Matteo Tosatto

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Matteo Tosatto

| image = MatteoTosatto2.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Matteo Tosatto

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|5|14}}

| birth_place = Castelfranco Veneto, Italy

| height = {{height|m=1.81}}

| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|TUD}}

| discipline = Road

| role = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|Directeur sportif}}

| ridertype = Classics specialist

| proyears1 = 1997

| proteam1 = MG Maglificio–Technogym

| proyears2 = 1998–1999

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ALB|1998}}

| proyears3 = 2000–2005

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|FAS|2000}}

| proyears4 = 2006–2010

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|QST|2006}}

| proyears5 = 2011–2016

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2011}}

| manageyears1 = 2017–2023

| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}

| manageyears2 = 2024–

| manageteam2 = {{UCI team code|TUD|2024}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::1 individual stage (2006)

:Giro d'Italia

::1 individual stage (2001)

}}

Matteo Tosatto (born 14 May 1974) is an Italian former road racing cyclist.{{cite web|url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=Mw&RefDate=12.01.2013&MenuId=MTYzMDE&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTYzMDE%26LangId%3D1|title=Team Saxo-Tinkoff (TST) – DEN|accessdate=12 January 2013|work=UCI World Tour|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale}} 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.{{cite web|title=Matteo Tosatto|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=140418|website=Pro Cycling Stats|accessdate=28 July 2017}} He contested 34 Grand Tours during his career, making him the rider with most participations{{cite news|first=Nigel|last=Wynn|url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/team-sky-appoints-former-pro-matteo-tosatto-sports-director-344360|title=Team Sky appoints former Tinkoff pro Matteo Tosatto as sports director|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=TI Media|date=28 July 2017|accessdate=27 December 2021}} and finishing 28 of them.

Following his retirement, Tosatto became a directeur sportif with {{UCI team code|SKY|2017}}, beginning midway through the 2017 cycling season.{{cite news|title=Matteo Tosatto wordt sportdirecteur bij Team Sky|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170728_02991550|accessdate=28 July 2017|work=Het Nieuwsblad|agency=Belga|date=28 July 2017|language=nl-BE|trans-title=Matteo Tosatto becomes a sporting director at Team Sky}} He left the team following the 2023 season, and joined UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|TUD|2024}} in the same role for the 2024 season – ahead of their Grand Tour début at the 2024 Giro d'Italia.{{cite news|first=James|last=Moultrie|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/take-responsibility-ride-for-the-win-tudor-primed-for-giro-ditalia-debut/|title='Take responsibility, ride for the win' - Tudor primed for Giro d'Italia debut|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=15 April 2024|accessdate=9 November 2024}}

Major results

Source: {{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=184|title=Matteo Tosatto|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=9 November 2024}}

;1996

: 1st Stage 9 Girobio

;1997

: 7th Rund um Köln

;1998

: 1st Giro del Medio Brenta

: 3rd Overall Tour of Austria

: 5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

: 5th GP Rik Van Steenbergen

;1999

: 4th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

: 7th Brabantse Pijl

: 9th Clásica de Almería

;2000

: 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice

: 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm

: 3rd Giro della Romagna

: 6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

;2001

: 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia

;2002

: 1st Coppa Placci

: 3rd Trofeo Matteotti

: 3rd Coppa Bernocchi

: 4th Criterium d'Abruzzo

: 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

: 6th Trofeo Melinda

: 10th Giro della Romagna

;2003

: 5th Giro del Piemonte

;2004

: 1st Giro di Toscana

: 1st GP Kanton Aargau Gippingen

: 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

: 2nd Giro del Veneto

: 2nd Giro della Romagna

: 3rd Overall Giro della Provincia di Lucca

: 4th Coppa Bernocchi

: 7th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

;2006

: 1st Stage 18 Tour de France

: 7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

;2007

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Qatar

;2008

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Qatar

: 4th Giro del Lazio

;2009

: 9th Memorial Cimurri

;2011

: 8th Giro del Friuli

;2012

: 7th Paris–Roubaix

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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scope="col" \| Grand Tour ! scope="col" \| 1997 ! scope="col" \| 1998 ! scope="col" \| 1999 ! scope="col" \| 2000 ! scope="col" \| 2001 ! scope="col" \| 2002 ! scope="col" \| 2003 ! scope="col" \| 2004 ! scope="col" \| 2005 ! scope="col" \| 2006 ! scope="col" \| 2007 ! scope="col" \| 2008 ! scope="col" \| 2009 ! scope="col" \| 2010 ! scope="col" \| 2011 ! scope="col" \| 2012 ! scope="col" \| 2013 ! scope="col" \| 2014 ! scope="col" \| 2015 ! scope="col" \| 2016
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia \| — \| — \| 43 \| DNF \| 50 \| 63 \| DNF \| 107 \| 122 \| — \| 94 \| — \| — \| 56 \| 136 \| 104 \| — \| — \| 112 \| 107
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France \| 132 \| — \| — \| — \| 60 \| — \| — \| 110 \| — \| 125 \| 108 \| 96 \| 114 \| — \| 123 \| — \| 92 \| 119 \| 132 \| 145
style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" \| File:Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| — \| 134 \| — \| DNF \| DNF \| — \| DNF \| DNF \| 67 \| — \| 135 \| 115 \| 120 \| — \| —

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! scope="col" | 2006