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Alberto Bettiol

Alberto Bettiol

Italian road racing cyclist

Alberto Bettiol (born 29 October 1993) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost.[6] Bettiol turned professional in 2014,[2] with his first professional win coming at the 2019 Tour of Flanders.[7] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in the road race, and time trial.[8]

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Biography

Born on 29 October 1993, in Poggibonsi, Tuscany, Bettiol resides in Castelfiorentino, Tuscany, Italy.[2][9]

Bettiol signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[10][11]

He signed with Cannondale–Garmin, another UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[12][13]

He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, also finsihing second in the Bretagne Classic that season.[14] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[15]

2019

After spending the 2018 season in BMC Racing Team, he returned to his previous team (now called EF Education First Pro Cycling).[16]

After a strong performance at the Tirreno–Adriatico, most notably finishing 3rd on the second stage and 2nd on the final stage (an individual time trial), he won his first professional race at the Tour of Flanders, one of cycling's five monuments. Following a successful solo attack on the second to last climb of the race, Oude Kwaremont, he managed to keep the gap to the chasing group which included several of the pre-race favorites, including previous winners Alexander Kristoff and Peter Sagan, for the remaining 17 km.[17]

2021–Present

In 2021, Bettiol won his first Grand Tour stage on day 18 of the Giro d'Italia in a solo fashion seventeen seconds ahead of the chase group.[18] In 2022, Bettiol took no victories but did place eighth in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships. He also won the combativity award for stage ten of the Tour de France, after attacking from the breakaway before being caught with nine kilometers remaining.[19]

The following season, he took a very early season win, capturing the 5.5 kilometer prologue of the Tour Down Under by eight seconds. In March 2024, he won Milano–Torino from a 30 kilometer solo ride, followed by taking fifth at Milan–San Remo three days later.[20][21]

Major results

2011
1st Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships
1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 3
2013
National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Road race
5th Time trial
3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
4th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay
7th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
10th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
2015
10th Gran Piemonte
2016
2nd Bretagne Classic
3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Points classification
4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
10th Gran Piemonte
2017
4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
6th Clásica de San Sebastián
10th E3 Harelbeke
2018
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
2019 (1 pro win)
1st Tour of Flanders
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
4th E3 Binckbank Classic
6th Brabantse Pijl
2020 (1)
2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
4th Strade Bianche
4th Gent–Wevelgem
2021 (1)
1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
2022
2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
5th Gran Piemonte
8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
10th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
Combativity award Stage 10 Tour de France
2023 (1)
1st Prologue Tour Down Under
10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2024 (1)
1st Milano–Torino
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
5th Milan–San Remo
5th Trofeo Calvià
9th Tour of Flanders
10th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx

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References

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    "BMC Racing announces Alberto Bettiol signing". Cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
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    "EF Education First Pro Cycling". Cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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    Bacon, Ellis (1 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: EF Education First". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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    "Tour of Flanders: Alberto Bettiol takes shock first professional win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
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    "99th Giro d'Italia Startlist". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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    "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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