Roberto Ferrari (cyclist)

Italian racing cyclist

Roberto Ferrari
Personal information

Full name	Roberto Ferrari
Born	(1983-03-09) 9 March 1983 (age 41) Gavardo, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
2002	Colibrì
2003–2004	L'Edile
2005–2006	U.C. Trevigiani–Dynamon
2006	Team Tenax (stagiaire)

Professional teams
2007	Team Tenax
2008–2009	LPR Brakes–Ballan
2010	De Rosa–Stac Plastic
2011–2012	Androni Giocattoli
2013–2019	Lampre–Merida^[1]

Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2012)

Roberto Ferrari (born 9 March 1983) is an Italian former professional cyclist,^[2] who competed professionally between 2007 and 2019 for the Tenax, LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini, De Rosa–Stac Plastic, Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela,^[3] and UAE Team Emirates teams.

Career

Ferrari was born in Gavardo. After stage 3 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia in Horsens, Denmark, Ferrari was relegated from 10th to 192nd position after the race jury ruled that he was responsible for a crash that brought down world champion Mark Cavendish and race leader Taylor Phinney since he swerved from the left to the right side of the road in the final meters.^[4] He stated after that mishap that "I don't care what is going on behind me". He gained extensive disapproval with this statement, from within the professional peloton and from the public.^[5] Ferrari later won stage 11 – the longest stage of the race – in a sprint finish in Montecatini Terme.^[6]

Major results

2004

9th Trofeo Franco Balestra

2005

6th Circuito del Porto

8th Trofeo Città di Brescia

2006

1st GP Città di Felino

1st Trofeo Città di Brescia

1st Stage 2 Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia

4th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin

8th Trofeo Franco Balestra

2008

1st Prologue Tour Ivoirien de la Paix

4th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

2009

1st Memorial Marco Pantani

4th Grand Prix de Denain

2010

1st Gran Premio di Lugano

1st Giro del Friuli

1st Stage 5 Brixia Tour

5th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese

5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie

10th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

2011

Tour de San Luis

1st Stages 1 & 3

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

2nd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

2012

1st Route Adélie

1st Flèche d'Emeraude

1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia

4th Coppa Bernocchi

6th Overall Tour de Taiwan

1st Stage 5

2013: 2nd Coppa Bernocchi
2015: 3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2016: 3rd Gran Premio di Lugano

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Giro d'Italia	143	147	150	144	133	132	150	—
Tour de France	—	—	157	—	—	—	—	138
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	145	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
^ "Roberto Ferrari (UAE Team Emirates) si ritira dopo 13 stagioni da professionista" [Roberto Ferrari (UAE Team Emirates) retires after 13 seasons as a professional]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^ "Androni Giocattoli (AND) – ITA". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
^ "Race jury relegates Ferrari for dangerous Giro sprint". VeloNews.com. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Ben Atkins (7 May 2012). "Roberto Ferrari defiant after causing Giro sprint crash". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
^ "Roberto Ferrari avoids crash to take longest stage of Giro d'Italia". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Press Association. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.