Alessandro Vanotti

Alessandro Vanotti
	Vanotti at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné
Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Vanotti
Born	16 September 1980 (age 44); Bergamo, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2004–2005	De Nardi
2006	Team Milram
2007–2012	Liquigas
2013–2016	Astana

Alessandro Vanotti (born 16 September 1980 in Bergamo) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.^[1]

Vanotti rode the Tour de France 5 times. He left Liquigas–Cannondale at the end of the 2012 season and joined Astana on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards.^[1]

Major results

2003

3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra

5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese

2005

9th GP Triberg-Schwarzwald

2007

Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda

1st Prologue (TTT) & 4

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

2008

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

2010

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 4 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

2013

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

2015

1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

2016

1st

Mountains classification Tour of Austria

1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro d'Italia	44	74	69	106	86	105	76	72	—	DNF	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	133	—	—	—	119	—	132	118	—	147	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	66	75	—	—	—	—	113	—	135	97

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b "Nibali signs two-year contract with Astana". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012. Nibali will take two of his Liquigas Cannondale teammates with him, Valerio Agnoli and Alessandro Vanotti.