Danilo Napolitano

Danilo Napolitano

Napolitano at the 2007 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name	Danilo Napolitano
Born	January 31, 1981 (1981-01-31) (age 30) Vittoria, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team	Acqua & Sapone
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2004–2005 2006–2008 2009–2010 2011–	LPR-Piacenza Lampre Team Katusha Acqua & Sapone
Major wins
Giro d'Italia - 1 stage (2007)
Infobox last updated on 31 January 2009

Danilo Napolitano (born January 31, 1981 in Vittoria, Sicily) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist on Acqua & Sapone, and is chiefly known for his sprinting abilities.

He turned professional in 2004 and for the 2004 and 2005 seasons he rode for the professional continental team Team L.P.R.. For the 2006 season he moved on to the UCI ProTour squad Lampre-Fondital where his most important victories has been two stage wins in the Tour of Austria, and a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen, and joined his present team at the beginning of the 2009 season.

He lives in Provaglio di'Iseo (BS), Italy.

Palmares

2005

1st, Stage 3, Settimana Coppi & Bartali

1st, Stage 3, Brixia Tour

1st, Stage 2, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

1st, Stage 5, Tour du Poitou Charentes et de la Vienne

1st, Stausee Rundfahrt

1st, Coppa Bernocchi

1st, Giro di Romagna

2006

1st, Stage 1, Tour Méditerranéen

1st, Stage 1a, Settimana Coppi & Bartali

1st, Stage 4, Settimana Coppi & Bartali

1st, Stage 1, Österreich Rundfahrt

1st, Stage 5, Österreich Rundfahrt

1st, Stage 3a, Brixia Tour

1st, Coppa Bernocchi

2007

1st, Stage 9, Giro d'Italia

1st, Stage 5, Vuelta a Murcia

1st, Stage 1, Tour of Slovenia

1st, Stage 1 (TTT), Tour de Pologne

1st, Stage 4, Tour de Pologne

1st, Coppa Bernocchi

1st, Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico

2008

1st, Stage 5, Tour of Qatar

1st, Stage 3, Giro della Provincia di Grosseto

1st, Stage 5, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

1st, Stage 1a, Brixia Tour

1st, Stage 1, Tour du Portugal

1st, Stage 2, Tour du Portugal

2009

1st, Stage 1, Vuelta a Andalucía

1st, Stage 2, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st, Stage 1a, Settimana Coppi & Bartali

1st, Stage 1, Tour de Luxembourg

2010

1st, Stage 2, Four Days of Dunkirk

1st, Stage 1, Tour de Wallonie

External links

• Profile at team website

Persondata
Name	Napolitano, Danilo
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1981-01-31
Place of birth	Vittoria, Sicily, Italy
Date of death
Place of death