Salvatore Commesso (born March 28, 1975) is an Italian former professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...

. He was born in

Torre del Greco Torre del Greco (; ; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and becaus ...

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, and turned professional in 1998. That year he placed in third in the Grand Prix de Suisse and the Giro del Capo. He won the

Italian National Road Race Championships The Italian National Road Race Championships is a road bicycle racing, road cycling event held annually, which decides the Italy, Italian cycling champion in the road racing discipline, across several categories of riders. The event was off ...

and Stage 13 of the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

in 1999. Commesso won Stage 18 of the

2000 Tour de France The 2000 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 1 to 23 July, and the 87th edition of the Tour de France. There was no overall winner following a vacating of results by the United States Anti-Doping Agency announcement on 24 ...

and won the points competition in the

Volta a Portugal The Volta a Portugal (), also known as Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta (), is an annual multi-stage road bicycle racing competition held in Portugal. The competition takes place during a two-week span. History The competition started in 1927, alt ...

in 2001. In 2002, he again won the Italian Championship, as well as the

Trofeo Matteotti Trofeo Matteotti is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Pescara, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whic ...

and the Criterium d'Abruzzo. He rode for the team from 1998 to 2004. In 2005, the team merged with , with whom he came in second in the

Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. Since 2023, the race has been on the UCI ProSeries calendar, having previously been a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

. He rode for Lampre in the

2006 Tour de France The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours. It took place between the 1st and the 23rd of July. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of Floyd Land ...

and finished second in Stage 14.

Major results

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/ref> ;1996 : 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto : 1st Prologue & Stage 4

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...

: 5th Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships : 10th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;1997 : 1st Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Gold_MedGames

Road race,

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: 2nd

Trofeo Alcide Degasperi The Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi is a one-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste I ...

: 2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin : 9th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships ;1998 : 3rd Grand Prix de Suisse : 3rd Overall Giro del Capo ::1st Stage 1 : 4th

HEW Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur road bicycle race, cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is alw ...

: 4th First Union Invitational ;1999 : 1st MaillotItalia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 13

: 1st

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 ...

: 5th

Clásica de San Sebastián The Donostia-Donostia Klasikoa — Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián (San Sebastián Classic) is a one-day professional men's bicycle road race in northern Spain that has been held every summer since 1981 in San Sebastián. It is the m ...

: 7th

Coppa Bernocchi The Coppa Bernocchi is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Legnano, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, before joining the UCI ProSeries in 2020. In 1 ...

;2000 : 1st Stage 18

: 5th First Union Invitational : 9th First Union Classic ;2001 :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 3 & 9 : 8th

Giro del Friuli Giro del Friuli is a road bicycle race held annually in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The first edition took place in 1974. From 2005 to 2008 the race was suspended, but it returned in 2009 as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...

: 10th

;2002 : 1st MaillotItalia

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st

: 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo : 4th

;2003 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2005 : 2nd

: 4th

Coppa Agostoni The Coppa Ugo Agostoni is a classic cycle races, semi classic European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Lissone, Italy. The race is held in memory of Italian cyclist Ugo Agostoni, winner of prestigious classic Milan–San Remo, killed du ...

: 4th

Gran Premio Città di Camaiore The Gran Premio Città di Camaiore was a road bicycle race held in Camaiore, Tuscany Tuscany ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of 3,660,834 inhabitants as of 2025. The capital cit ...

: 7th

: 9th GP Nobili Rubinetterie ;2006 : Jersey red number

Combativity award Stage 14,

;2007 : 1st Jersey green

Mountains classification,

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 5

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a UCI race classifications, 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the UCI World Tour, World Tour, by the ...

: 8th Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

;2009 : 5th SEB Tartu Grand Prix : 8th Overall

Tour de Serbie Tour de Serbie is a road bicycle race held annually in Serbia. First held in 1939, since 2005 it has been ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...

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