Jacopo Guarnieri (born 14 August 1987) is an Italian former

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, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2024 for five different teams. During the early part of his professional career, Guarnieri took four victories including stage victories at the

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and

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. In the later part of his career, he was used as a lead-out man for sprinters such as

Alexander Kristoff Alexander Kristoff (born 5 July 1987) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . A sprinter and classics rider, Kristoff is the most successful Norwegian cyclist by number of wins, having taken alm ...

at ,

Arnaud Démare Arnaud Démare (born 26 August 1991) is a French professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Having turned professional in 2012 and specialising as a sprinter, Démare has taken almost 100 wins as a professional, including 1 ...

at and

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at .

Career

Junior and amateur career

Born in

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, Guarnieri finished in the top ten in the road race at both the UCI Junior World Championships (fourth) and the UEC European Junior Road Championships (eighth) in 2005. He also finished third in the

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, and won the points classification at the race. Ageing out of the juniors for 2006, Guarnieri joined the team, where he took several successes in 2007 – winning the

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and

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one-day races, as well as a stage at the

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. The following year, he won the ZLM Tour – held as part of the

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– and the opening stage of the

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, which earned him a contract as a ''stagiaire'' with towards the end of 2008.

Liquigas (2009–2011)

Guarnieri signed permanently with for the 2009 season, and in his second start with the team, he finished second to

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at February's

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. Later in the season, he took his first professional victory when he won the third stage of the

into

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, beating Allan Davis and

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in the sprint. In 2010, he recorded another early season second-placed finish, to Roberto Ferrari at the

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in March, before taking another stage victory at the

, winning the opening stage in

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to take the race lead. He made his Grand Tour début at the

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, before finishing fourth overall at the

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, winning the second stage into

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as part of a 1–2–3 for . He took one further victory with the team in 2011, when he won stage 3a of the

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Astana (2012–2014)

Guarnieri transferred to for the 2012 season, having signed an initial two-year contract with the team. In his first season, Guarnieri's best individual result was a second-place stage finish on the opening stage of the

– beaten only by his former teammate

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– while he also finished in fourth place at the

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one-day race. Despite no top-five results in 2013, Guarnieri remained with the team into the 2014 season, but suffered a fractured

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early in the year at

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. He missed two months of racing as a result, and his best finish thereafter, was second place on stages at the

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and the

Team Katusha (2015–2016)

In September 2014 it was announced that Guarnieri would join from 2015 on a two-year contract, with the team's general manager

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emphasising Guarnieri's role as part of the

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, as a lead-out man, for

. Guarnieri supported the majority of Kristoff's twenty victories during his first season at the team, but they went winless at the

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where Guarnieri made his début. Guarnieri's best individual result of the year was a second-place stage finish at the

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, losing out to

in a sprint finish. Guarnieri supported a further eight victories for Kristoff in 2016, with one such instance at the

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resulting in Guarnieri taking third on the stage.

FDJ (2017–2022)

After two seasons with , Guarnieri joined for the 2017 season on an initial two-year contract, forming part of the

for the team's main sprinter

. On their first stage working together, Démare won the opening stage of

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in Beaucaire. Guarnieri formed part of a further seven victories for Démare, including stage wins at

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, the

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and the

. At the Tour de France, he was involved in an incident with

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, with Guarnieri apologising for comments aimed at Bouhanni. Guarnieri assisted a further nine wins for Démare in 2018, including another

stage victory, where Guarnieri had moved Démare to the front on the run-in to the finish in Pau. He extended his contract with the team for a further two years in August 2018, until the end of the 2020 season. Guarnieri made his début at the

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, as part of the sprint train for Démare, with Démare winning the tenth stage. They returned to the race the following year, held in October due to the

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, with Démare having taken nine victories to that point in the season. In the first half of the race, had prioritised four sprint stages for Démare – and won them all with lead-outs from Guarnieri and

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, with Guarnieri later stating that the team had rode the "perfect Giro d'Italia", as Démare won the

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. He also signed a further two-year contract extension with the team, until the end of the 2022 season. Guarnieri had formed part of all Démare's victories in the 2021 season, prior to the

, with the latter targeting sprint victories at the race. Guarnieri and Démare both finished outside the time limit after the ninth stage, and were eliminated. The duo rode the

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, with Démare winning three stages and the points classification at the race.

Lotto–Dstny (2023–2024)

After six seasons with , Guarnieri signed a two-year contract with – later renamed as – from the 2023 season, signing to be a member of the

for the team's sprinters such as

and

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. He was part of the sprint train that led Ewan to victory at the 2023

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, and was selected for that year's Tour de France, but had to abandon the race with broken ribs after a crash in the final sprint of stage four at the

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. In September 2024, he announced his retirement from the sport.

Personal life

Guarnieri has a daughter who he co-parents with a former partner. He formed part of British broadcaster

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's coverage of the

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, providing analysis on the first four stages of the race. He also commentated on the world feed coverage of the

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, working with

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, whom he had previously worked with as part of the ITV Sport Tour de France coverage.

Major results

Source: ;2005 : 3rd Overall

* Cy ...

::1st Points classification : 4th Road race, UCI Junior World Championships : 8th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2007 : 1st

: 1st

: 1st Stage 7

: 6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2008 : 1st ZLM Tour : 1st Stage 1

;2009 (1 pro win) : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd

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(with

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) : 2nd

: 10th

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;2010 (2) : 1st Stage 1

: 2nd

: 3rd

(with

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) : 4th Overall

::1st Stage 2 ;2011 (1) : 1st

(with

Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional Cycle sport, cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProSeries, UCI ProTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, win ...

) : 1st Stage 3a

: 7th

Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie The Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Arona, Italy between 1997 and 2015. It was held primarily as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ra ...

;2012 : 4th

;2016 : 5th

Paris–Bourges Paris–Bourges is a French road bicycle race. The race originally started in Paris and ran to the town of Bourges in the Région Centre. However, in recent year with the length of races shortened it has become impossible to link the two cities a ...

: 6th

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: 8th

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guarnieri, Jacopo 1987 births Living people People from Vizzolo Predabissi Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Metropolitan City of Milan 21st-century Italian sportsmen