Marco Marcato

Marco Marcato (born 11 February 1984) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam .

Career

Born in San Donà di Piave, Veneto, Marcato won the Tour de Vendée in 2011, and Paris–Tours in 2012: in the latter of these he took the Ruban Jaune as the holder of the record for the fastest average speed in a race of over , at the time.

For the 2014 season, Marcato joined , after his previous team Ã¢Â€Â“  Ã¢Â€Â“ folded at the end of the 2013 season. Subsequently, signed Marcato on a two-year contract from 2015, reuniting him with former Vacansoleil boss Hilaire Vanderschueren, and sharing leadership of the team in the Flemish classics with former Vacansoleil team-mate Björn Leukemans. In September 2016 it was announced that Marcato would join for the 2017 season. He retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.

Major results

2005

1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia

7th Giro della Romagna

7th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico

7th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

7th Giro del Piemonte

10th Memorial Cimurri

2006

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Chihuahua

3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

4th Coppa Bernocchi

5th Giro della Romagna

8th Overall Tour de Picardie

10th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico

2007

2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami

2nd Giro della Romagna

5th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

5th Giro di Toscana

6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

7th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

8th Clásica de Almería

10th Overall Tour of Ireland

:1st Stage 5

2008

4th Overall Tour de Wallonie

6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese

2009

3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg

:1st Young rider classification

4th Paris–Camembert

6th Overall Tour of Belgium

7th Overall Tour de Picardie

8th Overall Tour de Pologne

2010

2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie

2nd Giro di Toscana

2nd Coppa Sabatini

2nd Druivenkoers Overijse

3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami

4th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop

4th Memorial Marco Pantani

5th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

5th Giro della Romagna

5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

6th Le Samyn

7th Giro del Veneto

8th Amstel Gold Race

9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

9th GP Ouest–France

10th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

10th Vattenfall Cyclassics

2011

1st Tour de Vendée

2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges

2nd Paris–Tours

2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami

3rd Overall Tour de Pologne

5th Druivenkoers Overijse

6th Dwars door Vlaanderen

6th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop

7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

10th Overall Circuit de Lorraine

2012

1st Paris–Tours

1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges

2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

3rd Overall Circuit de Lorraine

4th Druivenkoers Overijse

6th GP Ouest–France

6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

7th Gent–Wevelgem

8th Tour de Vendée

10th Grand Prix de Wallonie

2013

5th Overall Tour de Wallonie

5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

6th Druivenkoers Overijse

2014

6th Overall Tour des Fjords

8th Trofeo Laigueglia

10th Overall Eneco Tour

2015

2nd Classic Loire Atlantique

2nd Druivenkoers Overijse

2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

3rd Overall Danmark Rundt

5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

6th Grand Prix La Marseillaise

7th Tour de Vendée

2016

3rd Druivenkoers Overijse

5th Dwars door het Hageland

5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

8th Trofeo Matteotti

9th Overall Danmark Rundt

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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