Filippo Pozzato

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Filippo Pozzato Road cycling
Filippo Pozzato (2016)
Filippo Pozzato (2016)
To person
Nickname Pippo
Date of birth September 10, 1981
nation ItalyItaly Italy
discipline Street
height 73 kg
Racing weight 183 cm
End of career 2018
doping
2012 - 3 months Contact Michele Ferrari
Most important successes

Milano-Sanremo 2006
overall ranking Tirreno-Adriatico 2003
HEW Cyclassics 2005
GP Ouest France-Plouay 2013

Last updated: March 9, 2017

Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato (born September 10, 1981 in Sandrigo ) is a former Italian cyclist .

Career

Pozzato was established in 2000 Driver when cycling team Mapei-Quick Step . He developed into a specialist for one-day races and shorter stage races , who was particularly successful in the sprint of the front field of difficult races.

His most important victories included the overall ranking at Tirreno-Adriatico in 2003, one stage each in the Tour de France in 2004 and 2007 , a stage win at the Giro d'Italia in 2010 , the HEW Cyclassics in 2005, the classic Milan-San Remo in 2006 , the semi-classic Omloop Het Volk 2007 and the Grand Prix Ouest France 2013. He was also runner-up in Milan-Sanremo in 2008, Paris-Roubaix in 2009 and the Tour of Flanders in 2012 and fourth in the road race at the 2010 World Championships .

In the course of the doping investigation by the Public Prosecutor of Padua , he confessed to contacts with the controversial sports doctor Michele Ferrari and was therefore banned for three months in 2012.

At the end of the 2018 season, Pozzato announced his retirement from competitive cycling due to motivation problems. In the future, he wanted to support the young drivers Continental Teams Beltrami-Tsa , manage a car dealership in Monte Carlo and play roller hockey for a second division team in Bassano del Grappa (he was involved in this sport in his youth).

Successes (selection)

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Important placements

Grand Tours

Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - 84 - - - DNF 45 - DNF 120 - - 113 104 -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 116 - 133 DNF 67 100 - - - - - 125 - - -
Red jersey Vuelta a España - - - - DNF - DNF - - - - - - - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Monuments of cycling

Monument to cycling 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Milan – Sanremo DNF 63 - 1 19th 2 22nd 29 5 6th 33 30th 41 8th 31 52
Tour of Flanders DNF 108 43 13 14th 6th 5 7th 38 2 44 17th 12 75 8th -
Paris – Roubaix - 77 DNF 15th 35 49 2 - DNF DNF 22nd 50 65 - - -
Liège – Bastogne – Liège DNF DNF DNF - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lombardy tour - - DNF 42 19th - - DNF DNF DNF - - - DNF - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

Web links

Commons : Filippo Pozzato  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contact to Ferrari: Professional cyclist Pozzato blocked Handelsblatt September 11, 2012 ( Memento from April 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Gazetta dello Sport: Systematic doping in Astana. radsport-news.com, December 10, 2014, accessed December 11, 2014 .
  3. ^ Pippo Pozzato retires from professional cycling at age 37. In: road.cc. December 18, 2018, accessed December 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Pozzato gets off his bike after 19 years as a professional. In: radsport-news.com. December 18, 2018, accessed January 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Pozzato, Filippo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pozzato, Pippo (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Sandrigo , Italy