Roberto Longo (born 3 December 1984, in Soave) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist who last rode for .

Career

During Stage 4 of the 2007 Eneco Tour 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 comprise ...

started with a three kilometre

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

where went out early and fast beating the rain and the other teams to win the stage. Although Longo's teammate Fabio Baldato 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 2008 Tour of Turkey where in stage 7 he sprinted to ninth after leading out team sprinter David Loosli to fourth position.

Major results

Sources: ;2006 : 1st Piccola Coppa Agostoni : 3rd Trofeo Città di Brescia : 5th Circuito del Porto ;2007 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 3rd Trofeo Lindo e Sano

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