Marco Velo (born 9 March 1974 in

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) is a retired

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professional

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Professional career

Velo, who started his career with Brescialat, is a talented time-trialist, winning the Italian National Time Trial Championship on three occasions—1998, 1999 and 2000. Since 2002, Velo has ridden as a

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for

Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the ...

, first at

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. In 2005, Velo wanted to go join

Matteo Tosatto Matteo Tosatto (born 14 May 1974 in Castelfranco Veneto) is an Italian former road racing cyclist. He rode as a professional between 1997 and 2016, with his biggest personal victories coming in stages of the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. ...

at the Quick Step team, but in the end joined Petacchi at the Domina Vacanze team, but when that disbanded at the end of the year, they both moved to Milram at the start of 2006. For the 2008 season, Velo moved to join Tosatto at the Quick Step team after all.

Major results

In his career, Velo won: ;1997 : stage,

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;1998 : Coppe della Nazioni : stage, overall, points & combination competition

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National Time Trial Championship ;1999 :

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National Time Trial Championship ;2000 : Jersey italianflag

National Time Trial Championship ;2006 : Trofeo Città di Borgomanero (with

Fabio Sacchi Fabio Sacchi (born 23 May 1974 in Milan) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer who raced for the , , , and teams. His name was on the list of doping tests published by the French Senate on 24 July 2013 that were collected during ...

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Notes and references

External links

Personal website Profile at Team Milram official website
Italian male cyclists 1974 births Living people Cyclists from Brescia {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub