Andrea Ferrigato

Andrea Ferrigato (born 1 September 1969 in Schio) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. In 2020 he achieved a notable sub3 Argus result from the unseeded menagerie of 4F at the Cape Town Cycle Tour.

Andrea Ferrigato
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Ferrigato
Born (1969-09-01) 1 September 1969
Schio, Italy
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
19911993Ceramiche Ariostea
19941995ZG Mobili
19961997Roslotto
1998Vitalicio Seguros Grupo Generali
1999Ballan Alessio
2000Fassa Bortolo
20012003Alessio
20042005Acqua e Sapone
Major wins
Leeds Classic (1996)
Züri-Metzgete (1996)
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage

Career

In 1991 he was a professional with the shirt of Ceramiche Ariostea and he rode for this team until 1993. In 1994 he won the Kranj stage at Giro d’Italia, while his best year was 1996, wearing the shirt of Roslotto-ZG Mobili. In that year he won the Leeds International Classic and the Gran Prix of Switzerland and placed second (126 scores) in the World Championship, after Johan Museeuw (162 scores).

During some years he was in the Italian national team, and participated in two editions of the road world championship. He rode a season for the team Acqua&Sapone and then he left in March 2005, when he began to work for the company Selle Italia.

Since 2011 he has been working for the tour operator Girolibero, specialized in cycling holidays, where he has been planning roadbike tours and creating the brochure Girolibero Roadbike http://www.roadbike.girolibero.com/en/.

Major results

  • Andrea Ferrigato at Trap-Friis.dk
  • "Profile by world-of-cycling.net". Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Palmarès by cyclingbase.com (in French)
  • "Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)


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