Mirco Lorenzetto (born 13 July 1981 in
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto is a city and ''comune'' situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities:
Alpago ( BL), Bellun ...
) is an Italian former
racing cyclist
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, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2011.
During his career, Lorenzetto took victories in the 2007
Tour Méditerranéen
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, the 2009 Giro di Sardegna and the 2009 Giro del Friuli. He now works as a
directeur sportif
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for
UCI Continental team .
Career
Lorenzetto became a professional cyclist in 2004. His first victory came in 2007, when he won a stage in the Tour Méditerranéen, in a close sprint over
Daniele Bennati
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Specialising in fast sprint finishes, Bennati turned professional in 2002, when ...
.
The year 2009 started good for Lorenzetto, as in March he already had three victories. In April 2009, during the
Tour of Flanders
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, Lorenzetto crashed and was taken to hospital, but a few days later he could leave the hospital without serious damage.
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Lorenzetto announced his retirement in December 2011, at the age of 30.
Major results
;2002
:1st Trofeo PIVA
:3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
:9th Circuito del Porto
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;2003
:4th Trofeo PIVA
:6th Porec Trophy
:10th Gran Premio della Liberazione
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;2004
:8th Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
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:9th Coppa Bernocchi
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In 1919 the business magnate Antonio Bernocchi founded the Coppa Bernocchi (or Bernocchi Cup ...
;2005
:7th Giro della Provincia di Lucca
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;2006
:7th GP Citta' di Misano Adriatico
;2007
:1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen
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:2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
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:7th Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
;2008
:1st Stage 2 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
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In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, rated as a 2.2 even ...
:1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
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:5th Milan-San Remo
:5th Trofeo Laigueglia
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:7th Overall Tour de Pologne
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:8th Vattenfall Cyclassics
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;2009
:Giro di Sardegna
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing
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::1st Stages 1 & 2
:1st Giro del Friuli
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The UCI Contine ...
;2010
:1st Stage 4 Tour de Pologne
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References
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1981 births
Living people
People from Vittorio Veneto
Italian male cyclists
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey stage winners
Cyclists from the Province of Treviso
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