Steve Morabito

Steve Morabito

Steve Morabito (2015)
To person
Date of birth	January 30, 1983
nation	Switzerland
discipline	Street
Driver type	Mountain riders
End of career	2019
Team (s)
2006 2007–2009 2010–2014 2015–2019	Phonak Hearing Systems Astana Pro Team BMC Racing Team FDJ / Groupama-FDJ
Last updated: November 20, 2019

Steve Morabito (born January 30, 1983 in Monthey ) is a former Swiss cyclist . He was considered a mountain specialist.

Career

After winning the Swiss Mountain Championship in 2005, an eighth place in the U23 World Championships and a fifth place in the Swiss Road Championships, Steve Morabito became a professional with the Phonak Cycling Team in 2006 . His first significant success as a professional was winning the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse in 2006 .

From this year Morabito did one of the Grand Tours every year . His best placements in the overall rankings were 25th at the Giro d'Italia in 2014 and 2015 . In 2016, Steve Morabito started the road race at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , but could not finish it. In 2018 he became Swiss road racing champion . In the 2018 season he was Swiss road champion.

In 2019, Morabito contested his last race with the Tour of Lombardy and ended his cycling career.

successes

2006

• one stage Tour de Suisse

2007

• two stage Herald Sun Tour

2014

• Team time trial Giro del Trentino

2015

• Best Swiss Tour de Suisse

2016

• Swiss Championship - Road Race

2018

• Swiss champions - road races

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	-	83	DNF	88	-	-	-	34	25th	-	-	53	79	-
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	51	49	-	35	-	DNF	36	-	-	-
Vuelta a España	84	-	-	-	-	-	35	-	DNF	-	-	-	-	67

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Web links

Commons : Steve Morabito  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Steve Morabito in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Steve Morabito in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Steve Morabito in the Tour de France database(French / English )
• Official website of Steve Morabito

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fall and illness in the farewell season. In: radsport-news.com. November 20, 2019, accessed November 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Sebastian Bräuer: Steve Morabito stops: a diplomat says goodbye. In: nzz.ch. September 18, 2019, accessed October 13, 2019 .