Francesco Lasca (born 29 March 1988) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally for

UCI Professional Continental Team The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) – the governing body of cycling – categorizes teams into three divisions. The first division, consisting of the top 18 teams, is classified as UCI WorldTeams, and competes in the UCI World Tour. The secon ...

between 2012 and 2015.

Career

Born in

Osimo Osimo is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche region of Italy, in the province of Ancona. The municipality covers a hilly area located approximately south of the port city of Ancona and the Adriatic Sea. History The oldest archaeological evide ...

, Lasca competed as a professional from 2012, when he joined the team after five seasons competing domestically for the Bedogni Natalini squad. Lasca achieved his first victory as a professional, by winning the second stage of the

Circuit de Lorraine The Circuit de Lorraine is a multi-stage road bicycle racing event held annually in Lorraine, France. Since 2005, it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compet ...

; he won the mass sprint finish in L'Hôpital, beating Steven Tronet of and 's

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to the line. He also won the second stage of the

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later in the year, beating rider

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and 's

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. Lasca remained with the team into 2013, taking a third place at the

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1 ...

, before he became the first Italian winner of the

Vuelta a La Rioja The Vuelta a La Rioja () is a regional Spanish road bicycle race held in La Rioja. From 2005 to 2008, it was a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were int ...

race in late March. He achieved his first stage race podium at the

Vuelta a Castilla y León The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, it has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions ...

, where he finished third overall and was the winner of the points classification.

Major results

;2006 : 1st Stage 3 Giro di Basilicata ;2007 : 1st Trofeo Edilizia Mogetta : 2nd Memorial Gigi Pezzoni : 2nd GP Fratelli Bagnoli Trigonon : 2nd Gran Premio d'Apertura – Città di Pescara : 3rd GP Città di Vinci ;2008 : 1st Trofeo di Autunno : 2nd Trofeo Cibes : 2nd Firenze–Modena : 2nd Memorial Benfenati : 3rd Coppa Ciuffenna : 4th Medaglia d'Oro GS Budriese : 4th Coppa Penna ;2009 : 1st Coppa Penna : 1st Gran Premio d'Apertura : 3rd Trofeo Fosco Frasconi : 3rd Memorial Benfenati : 3rd

Gran Premio della Liberazione Gran Premio della Liberazione is an Italian road bicycle race that has been held annually on 25 April since 1946. It marks the anniversary of the 1945 fall of Benito Mussolini's Italian Social Republic. It is a Single-day race that is rated 1.2 ...

: 3rd Gran Premio Artigiani e Commercianti : 3rd Trofeo delle Colline Capannoresi : 4th Trofeo Comune di Lamporecchio : 5th Memorial Gigi Pezzoni : 6th Trofeo Alvaro Bacci : 6th Pistoia–Fiorano : 6th Memorial Fratelli Gandolfi : 8th Trofeo Città di Montevarchi ;2010 : 2nd Trofeo Città di Montevarchi : 2nd GP Città di Vinci : 2nd Memorial Gigi Pezzoni : 2nd Trofeo Edilizia Mogetta : 3rd Coppa Loro Ciuffenna : 3rd GP Cuoio e Pelli : 3rd Gran Premio Sportivi Poggio alla Cavalla : 4th Trofeo Mario Zanchi : 6th Gran Premio San Giuseppe : 6th Firenze–Empoli : 9th Trofeo Colline Capannoresi ;2011 : 1st Gran Premio Vivaisti Cenaiesi : 1st Trofeo TV1 : 1st Coppa Lanciotto Ballerini : 2nd Trofeo Gruppo Meccaniche Luciani : 3rd Coppa Collecchio : 3rd Gran Premio Sportivi Poggio alla Cavalla : 4th Coppa del Mobilio : 4th Trofeo Fosco Frasconi : 4th Trofeo Edilizia Mogetta : 5th Trofeo Alessio Pistolesi : 5th Gran Premio Pretola : 9th Trofeo Comune di Lamporecchio ;2012 : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 2

: 4th

Dwars door Drenthe Dwars door Drenthe () was an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands, and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. It took place between 2010 and 2015. From 2010, the men's event was UCI 1.1 rated and ...

: 7th

Grand Prix de Fourmies The Grand Prix de Fourmies is a bicycle race held in the Fourmies commune of France. From 2005 to 2019 it was organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2021, it joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the second tier men's ...

: 8th

Cholet-Pays de Loire Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in March in Cholet, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ra ...

: 10th

Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen (previously GP Rik Van Steenbergen) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Arendonk, Belgium. The race, paying respect to the famous Belgian rider of the 1940s and 1950s, quickly gained impor ...

;2013 : 1st

: 3rd Overall

::1st

Points classification : 3rd Clásica de Almeria ;2014 : 2nd

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