Ivan Santaromita (born 30 April 1984) is an Italian former professional

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, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams. His brother Mauro-Antonio and nephew Alessandro are also professional cyclists.

Career

Born in Varese, Santaromita turned professional with in 2006 before moving to in 2008. In 2010, he took his first significant victory as a professional in the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, dominating the stage race as he won it with more than a minute-and-a-half of an advantage over Przemysław Niemiec. In 2013, Santaromita won the third stage of the

Giro del Trentino The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino ( en, Tour of Trentino) until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

. He approached the finish line with Michele Scarponi and Paolo Tiralongo, the trio being the remnants of an early breakaway. Santaromita outsprinted the pair to claim his first victory since 2010. Santaromita left the at the end of the 2013 season, and joined for the 2014 season. In 2014, Santaromita was the first rider to withdraw from the Vuelta a España on stage 7 after breaking a finger in a crash. In 2015, he came in sixth position in the general classification of the

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Major results

;2005 : 4th

Piccolo Giro di Lombardia The Piccolo Giro di Lombardia is a one-day cycling race held annually in Lombardy, Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U, meaning it is reserved for under 23 riders. The race acts as the U23 counterpart to the Giro di Lombardia T ...

;2007 : 10th Overall

Tour de Georgia The Tour de Georgia was a U.S. professional road cycling stage race across the state of Georgia. The race began in 2003 and was contested six times until 2008. It was one of the three events in North America ranked as Hors Classe (2.HC) stage rac ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Vuelta a España ;2009 : 3rd Japan Cup ;2010 : 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali ::1st Stage 1b ( TTT) : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Gran Premio dell'Insubria-Lugano ;2012 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

;2013 : 1st Jersey italianflag

Road race, National Road Championships (

Trofeo Melinda Trofeo Melinda was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was created after the disappearance of Giro dell'Umbria, held be ...

) : 1st Stage 3

: 5th

Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi The Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi is a one-day professional cycling race between the towns of San Vincenzo and Donoratico on the Tuscany coast in Italy. The 193 kilometre long race takes place at the beginning of February and has now taken ove ...

: 9th Giro di Lombardia ;2014 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro d'Italia ;2015 : 5th Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia : 6th Overall

;2016 : 7th Overall Tour de Langkawi ;2017 : 8th

Pro Ötztaler 5500 The Pro Ötztaler 5500 was a one-day road cycling race held in Austria. It was rated as a category 1.1 event on the 2017 UCI Europe Tour. The route followed the same course as the Ötztaler Radmarathon, an event held since 1982, open to amateurs ...

: 9th Overall Tour of Slovenia : 9th Giro dell'Appennino : 10th Overall

Tour of Japan The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race. History Tour of Japan was formed a ...

;2018 : 4th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Japan Cup

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Santaromita, Ivan Italian male cyclists 1984 births Living people Cyclists from Varese