Diego Rosa (cyclist)
{{short description|Italian cyclist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Diego Rosa
| image = Diego Rosa (6 September 2014).JPG
| caption = Rosa in 2014
| fullname = Diego Rosa
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|3|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Corneliano d'Alba, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Climber
| amateuryears1 = 2011
| amateurteam1 = Giant Italia Team
| amateuryears2 = 2012
| amateurteam2 = Palazzago Elledent Rad
| proyears1 = 2013–2014
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|AND|2013}}
| proyears2 = 2015–2016
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AST|2015}}
| proyears3 = 2017–2019
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/|title=Team Sky|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|access-date=5 January 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105011120/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/team-sky/|archivedate=5 January 2019}}
| proyears4 = 2020–2021
| proyears5 = 2022
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|EOK|2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15261/1001277/280|title=Team Arkea - Samsic|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=7 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210107032912/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15261/1001277/280|archivedate=7 January 2021}}
| majorwins = One-day Races and Classics
}}
Diego Rosa (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian former racing cyclist,{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=57565 |title=Diego Rosa |access-date=10 May 2014 |work=Cycling Archives}} who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He rode in nine Grand Tours and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.
Career
In August 2014, {{UCI team code|AST|2015}} announced that they had signed Rosa for the 2015 season, with general manager Alexander Vinokourov highlighting his role as a domestique for Fabio Aru.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/transfers-astana-signs-boom-sanchez-rosa-and-malacarne |title=Transfers: Astana signs Boom, Sanchez, Rosa and Malacarne |last1=Farrand |first1=Stephen |date=1 August 2014|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|access-date=3 August 2014}} His first professional victory was the 2015 Milano–Torino.{{cite web|title=Diego Rosa (#ProWins)|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=141005&c=3&stat_id=1|website=ProCyclingStats|access-date=8 April 2016}} In 2016, he won a mountain stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. He celebrated his solo win by stepping off his bike and crossing the finish line by foot, holding his bicycle in the air.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-ciclista-al-pais-vasco-2016/stage-5/results/|title=Pais Vasco: Rosa wins in Arrate|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=8 April 2016|access-date=8 April 2016|last=O'Shea|first=Sadhbh}}
Rosa has competed in eight Grand Tours. In his Grand Tour debut, the 2013 Giro d'Italia, he finished 22nd overall. After not finishing the 2014 Giro d'Italia, he finished in the top 25 in both the 2015 Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España.{{cite web|title=Diego Rosa (#GrandTours)|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=141005&season=&c=3&stat_id=3|website=ProCyclingStats|access-date=8 April 2016|archive-date=3 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603025512/http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=141005&season=&c=3&stat_id=3|url-status=dead}}
He joined {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}} for the 2017 season.
Major results
=Mountain bike=
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;2011
: 3rd Nalles
;2023
: 1st 20px Marathon, National Championships
: 1st Primiero San Martino di Castrozza
::2nd Morzine-Avoriaz
::5th Finale Ligure
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=Road=
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;2012
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
::1st Stage 3
: 1st {{cjersey|azul}} Mountains classification, Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
: 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
: 5th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
: 6th Gran Premio San Giuseppe
;2013
: 1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification, Tour Méditerranéen
: 5th Overall Route du Sud
;2014
: 8th Giro dell'Emilia
: 10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
;2015 (1 pro win)
: 1st Milano–Torino
: 5th Giro di Lombardia
: 5th Strade Bianche
;2016 (1)
::1st 20px Mountains classification
::1st Stage 5
: 2nd Giro di Lombardia
: 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
: 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
: 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
;2017
: 1st {{cjersey|purple}} Mountains classification, Tour de Pologne
: 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
;2018 (1)
: 1st 20px Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
::1st Stage 1b (TTT)
;2019
: 2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
: 3rd Overall Tour of Guangxi
;2020
: 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
: 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
: 5th Pollença–Andratx
: 10th Strade Bianche
;2022
::Held {{cjersey|azul}} after Stages 9–14
::20px Combativity award Stage 6
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==Grand Tour general classification results timeline==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia | 23 | DNF | 23 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | 77 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España | — | — | 20 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |
==Classics results timeline==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
!Monument !2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 !2017 !2018 !2019 !2020 !2021 !2022 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Milan–San Remo | 122 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=10 rowspan=2|Has not contested during his career |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | 79 | — | — | — | 52 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia | 29 | 38 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | style="background:#C0C0C0;"|2 | 17 | 86 | DNF | — | — | — |
| Classic
!2013 !2014 !2015 !2016 !2017 !2018 !2019 !2020 !2021 !2022 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Strade Bianche | — | 66 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | — | 83 | — | 24 | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | 57 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 57 | 22 | — | — | 67 | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | 20 | 30 | — | DNF | — | 106 | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=2 rowspan=2|Not held | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Milano–Torino | 30 | 11 | style="background:gold;" |1 | 21 | 22 | 92 | 20 | — | — | — |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF
| Did not finish |
| scope="row" | DNS
| Did not start |
| scope="row" | NH
| Not held |
References
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External links
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