Fabio Masotti (born 3 June 1974 in

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) is an Italian amateur road and track cyclist. He has claimed four Italian national championship titles in track cycling (

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, and points race), and later represented his nation

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at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Masotti also shared silver medals with 2000 Olympic medalist

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in men's Madison at the fourth round of the 2006 UCI World Cup circuit in Sydney, Australia. Masotti currently races for the 2013 season with

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under his head coach Cristiano Valoppi. Masotti qualified for the Italian squad, as a 34-year-old in men's Madison at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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by receiving an automatic berth from UCI based on his top-ten performance in the Track World Rankings. Teaming with two-time Olympian Angelo Ciccone, Masotti started out a 50 km, sixteen-sprint race for the Italian duo by taking the lap first over the entire field, but did not receive a single point and lost three laps in all sprints, dropping him and his partner off to fourteenth place.

Career highlights

;2004 : 1st MaillotItalia

Italian Track Cycling Championships (Madison with Angelo Ciccone), Pordenone (ITA) : 1st MaillotItalia

Italian Track Cycling Championships (Points race), Pordenone (ITA) : 2nd Stage 1,

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(ITA) ;2005 : 1st MaillotItalia

Italian Track Cycling Championships (Scratch), San Vincenzo (ITA) ;2006 : 1st Stage 2, Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca (ESP) : Stage 4, UCI World Cup (Madison with

), Sydney (AUS) : 3rd Coppa San Vito,

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(ITA) ;2007 : 1st MaillotItalia

Italian Track Cycling Championships (Madison with Angelo Ciccone),

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(ITA) : 2nd Italian Track Cycling Championships (Scratch),

(ITA) : Athens Open Balkan Championships (Points race),

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(ESP) : 3rd Coppa San Vito,

(ITA) : 3rd Italian Track Cycling Championships (Scratch),

(ITA) ;2008 : 14th

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(

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with Angelo Ciccone),

(CHN) ;2009 : 2nd Stage 2,

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, Bacau (ROU) : 4th Stage 1, Tour of Romania, Braila (ROU) ;2010 : 3rd Stage 1, Tour of Romania, Targu-Mures (ROU) : 6th European Championships (

with Angelo Ciccone),

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(POL) ;2011 : 1st Stage 8, Tour of Romania,

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(ROU) : 2nd Italian Track Cycling Championships (Madison with Angelo Ciccone), Italy : 3rd Stage 1, Tour of Romania, Braila (ROU) : 4th Stage 4, Tour of Romania,

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(ROU)

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Masotti, Fabio 1974 births Living people Italian male cyclists Italian track cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Italy Sportspeople from Udine Cyclists from Friuli Venezia Giulia