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Danilo Napolitano

Key Stats

Team: Lampre
Nationality: Italian
Born: January 31, 1981
Hometown: Vittoria, Italy
Residence: Iseo, Italy
Height: 5-foot-8
Weight: 170 pounds
Strengths: sprinting
Turned Pro: 2004
Hobbies: traveling

Palmares

Career Highlights:

Two stage wins, Tour of Austria, 2006
1st, stage 9, Giro d’Italia, 2007

2008
1st, stage 5, Tour of Qatar
2nd, stage 3, Tour of Qatar
3rd, stage 2, Tour of Qatar
4th, stage 6, Tour of Qatar

2007
1st, stage 9, Giro d'Italia
1st, stage 5, Vuelta a Murcia
1st, stage 1, Tour of Slovenia
1st, Coppa Bernocchi
1st, stage 4, Tour de Pologne
1st, GP Citta' di Misano Adriatico
2nd, stage 4, Vuelta a Andalucia
2nd, stage 1, Vuelta a ciclista a Murcia
3rd, stage 3, Tour de France
4th, stage 5, Giro d’Italia
4th, stage 7, Giro d’Italia
4th, HEW Cyclassics Cup
5th, stage 3, Vuelta a ciclista a Murcia
5th, stage 3, Giro d’Italia
5th, stage 11, Giro d’Italia
5th, stage 4, Tour de France

2006
1st, stage 1, Tour Méditerranéen
1st, stage 1 and 4, Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st, stage 1 and 5, International Österreich Rundfahrt
1st, stage 3, Brixia
1st, Coppa Bernocchi
2nd, stage 2, Volta a la Communitat Valenciana
2nd, stage 3, Volta a la Communitat Valenciana
2nd, stage 5, Volta a la Communitat Valenciana
2nd, stage 2, Three Days of De Panne
2nd, stage 1, Tour of Germany
3rd, GP della Costa Etruschi
3rd, stage 2, Paris-Nice
3rd, stage 8, Tour of Germany
3rd, stage 15, Vuelta
5th, stage 1, Paris-Nice
5th, Milan-San Remo
5th, stage 1, Dauphiné Libéré
5th, stage 6, Vuelta
6th, stage 3, Vuelta

2005
1st, Stausee-Rundfahrt
1st, stage 3, Settimana Coppi-Bartali
1st, Coppa Bernocchi
1st, stage 2, Tour Du Poitou-Charentes
1st, Giro di Romagna
2nd, stage 2, Tour de Loise et de Picardie
2nd, stage 1, Tour de Belgium
2nd, Trophée Fenioux
3rd, stage 5, Etoile de Besseges
3rd, Giro del Lago Maggiore
3rd, stage 1a, Settimana Coppi-Bartali
3rd, stage 3a, Tour de Belgium
4th, stage 2, Etoile de Besseges
4th, stage 1, Tour of Georgia
4th, stage 6, Tour of Georgia
4th, stage 3, Tour Du Poitou-Charentes
5th, stage 1, Tour Du Poitou-Charentes
6th, stage 4, Etoile de Besseges
6th, stage 4, Tour de Belgium
7th, stage 2, Tour de Belgium

2004
4th, stage 1, International Bayern-Rundfahrt
5th, stage 2, International Bayern-Rundfahrt

Biography

Since Napolitano turned pro in 2004, he has acquired 21 wins and competed in the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España. His impressive race résumé comes from his strength as a sprinter.