Diego Rosa (cyclist)

Diego Rosa (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian racing cyclist,[3] who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Arkéa–Samsic.[4] He rode in the 2014 Giro d'Italia and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.

Diego Rosa
Rosa in 2014
Personal information
Full nameDiego Rosa
Born (1989-03-27) 27 March 1989
Corneliano d'Alba, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamArkéa–Samsic
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2011Giant Italia Team
2012Palazzago Elledent Rad
Professional teams
2013–2014Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
2015–2016Astana
2017–2019Team Sky[1]
2020–Arkéa–Samsic[2]
Major wins
One-day Races and Classics
Milano–Torino (2015)

Career

In August 2014, Astana announced that they had signed Rosa for the 2015 season, with general manager Alexander Vinokourov highlighting his role as a domestique for Fabio Aru.[5] His first professional victory was the 2015 Milano–Torino.[6] In 2016, he won a mountain stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. He celebrated his solo win by stepping off his bike and crossing the finish line by foot, holding his bicycle in the air.[7]

Rosa has competed in eight Grand Tours. In his Grand Tour debut, the 2013 Giro d'Italia, he finished 22nd overall. After not finishing the 2014 Giro d'Italia, he finished in the top 25 in both the 2015 Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España.[8]

He joined Team Sky for the 2017 season.

Major results
2012
1st Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1st Stage 3
1st Mountains classification Girobio
3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
5th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
6th Gran Premio San Giuseppe
2013
1st Young rider classification Tour Méditerranéen
5th Overall Route du Sud
2014
8th Giro dell'Emilia
10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2015
1st Milano–Torino
5th Giro di Lombardia
5th Strade Bianche
2016
Tour of the Basque Country
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
2nd Giro di Lombardia
7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2017
1st Mountains classification Tour de Pologne
5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2018
1st Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 1b (TTT)
2019
2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
3rd Overall Tour of Guangxi
2020
3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
5th Pollença–Andratx
10th Strade Bianche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia 23 DNF 23 — 55 — —
Tour de France — — — 37 — — — DNF
Vuelta a España — — 20 — 53 — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  2. "Franck Bonnamour et Romain Le Roux avec Arkéa-Samsic en 2020" [Franck Bonnamour and Romain Le Roux with Arkéa-Samsic in 2020]. Arkéa–Samsic (in French). Pro Cycling Breizh. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. "Diego Rosa". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
  4. "Team Arkea - Samsic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. Farrand, Stephen (1 August 2014). "Transfers: Astana signs Boom, Sanchez, Rosa and Malacarne". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  6. "Diego Rosa (#ProWins)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  7. O'Shea, Sadhbh (8 April 2016). "Pais Vasco: Rosa wins in Arrate". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  8. "Diego Rosa (#GrandTours)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
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