Domenico Pozzovivo
Domenico Pozzovivo (2012) | |
To person | |
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Nickname | Dr. Pozzovivo |
Date of birth | November 30, 1982 |
nation | Italy |
discipline | Street |
Driver type | Mountain riders |
height | 165 cm |
Racing weight | 53 kg |
To the team | |
Current team | NTT Pro Cycling |
function | driver |
Team (s) | |
2005–2012 2013–2017 2018–2019 2020 |
Ceramica Panaria-Margres / Colnago-CSF Inox Ag2r Bahrain-Merida NTT Pro Cycling Team |
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Last updated: November 10, 2018 |
Domenico Pozzovivo (born November 30, 1982 in Policoro ) is an Italian racing cyclist . He is considered a good mountain driver.
Athletic career
Pozzovivo received its first contract with an international cycling team , Pozzovivo received in 2005 with the Professional Continental Team Ceramica Panaria-Navigare . His best place in his first year there was fifth in the one-day race Giro dell'Appennino . His first international elite success came in 2009 on a stage of the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda .
In the following years Pozzovivo, who moved to the UCI WorldTeam Ag2r La Mondiale in 2013 , was particularly successful in the stage races . He won the Brixia Tour 2010 and the Giro del Trentino 2012 . Pozzovivo also finished in the top ten four times between 2008 and 2014. His best placement was fifth overall in 2014 . In 2012 he finished eighth and won the mountain finish of the eighth stage after a solo attack 6.8 kilometers from the finish. At the Vuelta a España 2013 he was sixth. He broke his leg in 2014 and fell on his face a year later at the 2015 Giro d'Italia . As a result, 2016 did not go as expected for Pozzovivo. He finished sixth in the overall ranking of the Giro d'Italia 2017 and won a stage in the subsequent Tour des Suisse .
In 2018, Pozzovivo joined the Bahrain-Merida team and finished fifth overall at the Giro d'Italia . After he was hit by a car during training in late summer 2019 and suffered a crushed lung in addition to broken bones, he did not receive a contract from the Bahrain team for the following season despite recovering after several operations. At the turn of the year it was announced that he had signed a two-year contract with the South African NTT Pro Cycling Team .
Professional and private
In addition to cycling, Pozzovivo graduated in 2010 with a degree in economics . He expressed an interest in history, politics, technology and known sympathies for the center-left Partito Democratico and the then Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti . In the following years he began a second degree in sports science . For this reason, his colleagues Dr. Called Pozzovivo .
successes
2009
- a stage Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
2010
- one stage of the Giro del Trentino
- Overall ranking and two stages of the Brixia Tour
2011
- one stage Brixia Tour
2012
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Giro del Trentino
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
- one stage tour of Slovenia
- Team time trial Giro di Padania
2015
- one stage tour of Catalonia
- one stage of the Giro del Trentino
2017
- one stage Tour des Suisse
Grand Tours placements
Grand Tour | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Giro d'Italia | DNF | - | 17th | 9 | - | DNF | DNF | 8th | 10 | 5 | DNF | 20th | 6th | 5 | 19th |
Tour de France | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | - | 18th | - |
Vuelta a España | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | 11 | - | DNF | - | - |
Web links
- Domenico Pozzovivo in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Domenico Pozzovivo in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Pozzovivo returns to the field in the NTT jersey. In: radsport-news.com. December 31, 2019, accessed December 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Pozzovivo celebrates solo victory, Hesjedal struggles. radsport-news.com, May 13, 2012, accessed November 29, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Buffalo instead of vacation: Pozzovivo is studying and wants to get back to the top level. In: rad-net.de. December 6, 2016, accessed December 6, 2016 .
- ^ A b Pozzovivo the economist, Giro stage winner and overall contender. cyclingnews.com, May 14, 2012, accessed November 19, 2015 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pozzovivo, Domenico |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Policoro |