Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013.[3] An individual time trial specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champion (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013).
 Pinotti at the 2012 Giro d'Italia. | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Marco Pinotti | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | L'Ingegnere (The Engineer), Il Professore (The Professor)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 February 1976 Osio Sotto, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time Trialist | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | → Polti (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2004 | Lampre–Daikin | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Saunier Duval–Prodir | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | T-Mobile Team | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | BMC Racing Team[2] | ||||||||||||||
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| Grand Tours | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAs an amateur he won 28 races before turning professional in 1999 with the Lampre–Daikin team. He won the Grand Prix d'Europa in 1999 together with his teammate Raivis Belohvoščiks and the 5th stage of the 2000 Tour de Pologne.
In 2001 he finished second in stage 15 of the Tour de France behind Belgian Rik Verbrugghe. He had surgery on his ulna in November 2001 and started training again only in February 2002. He returned to competition in April 2002.
The 2003 season brought some victories as he won the 4th stage in the Tour of the Basque Country and the King of the Mountains classification. In the Bici Vasca he crashed and broke his pelvis, forcing recuperation. He has since fully recovered. His speciality is in individual time trials.
Pinotti joined the then newly formed Spanish team Saunier Duval–Prodir team in 2005. He won the Italian National Time Trial Championship in 2005. Pinotti came second to Luca Ascani in the 2007 Italian National time trials[4] but Ascani was found to have tested positive for EPO and Pinotti was awarded the jersey.[5] Pinotti retained the title in 2008.
At the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Pinotti placed second in stage six to Spoleto and took over the leader's pink jersey. He held it for four stages. In 2008, he won the final stage time trial, and again in 2012. In 2009 and 2011, he help his teams win the team time trial. The result in 2011 helped him take over the pink jersey for one day.
In 2008, Pinotti joined team Highroad, which became Columbia HighRoad in 2009 and HTC-Columbia in 2010.
Pinotti joined the BMC Racing Team for 2012 following the disbanding of the HTC–Highroad team.[2] At the end of the year, he released a book, Il Mestiere Del Ciclista Una Vita In Bicicletta (The Cycling Professor).
In October 2013 Pinotti announced that he would retire from racing after competing in the Tour of Beijing and Chrono des Nations, transitioning to a position in the Sports Science division of BMC Racing Team.[3]
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 1999
- 7th Firenze–Pistoia
- 2000
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Pologne
- 2nd Duo Normand (with László Bodrogi)
- 4th Giro di Toscana
- 7th Grand Prix des Nations
- 9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 10th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2001
- 9th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
- 2002
- 6th Firenze–Pistoia
- 2003
- Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 10th Overall Peace Race
- 2004
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 8th Giro della Romagna
- 10th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 10th Chrono des Herbiers
- 2005
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships
- 4th Firenze–Pistoia
- 3rd Overall Tour de Georgia
- 8th Chrono des Herbiers
- 2006
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 8th Overall Tour de Georgia
- 2007
- 1st
- 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stages 6–9
- Held
- 2008
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour of Ireland
- 1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 2nd Firenze–Pistoia
- 2nd GP Triberg-Schwarzwald
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 4th Chrono des Nations
- 9th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 2009
- 1st
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour de Romandie
- 3rd Overall Tour of Missouri
- 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Ireland
- 6th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2010
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour of Oman
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Prologue
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2011
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- Held
- 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2012
- 1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country
- 2nd
Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 6th Overall Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT)
- 9th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2013
- 1st
- 4th Chrono des Nations
- 7th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | 60 | 18 | 65 | 40 | 9 | DNF | 41 | — | |
| 113 | — | 52 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Notes and references
edit- ^ Witts, James (27 May 2022). "Secrets of the time trial: how riders are constantly getting faster". Rouleur. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
- ^ a b "BMC signs Pinotti and Van Garderen". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ a b Ryan, Barry. "Pinotti to retire at the end of the season". Cycling News.
- ^ "Ascani take TT tricolore". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
- ^ "Ascani faces suspension for EPO". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
External links
edit Media related to Marco Pinotti at Wikimedia Commons
- Fan website
- Marco Pinotti at Cycling Archives (archive)