Luca Damiani

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Luca Damiani Road cycling
To person
Date of birth November 8, 1984
nation ItalyItaly Italy
discipline Road / cross country / mountain bike
End of career 2013
Last updated: August 12, 2017

Luca Damiani (born November 8, 1984 in Embrun ) is a former Italian cyclist .

Athletic career

In his U23 days he won cyclo-cross races in Torre d'Isola and Ascoli Piceno . He was also twice third in the Italian cyclocross championship in the U23 class. From 2007 he drove for the American Continental Team Colavita / Sutter Home Cooking Light . In his first season there, he won a stage on the road at the Vuelta Ciclista Por Un Chile Líder .

Damiani was active as an elite driver until 2012 and drove road races in the USA during this time , but he was denied major successes. In the winter months he returned to Europe to compete in cyclo-cross races; he was a member of the Italian national team. In 2010 his case caused quite a stir because the US authorities initially refused him another visa. His team, Kenda, produced “Free Luca” T-shirts that were sold to raise the necessary costs.

In 2013 Luca Damiani returned to Italy and competed in cyclo-cross and mountain bike races . In October 2013, he had such severe unexplained headaches that he was hospitalized and placed in an artificial coma. After a few days, however, his health improved and he was able to leave the hospital.

successes

2007

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kirsten Frattini: Luca Damiani's season at risk over visa issue -. In: cyclingnews.com. February 5, 2010, accessed August 12, 2017 .
  2. ^ Dopo l'improvviso malore il ciclista Damiani sta meglio. In: ilgiorno.it. Retrieved August 12, 2017 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Damiani, Luca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Embrun