Dario Cataldo

Dario Cataldo

Dario Cataldo (2017)
To person
Nickname	picasso
Date of birth	March 17, 1985 in Lanciano
nation	Italy
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	Astana
function	driver
Most important successes
UCI WorldTour a stage Vuelta a España 2012 a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2019
Last updated: May 26, 2019

Dario Cataldo (born March 17, 1985 in Lanciano ) is an Italian racing cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2006 Dario Cataldo won the overall ranking of the U25 edition of the Giro d'Italia , the Giro Ciclistico d'Italia . In 2007 Cataldo switched to the Italian ProTeam Liquigas-Bianchi and won a stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda for this team . In 2012 he became Italian champion in the individual time trial . In the same year, he achieved his greatest career success to date with the victory on the mountain finish of the 16th stage of the Vuelta a España 2012 . His best placements in the Grand Tours came from the Giro d'Italia, which he finished thirteenth in 2011 , twelfth in 2012 and fourteenth in 2017 .

Trivia

Because Cataldo is a good draftsman and painter, he was nicknamed Picasso in the peloton .

successes

2006

• Overall ranking Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

2007

• a stage Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
• two stages, mountain and points classification Tour de l'Avenir

2010

• Gran Premio Beghelli

2012

• Italian champion - individual time trial
• Tour de l'Ain team time trial
• a stage Vuelta a España

2013

• Team time trial Giro del Trentino
• Giro d'Italia team time trial

2014

• a stage and team time trial Settimana Internazionale

2016

• Team time trial Burgos Tour

2018

• Mountain scoring Critérium du Dauphiné

2019

• a stage of the Giro d'Italia
• Team time trial Vuelta a España

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	DNF	59	DNF	13	12	57	26th	25th	-	14th	-	48
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-	-
Vuelta a España	-	-	71	132	51	74	DNF	57	51	-	64	68

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

• 2007-2008 Liquigas
• 2009–2011 Quick Step
• 2012 Omega Pharma-Quick Step
• 2013–2014 Team Sky
• 2015 Astana Pro Team
• 2016 Astana Pro Team
• 2017 Astana Pro Team
• 2018 Astana Pro Team
• 2019 Astana Pro Team

Web links

Commons : Dario Cataldo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Dario Cataldo in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Dario Cataldo in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ radsport-news.com of September 3, 2012: Cataldo torments himself over the finish line
2. ↑ Cataldo. Il Picasso del ciclismo. In: tuttobiciweb.it. November 2, 2012, accessed May 26, 2019 (Italian).