Salvatore Commesso

Salvatore Commesso (born March 28, 1975) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.

He was born in Torre del Greco, Campania, and turned professional in 1998. That year he placed in third in the Grand Prix de Suisse and the Giro del Capo. He won the Italian National Road Race Championships and Stage 13 of the Tour de France in 1999.

Commesso won Stage 18 of the 2000 Tour de France and won the points competition in the Volta a Portugal in 2001.

In 2002, he again won the Italian Championship, as well as the Trofeo Matteotti and the Criterium d'Abruzzo.

He rode for the team from 1998 to 2004. In 2005, the team merged with , with whom he came in second in the Giro del Veneto.

He rode for Lampre in the 2006 Tour de France and finished second in Stage 14.

Major results

1996 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto 1st Prologue & Stage 4 Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 5th Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships 10th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships 1997 1st Road race, European Under-23 Road Championships

2nd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 2nd Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin 9th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships 1998 3rd Grand Prix de Suisse 3rd Overall Giro del Capo 1st Stage 1 4th HEW Cyclassics 4th First Union Invitational 1999

1st Stage 13 Tour de France 1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 5th Clásica de San Sebastián 7th Coppa Bernocchi 2000 1st Stage 18 Tour de France 5th First Union Invitational 9th First Union Classic 2001 Volta a Portugal 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3 & 9 8th Giro del Friuli 10th Trofeo Matteotti 2002

1st Trofeo Matteotti 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo 4th Coppa Bernocchi 2003 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2005 2nd Giro del Veneto 4th Coppa Agostoni 4th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore 7th HEW Cyclassics 9th GP Nobili Rubinetterie 2006

2007

2008 1st Stage 5 Tour de Luxembourg 8th Overall Tour of Belgium 2009 5th SEB Tartu Grand Prix 8th Overall Tour de Serbie