Danilo Napolitano

Danilo Napolitano
	Danilo Napolitano (2016)
To person
Date of birth	January 31, 1981
nation	Italy
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Circus Wanty Gobert
function	driver
	Last updated: March 9, 2017

Danilo Napolitano (born January 31, 1981 in Vittoria ) is an Italian racing cyclist .

Career

Napolitano became a professional in 2004 with the L.PR cycling team . In 2005 he was able to successfully demonstrate his sprinter skills. In addition to several victories in one-day races , he was able to win stages in the Settimana Internazionale , the Brixia Tour and the Tour du Poitou-Charentes . He then got a contract with the ProTeam Lampre-Fondital , where he achieved the most successful season with eight wins of the season. In 2007 he was able to win a stage in a major tour of the country for the first time, winning the ninth stage of the Giro d'Italia in a mass sprint ahead of Robbie McEwen and Alessandro Petacchi . So far it has been his only stage win in one of the three big tours. In 2014 he was the first Italian to win the Belgian one-day race Omloop van het Waasland .