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 – – folded at the end of the 2013 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

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

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish