O'Shea, Sadhbh (8 April 2016). "Pais Vasco: Rosa wins in Arrate". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Diego Rosa (#GrandTours)". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Diego Rosa.
- Diego Rosa at UCI
- Diego Rosa at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Diego Rosa at ProCyclingStats
- Diego Rosa at Cycling Quotient
- Diego Rosa at CycleBase
