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Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in
Mountains classification
::1st Stage 4
: 9th Overall 
after Stages 6–9
;2008
: 1st 
Overall after Stage 1
: 4th Overall 
Sprints classification, 
Fan website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinotti, Marco Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Bergamo Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners 1976 births Living people Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy
Osio Sotto
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, Lombardy
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) is an Italian former road racing cyclist
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, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. An individual time trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also trac ...
specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champion (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013).
Career
As an amateur he won 28 races before turning professional in 1999 with the team. He won the Grand Prix d'Europa in 1999 together with his teammateRaivis Belohvoščiks
Raivis Belohvoščiks (born 21 January 1976) is a Latvian former professional road cyclist who specialized in individual time trial events. He is ten-time Latvian national time trial champion. In 2006 he signed a 2-year contract with UCI ProTour t ...
and the 5th stage of the 2000 Tour de Pologne
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.
In 2001 he finished second in stage 15 of the Tour de France
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behind Belgian Rik Verbrugghe
Rik Verbrugghe (born 23 July 1974) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist.
Verbrugghe was born in Tienen, Flemish Brabant. In 1996, he turned professional, and he has since become a Belgian time trial champion, competed in the 2 ...
. He had surgery on his ulna in November 2001 and started training again only in February 2002. He returned to competition in April 2002.
The 2003 season brought some victories as he won the 4th stage in the Tour of the Basque Country
The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'') is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races that make up the UCI World Tour calendar. As the Basque Country is ...
and the King of the Mountains
The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used.
While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest ...
classification. In the Bici Vasca he crashed and broke his pelvis, forcing recuperation. He has since fully recovered. His speciality is in individual time trial
An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also trac ...
s.
Pinotti joined the then newly formed Spanish team team in 2005. He won the Italian National Time Trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
Championship in 2005. Pinotti came second to Luca Ascani in the 2007 Italian National time trials but Ascani was found to have tested positive for EPO and Pinotti was awarded the jersey. Pinotti retained the title in 2008.
At the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Pinotti placed second in stage six to Spoleto and took over the leader's pink jersey. He held it for four stages. In 2008, he won the final stage time trial, and again in 2012. In 2009 and 2011, he help his teams win the team time trial. The result in 2011 helped him take over the pink jersey for one day.
In 2008, Pinotti joined team Highroad, which became Columbia HighRoad in 2009 and HTC-Columbia in 2010.
Pinotti joined the for 2012 following the disbanding of the team. At the end of the year, he released a book, ''Il Mestiere Del Ciclista Una Vita In Bicicletta (The Cycling Professor)''.
In October 2013 Pinotti announced that he would retire from racing after competing in the Tour of Beijing and Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It was origi ...
, transitioning to a position in the Sports Science division of .
Career achievements
Major results
;1999 : 7thFirenze–Pistoia
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;2000
: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne
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: 2nd Duo Normand
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(with László Bodrogi
László Bodrogi (born 11 December 1976 in Budapest, Hungary) is a former Hungarian and French professional road bicycle racer, specializing in the individual time trial.
Biography
László was born in 1976 in Budapest, Hungary. His father ...
)
: 4th Giro di Toscana
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: 7th Grand Prix des Nations
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: 9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
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It was an annual race since 1975 in sports, 1975. Because of the start of the Union Cycliste ...
: 10th Time trial
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, UCI Road World Championships
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;2001
: 9th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
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;2002
: 6th Firenze–Pistoia
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;2003
: Tour of the Basque Country
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::1st Mountains classification
::1st Stage 4
: 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
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: 10th Overall Peace Race
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Histo ...
;2004
: 3rd Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
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: 8th Giro della Romagna
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: 10th Overall Ronde van Nederland
The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948 in sports, 1948.
It was an annual race since 1975 in sports, 1975. Because of the start of the Union Cycliste ...
: 10th Chrono des Herbiers
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The UCI Cont ...
;2005
: 1st Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 4th Firenze–Pistoia
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: 3rd Overall Tour de Georgia
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: 8th Chrono des Herbiers
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The UCI Cont ...
;2006
: 2nd Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 8th Overall Tour de Georgia
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;2007
: 1st Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
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: Giro d'Italia
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::Held after Stages 6–9
;2008
: 1st Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 1st Overall Tour of Ireland
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: 1st Stage 21 (ITT
ITT may refer to:
Communication
*Tank phone, Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
Mathematics
*Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory
*Intensional typ ...
) Giro d'Italia
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: 2nd Firenze–Pistoia
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: 2nd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competiti ...
: 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
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: 4th Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It was origi ...
: 9th Overall Danmark Rundt
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;2009
: 1st Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
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: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia
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: 1st Stage 3 ( TTT) Tour de Romandie
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: 3rd Overall Tour of Missouri
: 5th Time trial
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, UCI Road World Championships
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: 5th Overall Tour of Ireland
The Tour of Ireland ( Irish: Turas na hÉireann, known from 1985 to 1992 as the Nissan Classic) was a bicycle stage race held in August, which ran for 35 editions over a 56-year period. Irish rider Seán Kelly recorded the most wins, four.
T ...
: 6th Overall Sachsen Tour
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: 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
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;2010
: 1st Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 4th Overall Tour of Oman
: 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
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::1st Prologue
: 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
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: 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
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;2011
: Giro d'Italia
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::1st Stage 1 ( TTT)
::Held after Stage 1
: 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
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: 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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;2012
: 1st Stage 21 (ITT
ITT may refer to:
Communication
*Tank phone, Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
Mathematics
*Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory
*Intensional typ ...
) Giro d'Italia
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: 1st Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country
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: 2nd Team time trial
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The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...
, UCI Road World Championships
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: 3rd Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 5th Time trial
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, Olympic Games
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: 6th Overall Tour of Austria
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::1st Stage 7 (ITT
ITT may refer to:
Communication
*Tank phone, Infantry-Tank Telephone, a device allowing infantrymen to speak to the occupants of armoured vehicles.
Mathematics
*Intuitionistic type theory, other name of Martin-Löf Type Theory
*Intensional typ ...
)
: 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
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::1st Stage 1 ( TTT)
;2013
: 1st Time trial
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, National Road Championships
: 4th Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
It was origi ...
: 7th Time trial
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, UCI Road World Championships
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Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Notes and references
External links
Fan website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinotti, Marco Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Bergamo Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners 1976 births Living people Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Italy