Sacha Modolo

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Sacha Modolo

| image = Sacha Modolo TdSL2014 (Cropping).jpg

| caption = Modolo in 2014

| fullname = Sacha Modolo

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|6|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Conegliano, Italy

| height = 1.8 m

| weight = 67 kg

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

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| proyears1 = 2010–2013

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|CSF|2010}}

| proyears2 = 2014–2017

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|LAM|2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.teamlampremerida.com/en/2013/08/un-modolo-in-piu-per-vincere/|title=Modolo joins Team Lampre-Merida|work={{UCI team code|LAM|2013}}|publisher=CGS Cycling Team AG|date=16 August 2013|access-date=17 August 2013}}

| proyears3 = 2018–2019

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/modolo-signs-two-year-deal-with-ef-education-first-drapac/|title=Modolo signs two-year deal with EF Education First-Drapac|date=29 September 2017|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/|title=EF Education First Pro Cycling|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|access-date=2 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102214349/http://www.cyclingnews.com/teams/2019/ef-education-first-pro-cycling/|archive-date=2 January 2019}}

| proyears4 = 2020–2021

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|ADC|2021}}{{cite news|url=https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/02/alpecin-fenix-selectie/|title=De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"|language=nl|trans-title=The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"|work=Sporza|publisher=Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|date=2 January 2020|access-date=3 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280|title=Alpecin-Fenix|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103222800/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280|archive-date=3 January 2021}}

| proyears5 = 2022–

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|BCF|2022}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Giro d'Italia

::2 individual stages (2015)

Stage races

:Tour of Hainan (2015)

One-day races and Classics

:Grand Prix of Aargau Canton (2017)

}}

Sacha Modolo (born 19 June 1987) is an Italian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam {{UCI team code|BCF}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17204|title=Bardiani CSF Faizane'|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=10 February 2022}}

Career

=Colnago-CSF (2010–2013)=

In the spring of 2010, he sprinted his way to fourth place in the cycling monument Milan – San Remo, registering a prestigious placing.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/milano-sanremo-his/results Freire gives Oscar-winning performance in Milan – San Remo], cyclingnews.com, 20 Mar 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2010. He followed the near-wins of 2010 with victories in 2011, seemingly akin to winning stages in pair in races such as the Danmark Rundt, the Tour of Qinghai Lake, the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda and the Giro di Padania. In 2012,{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=&teamstype=PCT&year=2012&teamnameid=3347&npage=&search=&l=ENG|title=Colnago-CSF Inox (CSF) – IRL|access-date=13 January 2012|work=UCI Continental Circuits|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale}} as he and his teammates were competing for a spot at the start of the Giro d'Italia, Modolo won stage 6 of the Tour of Turkey with a sprint. When he crossed the line, he put his thumb in his mouth, dedicating his victory to his pregnant girlfriend.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2012/stage-6/results|title = Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey 2012: Stage 6 Results|date = 27 April 2012}}

In 2013, Modolo started the year by winning the second stage of the Tour de San Luis, beating fellow sprinter Mark Cavendish ({{UCI team code|OPQ|2013}}) on the slightly uphill finish which featured some twist and turns. Modolo admitted after the stage that he learned about the specifics of the arrival by chatting with other riders during the race.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-san-luis/stage-2/results|title=Modolo wins dash to Terraza del Portezuelo in Tour de San Luis|work=CyclingNews|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=22 January 2013|access-date=23 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125140343/http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-san-luis/stage-2/results|archive-date=25 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}

=Lampre-Merida (2014–2017)=

Modolo left {{UCI team code|CSF|2013|nolink=yes}} at the end of the 2013 season, and joined {{UCI team code|LAM|2014}} for the 2014 season. In 2015, Modolo opened his account on the fifth stage of the Tour of Turkey, winning the sprint on the rising finishing straight.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/presidential-cycling-tour-of-turkey-2015/stage-5/results|title=Tour of Turkey: Modolo sprints to win stage 5|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=30 April 2015|access-date=30 April 2015}} He banked his first two victories in a Grand Tour at the Giro d'Italia, Stages 13 and 16.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/sacha-modolo-sprints-to-second-stage-win-at-2015-giro-ditalia-173800|title=Sacha Modolo sprints to second stage win at 2015 Giro d'Italia|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=IPC Media Sports & Leisure network|date=27 May 2015|access-date=28 May 2015|author= Richard Windsor}} He said of his victory on Stage 13 that it was his destiny to win in Jesolo since it is his home region.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-ditalia-it-was-my-destiny-to-win-in-jesolo-says-modolo|title=Giro d'Italia: It was my destiny to win in Jesolo, says Modolo|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=23 May 2015|access-date=28 May 2015|author=Sadhbh O'Shea}}

=EF Education First–Drapac (2018–2019)=

In September 2017, it was announced that Modolo would join the {{UCI team code|EFD|2018}} team for the 2018 season.

Major results

;2004

: 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

;2005

: 7th Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships

;2006

: 1st Giro del Casentino

;2007

: 1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano

;2008

: 3rd Coppa San Geo

;2009

: 1st Giro del Belvedere

: 1st Gran Premio della Liberazione

: 3rd 15px Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

: 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra

: 9th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

;2010

: 3rd Giro del Veneto

: 4th Milan–San Remo

: 4th Giro del Friuli

: 6th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico

: 7th Dutch Food Valley Classic

;2011

: 1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni

: Danmark Rundt

::1st Stages 1 & 4

: Tour of Qinghai Lake

::1st Stages 5 & 9

: Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda

::1st Stages 2 & 3

: Giro di Padania

::1st Stages 1 & 3

: 1st Stage 5 Brixia Tour

: 2nd Overall Ronde van Drenthe

: 2nd London–Surrey Cycle Classic

;2012

: 1st Coppa Bernocchi

: 1st 20px Points classification Circuit de la Sarthe

: Tour of Austria

::1st Stages 3 & 6

: 1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey

: Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania

::1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 2

: 2nd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

: 9th Volta Limburg Classic

;2013

: 1st Coppa Bernocchi

: 1st Memorial Marco Pantani

: Tour of Qinghai Lake

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 1, 4, 8, 9, 11 & 12

: 1st Stage 2 Tour de San Luis

: 2nd London–Surrey Classic

;2014

: 1st Trofeo Palma

: 1st Trofeo Ses Salines

: Three Days of De Panne

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stages 2 & 3a

: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Beijing

: 1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve

: 1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis

: 4th Trofeo Muro-Port d'Alcúdia

: 8th Milan–San Remo

;2015

: 1st 20px Overall Tour of Hainan

::1st Points classification

::1st Stages 3 & 4

: Giro d'Italia

::1st Stages 13 & 17

: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey

: 6th Gran Piemonte

: 9th Grand Prix de Fourmies

;2016

: Presidential Tour of Turkey

::1st Stages 4 & 7

: 1st Stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour

: 4th Brussels Cycling Classic

;2017

: 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

: Tour of Croatia

::1st Stages 1 & 6

: 1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne

: 3rd Coppa Bernocchi

: 6th Tour of Flanders

: 10th Gent–Wevelgem

;2018

: 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía

: 7th EuroEyes Cyclassics

;2021

: 1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg

=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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! scope="col" | 2014

! scope="col" | 2015

! scope="col" | 2016

! scope="col" | 2017

! scope="col" | 2018

! scope="col" | 2019