Biagio Conte

Biagio Conte
To person
Date of birth	April 7, 1968
nation	Italy
discipline	Street
End of career	2003
Most important successes
	1996 two stages Vuelta a España ; 2000 a stage of the Giro d'Italia ;
Team (s) as team manager
2010-2014	Liquigas / Cannondale
	Last updated: May 8, 2020

Biagio Conte (born April 7, 1968 in Palermo ) is a former Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1991 Biagio Conte started at the road world championships and finished 53rd in the road race of the amateurs , and he won a stage of the International Peace Drive . In 1996 he got his first contract with Scrigno-Gaerne . In 1999 he drove for Liquigas and was part of the sprinter train for Mario Cipollini . After a season he changed teams again to get the chance for his own victories.

His greatest successes were victories in two stages of the Vuelta a España in 1996 and in one stage of the Giro d'Italia in 2000 . At the Vuelta, he won the first stage and then wore the overall leader's maillot amarillo for two days . In addition, he won several top-class one-day races. In 2001 he won a stage from Tirreno-Adriatico and two stages of the Regio Tour .

Professional

From 2010 Conte worked as the manager of the Liquigas team , which was named Cannondale from 2013 and ended its engagement in 2014. Since then he has been in charge of the Italian junior team Team Work Service Romagnano .

successes

1991

one stage of the International Peace Tour

1995

1996

two stages Vuelta a España

1997

1998

a stage Circuit des Mines

2000

a stage of the Giro d'Italia

2001

a stage Tirreno – Adriatico
two stages regional tour

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2002
Giro d'Italia	-	-	DNF	87	-	127	101	DNF
Tour de France
Vuelta a España	DNF	118	-	-	122	DNF	-	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Biagio Conte in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Biagio Conte in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Storia di Biagio Conte. In: Museo del Ciclismo. Retrieved May 8, 2020 (Italian).
^ Tris di gare per la Work Service Romagnano. In: italciclismo.it. July 2, 2019, accessed May 8, 2020 (Italian).

personal data
SURNAME	Conte, Biagio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	April 7, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Palermo

[museo-1] Storia di Biagio Conte. In: Museo del Ciclismo. Retrieved May 8, 2020 (Italian).

[italcicl-2019-07-02-2] Tris di gare per la Work Service Romagnano. In: italciclismo.it. July 2, 2019, accessed May 8, 2020 (Italian).