Roberto Longo (born 3 December 1984, in Soave) is a retired Italian professional

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who last rode for .

Career

During Stage 4 of the

2007 Eneco Tour The 2007 Eneco Tour road cycling race took place from 22 to 29 August. The third edition of the Eneco Tour covered parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. Instead of 23 teams like before, only 21 teams take part in the race this year. Of the 20 UCI ...

Longo was part of the early breakaway which held a gap of seven minutes at one point, unfortunately the break was caught with 30 kilometres to go and Longo finished in 145 position. The

2007 Tour de Pologne The 2007 Tour de Pologne was held from September 9 to 15, 2007 in Poland. The race began with a very short team time trial in the streets of Warsaw, and its toughest stages were in the proximity of Jelenia Góra, as usual. In all, the race compr ...

started with a three kilometre

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where went out early and fast beating the rain and the other teams to win the stage. Although Longo's teammate

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was thought to have crossed the line first Longo wore the yellow leaders jersey into stage 2 where he then lost it to

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. Longo took his only top 10 in a stage of a tour at the

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where in stage 7 he sprinted to ninth after leading out team sprinter

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to fourth position.

Major results

Sources: ;2006 : 1st

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: 3rd

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: 5th

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;2007 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...

: 3rd

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* Italian male cyclists 1984 births Living people Cyclists from the Province of Verona 20th-century Italian people 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-cycling-bio-1980s-stub