Cesare Benedetti (born 3 August 1987) is an

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-born

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former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2024, spending his entire career with .

Career

Born in

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, Benedetti has competed as a professional since 2010, competing for the team since turning professional. He was also a member of the GS Gavardo Tecmor and

De Nardi De Nardi was a professional cycling team based in Italy. Founded under a Slovak license, they helped nurture talented young riders. In 2003, the merged with Team Colpack-Astro, and took on Colpack as a co-sponsor. In 2005, Italian hotel group ...

teams as an amateur, and also spent the second half of the 2009 season as a stagiaire with the team. Benedetti, and , made their Grand Tour début at the

2012 Giro d'Italia The 2012 Giro d'Italia was the 95th edition of Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in the Danish city of Herning, and ended in Milan. The complete route of the 2012 Giro d'Italia was announced in mid October. For the fir ...

, where Benedetti exceeded the team's expectations of a top ten stage placing, by taking fifth place during the sixth stage of the race. Benedetti had been part of an eleven-rider breakaway at the start of the stage, but after 's Miguel Ángel Rubiano went clear, Benedetti remained with another three riders to the end of the stage. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Tour de France The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 July in Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, and concluding on 24 July with the Champs-Élysées s ...

and the

2016 Vuelta a España The 2016 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. The race was the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the ...

. Benedetti took his first individual professional victory at stage 12 of the

2019 Giro d'Italia The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...

. Having been part of a 25-rider breakaway at the start of the stage, he took the stage win leading a small group sprint in a late comeback after having been dropped in the last hill climb.

Personal life

Benedetti's wife is Polish. He is fluent in Polish and was granted Polish citizenship in April 2021. During the 2021 season, Benedetti started competing under a Polish licence.

Major results

;2005 : 6th Overall

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;2007 : 2nd Gran Premio Sportivi Podenzano : 3rd Trofeo Città di Brescia : 3rd Trofeo FTP Tapparo : 4th Gran Premio Industria Commercio Artigianato – Botticino : 4th Targa d'Oro Città di Legnano : 9th

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;2008 : 1st

Trofeo Edil C Trofeo Edil C was an annual one-day cycling race held in the Collecchio commune of Province of Parma, Italy. It was being organized by ''G.S. Virtus Collecchio''. In 2020 the race has been cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 edition was ...

: 2nd Coppa Stignani : 2nd Trofeo Filtri : 3rd Milano–Busseto : 4th Coppa Caduti di Reda : 5th Trofeo G.S. Gavardo Tecmor : 5th Medaglia Oro Angelo Fumagalli : 9th GP Città di Felino ;2009 : 2nd

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: 3rd Gran Premio San Luigi : 6th Overall

Girobio Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...

: 8th Città di Conegliano : 9th GP Inda : 10th Trofeo Eco del Chisone ;2010 : 1st Plombières : 8th

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;2011 : 8th Overall

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;2012 : 1st Stage 2b ( TTT)

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

;2014 : 9th Overall

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;2015 :

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy. In 2015, th ...

::1st Sprints classification ::1st Stage 1 ( TTT) ;2016 : 1st Mountains classification,

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: 7th

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: 10th Rudi Altig Race ;2017 :

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::Held after Stage 1 ;2018 : 3rd Overall

Okolo Slovenska Okolo Slovenska (; ) is an annual road cycling stage race in Slovakia. Founded in 1954, since 2017 it has been rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is a stage race that usually includes five or more stages. History Okolo Slovenska ...

;2019 : 1st Stage 12

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

Team NetApp profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Benedetti, Cesare Italian male cyclists 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Rovereto Cyclists from Trentino Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners Polish male cyclists Naturalized citizens of Poland Italian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen