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.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Andrea Ferrigato |
| Born | 1 September 1969 Schio, Italy |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1991–1993 | Ceramiche Ariostea |
| 1994–1995 | ZG Mobili |
| 1996–1997 | Roslotto |
| 1998 | Vitalicio Seguros Grupo Generali |
| 1999 | Ballan Alessio |
| 2000 | Fassa Bortolo |
| 2001–2003 | Alessio |
| 2004–2005 | Acqua 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
- 1991
- 1st, Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
- 1994
- 1st, Stage 12, Giro d'Italia
- 1995
- 1st, GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
- 1996
- 1st, Giro della Romagna
- 1st, Trofeo Matteotti
- 1st, Leeds Classic
- 1st, Züri-Metzgete
- 2nd, UCI Road World Cup
- 1997
- 1st, GP Ouest France-Plouay
- 1st, Stage 5, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1999
- 1st, Trofeo Pantalica
- 1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st, Overall, Tour de Berne
- 2001
- 1st, Overall, Volta ao Algarve
- 2002
- 1st, Stage 2, Étoile de Bessèges
- 2003
- 1st, Stage 1, Giro della Liguria
- 1st, Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
- 2020
- 742nd, Overall, Cape Town Cycle Tour
External links
- 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)