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Alberto Ongarato

Key Stats

Team: Milram
Nationality: Italian
Born: July 24, 1975
Hometown: Padua, Italy
Height: 6-foot-1
Weight: 150 pounds
Strengths: Sprinting
Turned Pro: 1998

Palmares

Career Highlights:

2nd, team time trial, Tour of Qatar, 2007
1st, team time trial, Coppi and Bartali, 2004

2005
1st, points competition, Tour de Luxembourg (plus stage 2)
1st, stage 5, Tour de la Region Wallonne
1st, stage 2, Tour de Luxembourg
2nd, stage 5, Eneco Tour of Benelux
2nd, stages 1 and 3, Tour de Luxembourg
3, stage 7, Vuelta a España
4th, Giro del Piemonte
5th, Paris-Tours

2004
1st, stage 9, Vuelta a Portugal
2nd, Giro del Piemonte
2nd, Giro di Toscana
3, stage 4, Settimana Ciclista

2003
4th, Ghent-Wevelgem

2002
1st, stage 1, Clasica de Alcobendas

2001
4th, stage 9, Giro d’Italia

2000
4th, stage 15, Giro d’Italia

1999
3rd, Rund um den Henninger Turm

2000
1st, points competition, Tour of Denmark
2nd, stages 4a and 5, Tour of Denmark
3rd, stage 3, Tour of Denmark

Biography

Ongarato turned pro in 1998 with Ballan. He later rode for Mobilvetta (2000-2001), De Nardi (2002), Domina Vacanze (2003), Fassa Bortolo (2004-2005) and Milram (2005-).