Manuel Belletti

Manuel Belletti
	Manuel Belletti (2015)
To person
Date of birth	October 14, 1985
nation	Italy
discipline	Street
Driver type	sprinter
To the team
Current team	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
function	driver
Team (s)
2008–2009 ; 2010–2011 ; 2012–2013 ; 2014 ; 2015–2017 ; 2018–	Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni ; Colnago-CSF Inox ; Ag2r ; Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela ; Southeast / Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia ; Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
Most important successes
	UCI World Tour a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2010
	Last updated: March 24, 2018

Manuel Belletti (born October 14, 1985 in Cesena ) is an Italian racing cyclist .

Belletti finished second in the team pursuit at the 2004 Italian championship on the track . In 2007 he won on the road with the U23 race Trofeo Banca Popolare Piva his first race on the international calendar and 2008, with a stage of the clasico ciclistico banfoandes its first international elite race.

In 2010 Belletti contested his first Grand Tour with the Giro d'Italia . Although he could not finish the tour, he achieved his greatest career success to date on the 13th stage with the sprint victory from one of a larger breakaway group. In the same year he also won the one-day race in the UCI category 1.1 Coppa Bernocchi in the sprint .

In 2011 Belletti was able to achieve a total of four stage wins in international tours. He remained successful as a stage hunter in the next few years, but also won the one-day races Gran Premio Costa degli Etruschi and Dwars door Drenthe in 2015 .