Alberto Bettiol (born 29 October 1993) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam XDS Astana Team. Bettiol turned professional in 2014,[2] with his first professional win coming at the 2019 Tour of Flanders.[7] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the road race, and time trial.[8]
 Bettiol at the 2019 Dwars door Vlaanderen | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alberto Bettiol |
| Born | 29 October 1993 Poggibonsi, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | XDS Astana Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
|
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012 | Idea Shoes-M.C.S.-Madras |
| 2013 | Mastromarco-Sensi-Benedetti-Dover |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014 | Cannondale |
| 2015–2017 | Cannondale–Garmin[1][2] |
| 2018 | BMC Racing Team[3] |
| 2019–2024 | EF Education First[4][5] |
| 2024– | Astana Qazaqstan Team[6] |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Biography
editBorn on 29 October 1993, in Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Bettiol resides in Castelfiorentino, Tuscany, Italy.[2][9]
Bettiol signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[10][11]
He signed with Cannondale–Garmin, another UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[12][13]
He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, also finishing second in the Bretagne Classic that season.[14] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[15]
2019
editAfter spending the 2018 season in BMC Racing Team, he returned to his previous team (now called EF Education First Pro Cycling).[16]
After a strong performance at the Tirreno–Adriatico, most notably finishing 3rd on the second stage and 2nd on the final stage (an individual time trial), he won his first professional race at the Tour of Flanders, one of cycling's five monuments. Following a successful solo attack on the second to last climb of the race, Oude Kwaremont, he managed to keep the gap to the chasing group which included several of the pre-race favorites, including previous winners Alexander Kristoff and Peter Sagan, for the remaining 17 km.[17]
2021–Present
editIn 2021, Bettiol won his first Grand Tour stage on day 18 of the Giro d'Italia in a solo fashion seventeen seconds ahead of the chase group.[18] In 2022, Bettiol took no victories but did place eighth in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships. He also won the combativity award for stage ten of the Tour de France, after attacking from the breakaway before being caught with nine kilometers remaining.[19]
The following season, he took a very early season win, capturing the 5.5 kilometer prologue of the Tour Down Under by eight seconds. In March 2024, he won Milano–Torino from a 30 kilometer solo ride, followed by taking fifth at Milan–San Remo three days later.[20][21]
Major results
edit- 2011
- 1st
Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships - 1st
Overall Giro della Lunigiana
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 2013
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
- 3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
- 4th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
- 7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
- 10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
- 2015
- 10th Gran Piemonte
- 2016
- 2nd Bretagne Classic
- 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 10th Gran Piemonte
- 2017
- 4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
- 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 6th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 10th E3 Harelbeke
- 2018
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2019 (1 pro win)
- 1st Tour of Flanders
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 4th E3 Binckbank Classic
- 6th Brabantse Pijl
- 2020 (1)
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 5 (ITT)
- 4th Strade Bianche
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem
- 2021 (1)
- 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
- 2022
- 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 5th Gran Piemonte
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 10th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France- 2023 (1)
- 1st Prologue Tour Down Under
- 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 2024 (4)
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st
Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 2nd Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 5th Milan–San Remo
- 5th Trofeo Calvià
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 10th Overall Renewi Tour
- 10th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
86 | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | 48 | — |
| Tour de France
|
— | 90 | — | 69 | 62 | — | 41 | 83 | |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
edit| Monuments | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 37 | 95 | 36 | 18 | 109 | 131 | 54 | 5 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | DNF | 24 | DNF | 1 | 16 | 28 | DNF | — | 9 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | 69 | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | 89 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Strade Bianche | 97 | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | 78 | 4 | 23 | — | DNF | 24 |
| Milano–Torino | — | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | 39 | 61 | 1 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | DNF | 10 | DNF | 4 | NH | 44 | — | 15 | DNF |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | DNF | 32 | 121 | DNF | 4 | DNF | — | DNF | — |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | DNF | 53 | 16 | — | 6 | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | DNF | — | — | 6 | — | — | NH | — | DNF | 12 | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | 32 | 2 | 49 | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec | — | — | 4 | 15 | — | 12 | Not held | 8 | DNF | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 7 | 54 | — | 51 | 47 | DNF | |||
| Gran Piemonte | NH | 10 | 10 | — | 46 | — | — | — | 5 | — | |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In Progress |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ "Team Cannondale – Garmin (TCG) – USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Alberto Bettiol". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
- ^ "BMC Racing announces Alberto Bettiol signing". Cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "EF Education – Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Tour of Flanders: Alberto Bettiol takes shock first professional win". BBC Sport. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ "Cycling Road - BETTIOL Alberto". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "Alberto Bettiol". Strava. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Stephen Farrand (11 September 2014). "Viviani close to joining Team Sky in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Gregor Brown (7 November 2014). "Italians aim for fresh start on new U.S.-based Cannondale squad". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Bettiol returns to Slipstream 'family' with EF Education First-Drapac". Cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "Alberto Bettiol wins Tour of Flanders". cyclingnews.com. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (27 May 2021). "Giro d'Italia: Alberto Bettiol wins stage 18". CyclingNews. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (12 July 2022). "Cort takes breakaway sprint to win Tour de France stage 10 at Megève". CyclingNews. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
- ^ Moultrie, James (13 March 2024). "Milano-Torino: Alberto Bettiol impresses with 30km solo victory". CyclingNews. Future plc. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ Ostanek, Daniel; Farrand, Stephen (16 March 2024). "Milan-San Remo: Jasper Philipsen snatches narrow victory in fastest edition". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
External links
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- Alberto Bettiol at UCI
- Alberto Bettiol at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Alberto Bettiol at ProCyclingStats
- Cycling Base: Alberto Bettiol[permanent dead link]
- Cycling Quotient: Alberto Bettiol
- Cannondale-Garmin: Alberto Bettiol Archived 25 January 2015 at archive.today
