# Marco Velo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marco_Velo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Marco_Velo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Velo > Source revision: 1324447465 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Italian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Marco Velo | image = Marco Velo - Tour de Romandie 2010, Stage 3.jpg | caption = Velo at the [2010 Tour de Romandie](/source/2010_Tour_de_Romandie) | fullname = Marco Velo | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|3|9}} | birth_place = [Brescia](/source/Brescia), Italy | height = {{height|m=1.84|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = [Time trialist](/source/Time_trialist) | proyears1 = 1996–1997 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|BRE|1996}} | proyears2 = 1998–2001 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|MER|1998}} | proyears3 = 2002–2005 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|FAS|2002}} | proyears4 = 2006–2008 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|MRM|2006}} | proyears5 = 2009–2010 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|QST|2009}} | majorwins = '''[One-day races and Classics](/source/Classic_cycle_races)''' :[National Time Trial Championships](/source/Italian_National_Time_Trial_Championships)
(1998, 1999, 2000) }} '''Marco Velo''' (born 9 March 1974) is a retired Italian professional [road bicycle racer](/source/road_bicycle_racer). == Professional career == Velo, who started his career with Brescialat, was seen as a talented time-trialist, winning the [Italian National Time Trial Championship](/source/Italian_National_Time_Trial_Championship) on three occasions—1998, 1999 and 2000. From 2002, Velo rode as a [domestique](/source/domestique) for [Alessandro Petacchi](/source/Alessandro_Petacchi), first at [Fassa Bortolo](/source/Fassa_Bortolo). In 2005, Velo wanted to join [Matteo Tosatto](/source/Matteo_Tosatto) at the Quick Step team, but in the end joined Petacchi at the [Domina Vacanze](/source/De_Nardi) team, but when that disbanded at the end of the year, they both moved to Milram at the start of 2006.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/velo-wants-to-follow-tosatto Velo wants to follow Tosatto][http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/velo-confirms-with-domina-vacanze Velo confirms with Domina Vacanze][http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-and-zabel-to-new-german-italian-team Petacchi & Zabel to new German/Italian team?] For the 2008 season, Velo moved to join Tosatto at the Quick Step team.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/quick-step-signings Quick Step signings] ==Major results== Source:{{cycling Archives|7955}} {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;1997 : 1st Stage 4 [Giro del Trentino](/source/1997_Giro_del_Trentino) : 7th Overall [Critérium International](/source/Crit%C3%A9rium_International) : 8th [Tour du Haut Var](/source/1997_Tour_du_Haut_Var) ;1998 : 1st 20px [Time trial](/source/Italian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 1st 20px Overall [Grand Prix Guillaume Tell](/source/Grand_Prix_Guillaume_Tell) ::1st Stage 4b ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) : 1st [Firenze–Pistoia](/source/Firenze%E2%80%93Pistoia) : 4th [Giro del Piemonte](/source/Giro_del_Piemonte) : 6th [Grand Prix des Nations](/source/Grand_Prix_des_Nations) : 7th [Trofeo Pantalica](/source/Trofeo_Pantalica) ;1999 : 1st 20px [Time trial](/source/Italian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 1st [Gran Premio de Llodio](/source/Gran_Premio_de_Llodio) : 1st [Firenze–Pistoia](/source/Firenze%E2%80%93Pistoia) : 2nd [GP Industria & Commercio di Prato](/source/GP_Industria_%26_Commercio_di_Prato) : 2nd [Giro della Provincia di Siracusa](/source/Giro_della_Provincia_di_Siracusa) : 5th [GP Miguel Induráin](/source/1999_GP_Miguel_Indur%C3%A1in) : 5th [Trofeo Melinda](/source/Trofeo_Melinda) : 6th [Japan Cup](/source/Japan_Cup_(cycling)) : 7th [La Flèche Wallonne](/source/1999_La_Fl%C3%A8che_Wallonne) : 7th [Klasika Primavera de Amorebieta](/source/Klasika_Primavera) : 8th [Giro di Lombardia](/source/1999_Giro_di_Lombardia) : 9th [Coppa Placci](/source/Coppa_Placci) : 10th [Amstel Gold Race](/source/1999_Amstel_Gold_Race) ;2000 : 1st 20px [Time trial](/source/Italian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships : 3rd Overall [Memorial Cecchi Gori](/source/Settimana_Internazionale_di_Coppi_e_Bartali) : 6th Overall [Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana](/source/2000_Volta_a_la_Comunitat_Valenciana) : 9th [Coppa Bernocchi](/source/Coppa_Bernocchi) ;2001 :1st 20px [Time trial](/source/Italian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Road Championships{{efn|Disqualified due to a doping infraction.}} ;2002 : 10th [Grand Prix Eddy Merckx](/source/Grand_Prix_Eddy_Merckx) (with [Serhiy Honchar](/source/Serhiy_Honchar)) ;2005 : 1st Stage 1b ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) [Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali](/source/Settimana_Internazionale_di_Coppi_e_Bartali) : 3rd [Giro di Toscana](/source/Giro_di_Toscana) : 6th [Coppa Bernocchi](/source/Coppa_Bernocchi) : 7th [Trofeo Luis Puig](/source/Trofeo_Luis_Puig) : 9th [Giro della Provincia di Lucca](/source/Giro_della_Provincia_di_Lucca) ;2006 : 1st [Trofeo Città di Borgomanero](/source/%3Ait%3ACoppa_Citt%C3%A0_di_Borgomanero) (with [Fabio Sacchi](/source/Fabio_Sacchi)) {{div col end}} ===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [Grand Tour](/source/Grand_Tour_(cycling)) ! scope="col" | 1996 ! 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 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey [Giro d'Italia](/source/General_classification_in_the_Giro_d'Italia) |[81](/source/1996_Giro_d'Italia) |[30](/source/1997_Giro_d'Italia) |[20](/source/1998_Giro_d'Italia) |[DNF](/source/1999_Giro_d'Italia) |[DNF](/source/2000_Giro_d'Italia) |[11](/source/2001_Giro_d'Italia) | — |[21](/source/2003_Giro_d'Italia) |[100](/source/2004_Giro_d'Italia) |[103](/source/2005_Giro_d'Italia) | — | — |[87](/source/2008_Giro_d'Italia) | — |[108](/source/2010_Giro_d'Italia) |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey [Tour de France](/source/General_classification_in_the_Tour_de_France) | — | — | — | — |[39](/source/2000_Tour_de_France) | — |[54](/source/2002_Tour_de_France) |[DNF](/source/2003_Tour_de_France) |[DNF](/source/2004_Tour_de_France) | — |[97](/source/2006_Tour_de_France) | — |[42](/source/2008_Tour_de_France) | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey/20px|link=|alt=A red jersey [Vuelta a España](/source/General_classification_in_the_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | — | — | — | — | — | — |[57](/source/2002_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | — |[114](/source/2004_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) |[DNF](/source/2005_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) |[118](/source/2006_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) |[117](/source/2007_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | — |[93](/source/2009_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a) | — |} {| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | [DNF](/source/Did_not_finish) | Did not finish |} ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == *{{Sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070816124011/http://www.marcovelo.it/ Personal website {{in lang|it}}] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928110551/http://www.team-milram.com/en/team_rider_details.asp?riderID=31 Profile at Team Milram official website]}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Velo, Marco}} Category:Italian male cyclists Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Cyclists from Brescia {{Italy-cycling-bio-1970s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Marco Velo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Velo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Velo?action=history)). 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