Davide Frattini (born 6 August 1978 in

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

) is an Italian former cyclist. He was raised in a cycling family where his father was sports director at a local club. Since childhood, he followed his brothers

Francesco Frattini Francesco Frattini (born 18 January 1967, in Varese) is an Italian former road bicycle racer. Major results ;1995 :1st, Rund um den Henninger-Turm :1st, Stage 6, Bicicleta Vasca :1st, Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme ::1st, Stage 3 ;1996 :1st, Sta ...

and Cristiano Frattini, who were also professional cyclists. In 2001, after earning his degree, he won the

Baby Giro Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...

. The following year he turned professional with the team

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. He has participated in one Grand Tour, the

2003 Vuelta a España The 58th edition of the ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 2003. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Rob ...

, and three

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: the

2014 Milan–San Remo The 2014 Milan–San Remo was the 105th running of the Milan–San Remo single-day monument classic cycling race. It was held on Sunday 23 March over a distance of and was the fourth race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season. It was won in the spr ...

and the

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and

2015 Paris–Roubaix The 2015 Paris–Roubaix was the 113th edition of the Paris–Roubaix one-day race. It took place on 12 April and was the tenth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour. It was won by John Degenkolb in a sprint ahead of Zdeněk Štybar and Greg Van Averma ...

. Frattini announced his retirement from competition in October 2015.

Major results

;2001 :1st

Girobio Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 is the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar ...

:1st Stage 2

Vuelta a Navarra The Vuelta a Navarra is a road cycling stage race held annually since 1941 in the Autonomous community of Navarra, Spain. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were ...

:2nd Overall,

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;2004 :1st Tour of Bisbee :3rd Overall

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI America ...

;2006 :1st Chainbiter 8.0 by Benidorm Bikes ;2007 :1st Highland Park Cyclo-cross :1st USGP of Cyclocross – Mercer Park ;2009 :4th US Air Force Cycling Classic ;2011 :1st Charm City Cross 1 :4th Bank of America Wilmington GP

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* 1978 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists from Varese {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub