Luca Braidot (born 29 May 1991) is an Italian professional

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and cyclo-cross cyclist. He rode at the

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event at the

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, where he finished 7th. At the 2018 European Mountain Bike Championships, he finished 2nd in the cross-country event. His twin brother

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is also a professional cyclist.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2007–2008 : 2nd Ciclocross del Ponte Juniors : 2nd GP Città di Verbania Juniors ;2008–2009 : 2nd Ciclocross del Ponte Juniors : 2nd GP Città San Martino Juniors : 6th

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;2010–2011 : 2nd National Under-23 Championships ;2011–2012 : 3rd National Under-23 Championships ;2014–2015 : 3rd

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;2016–2017 : 2nd Trofeo di Gorizia : 2nd Gran Premio Città di Vittorio Veneto : 2nd Trof.Cop.ed.Brugherio82 : 3rd

;2017–2018 : 1st MaillotItalia

;2018–2019 : 2nd

: 3rd Ciclocross del Ponte

Mountain Bike

;2012 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Team relay,

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: UEC European Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team relay ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Under-23 Cross-country ;2014 : 1st MaillotItalia

Cross-country, National Championships ;2018 : UEC European Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Team relay ::2nd Silver medal europe

Cross-country ;2019 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team relay, UEC European Championships ;2021 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Team relay, UEC European Championships ;2022 : 3rd Overall UCI XCO World Cup ::1st

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Team relay ::3rd Bronze medal blank

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: 3rd Cross-country, National Championships : UCI XCC World Cup ::3rd

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References

External links

* 1991 births Living people Italian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Italy Italian mountain bikers Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclo-cross cyclists People from Gorizia Cyclists from Friuli Venezia Giulia {{Italy-cycling-bio-1990s-stub