Dario Cataldo

Dario Cataldo (born 17 March 1985) is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2024.

Career

Liquigas (2007–08)

After surprisingly winning the Baby Giro in 2006, Cataldo signed as a neo-professional for for the 2007 season. In January 2007, Cataldo was hit by a car while training and broke his right wrist. Later that year, Cataldo won two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir. After a disappointing year in 2008, did not renew his contract. For his first two years, Cataldo failed to make a huge impact however in 2012, he began to reach his potential. Cataldo won the 2012 Italian National Time Trial Championships and finished in 12th place at the Giro d'Italia. Cataldo won the queen stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España, stage 16 finishing atop a climb which was featured for the first time in the Vuelta, the . He escaped with Thomas De Gendt of the squad early in the race and they were never caught. Cataldo shook off De Gendt with less than to race on the very steep final part of the stage, reaching more than 20% gradient in places. He managed to lift his arms for a second as he crossed the line for the 'victory pose' before slumping over his handlebars with fatigue.

Team Sky (2013–14)

His success in 2012 saw him earn a move to UCI World Tour champions , where he was expected to play the role of a super-domestique for either Bradley Wiggins at the Giro d'Italia or Chris Froome at the Tour de France.

In October 2014 announced they had signed Cataldo for the 2015 season, with the team's general manager Alexander Vinokourov describing his role as being a climbing lieutenant for Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru, as well as contributing to the team's performance in team time trials.

Astana (2015–19) In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. His tour ended when he withdrew due to injury on 12 July, caused by a crash in the feed zone.

Major results

2003 6th Trofeo Buffoni 6th Giro della Toscana 2006 1st Overall Girobio 2007 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm 4th Giro del Veneto 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 2 & 7 10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni 2008 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2009 5th Overall Tour of Missouri 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 5th Coppa Lella Mentasti – GP Città di Stresa 2010 (1 pro win) 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2011 7th Trofeo Magalluf-Palmanova 9th Overall Tour of Beijing 2012 (2) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya 2013 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino 2014 (1) 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 4 (ITT) 2015 4th Overall Giro del Trentino 2016 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos 8th Vuelta a Murcia 9th Overall Tour de Pologne 2017 4th Time trial, National Road Championships 2018 1st Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné 3rd Overall Tour of Austria 2019 (1) 1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España 8th Overall Tour of the Alps

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Giro d'Italia DNF 54 DNF 12 12 56 26 25 — 14 — 48 66 54 73 Tour de France — — — — — — — — — DNF — — 80 — — / Vuelta a España — — 71 131 51 74 DNF 57 51 — 64 68 — — 117

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish