Andrea Ferrigato

Andrea Ferrigato (born 1 September 1969 in Schio) is an Italian former road bicycle racer.

Career In 1991 he turned professional with , which he rode for until 1993. In 1994 he won the 12th stage at the Giro d'Italia, while his best year was 1996, while riding for . That season he won the Leeds International Classic and the Grand Prix de Suisse and placed second to Johan Museeuw in the UCI Road World Cup.

During some years he was in the Italian national team, and competed in two editions of the road world championship. He rode a season for the team , before leaving in March 2005, when he began to work for the company Selle Italia.

Since 2011 he has been working for the tour operator Girolibero, specialized in cycling holidays, where he has been planning roadbike tours and creating the brochure Girolibero Roadbike.

Major results

1990 1st Gran Premio di Poggiana 1st Giro del Casentino 1991 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria 8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 10th Coppa Sabatini 1992 2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia 6th Giro dell'Appennino 8th Tour du Haut Var 1993 2nd Criterium d'Abruzzo 4th Giro dell'Appennino 10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 1994 1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia 3rd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 5th Giro di Toscana 1995 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 7th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato 8th Züri-Metzgete 1996 1st Leeds International Classic 1st Züri-Metzgete 1st Giro della Romagna 1st Trofeo Matteotti 2nd Overall UCI Road World Cup 3rd Giro del Lazio 4th Coppa Placci 5th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato 7th Paris–Tours 8th Clásica de San Sebastián 10th GP Eddy Merckx 1997 1st GP Ouest France-Plouay 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico 2nd Rochester International Classic 5th Gent–Wevelgem 5th Coppa Bernocchi 5th Paris–Brussels 7th Giro dell'Emilia 7th Trofeo Matteotti 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie 9th Milan–San Remo 9th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 1998 8th GP Ouest France-Plouay 8th Giro di Romagna 10th Amstel Gold Race 1999 1st Trofeo Pantalica 1st Tour de Berne 1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia 3rd Trofeo Melinda 3rd Giro del Veneto 4th Giro del Friuli 2000 2nd GP de Fourmies 6th Giro di Romagna 6th Giro del Veneto 7th Trofeo Luis Puig 9th Coppa Placci 2001 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve 2nd Overall Giro della Liguria 8th Clásica de San Sebastián 8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa 2002 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 2 2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato 2nd Coppa Sabatini 4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 6th Coppa Placci 6th Giro del Veneto 8th HEW Cyclassics 2003 1st Stage 1 Giro della Liguria 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 2nd Tre Valli Varesine 4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 2004 5th G.P. Costa degli Etruschi

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish