Michele Bartoli
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Michele Bartoli is a retired Italian road racing cyclist. He was a single-day race specialist, winning three of the five Monument
races. Bartoli won the UCI Road World Cup in 1997 and 1998.
. In 1998, Bartoli signed for Asics
. In summer 1998, Bartoli joined Mapei. After the Tour de France, won by Marco Pantani
, Mapei showed interest in contracting Pantani, and Asics went for another sponsor, but Bartoli left and joined Mapei
from 1999 to 2001.
In 1997 and 1998, Bartoli won UCI Road World Cup. From 10 October 1998 to 6 June 1999, Bartoli led the UCI Road World Rankings
. During these years, Bartoli was helped by Paolo Bettini
, with whom Bartoli had worked in the MG-Technogym and Asics
teams. Bettini kept improving. After a crash in the 1999 Tour of Germany, Bartoli was injured and Bettini rose to prominence, winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège. From that moment, both demanded a leading role. Although they worked together at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the feud culminated in the 2001 world championship
during which the two refused to collaborate, which contributed to Óscar Freire
of Spain winning the world title.
Bartoli left Mapei to re-join Ferretti at Fassa Bortolo for 2002-2003. In 2004, Bartoli moved to Team CSC
. In the 2004 Tour de France
, Bartoli abandoned in the 18th stage, after being called back by manager Bjarne Riis
from a break to protect his captain Ivan Basso
.
Bartoli stopped racing after completing 2004 injured. He said: "I just wasn't motivated to continue...I can't be a top level rider any more and that was a major influence on my decision, rather than my recent physical problems."
Bartoli was one of the most successful classics riders of his time. He won a variety of classics, starting with the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Omloop "Het Volk" in 1996 and 2001 respectively, and hilly races such as Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1997 and 1998, Züri-Metzgete in 1998, La Flèche Wallonne
in 1999, and the Amstel Gold Race
in 2002. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 2002 and 2003. He was national champion in 2000, and won short stage races such as the Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour de Reggio Calabria and Three Days of De Panne
.
In the world championship
he finished third in 1996 and 1998.
, with the start and finish in his hometown Montecarlo. Bartoli is, with former cyclists Francesco Casagrande
and Maximilian Sciandri, instructor of the Campagnolo Passion 2 Ride.
Bartoli was linked by La Gazzetta dello Sport
to the name "Sansone" on the database of Dr Eufemanio Fuentes in the Operación Puerto doping case
. Sansone is reportedly the name of Bartoli's dog.
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2001
2002
2003
2004
Classic cycle races
The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th Century. They are normally held at roughly the same...
races. Bartoli won the UCI Road World Cup in 1997 and 1998.
Biography
Bartoli turned professional in 1992 with and in 1995 moved to the MG-Technogym team of Giancarlo FerrettiGiancarlo Ferretti
Giancarlo Ferretti is the former manager of the now-disbanded Italian professional road bicycle racing team Fassa Bortolo team, sponsored by the Italian cement company of the same name....
. In 1998, Bartoli signed for Asics
ASICS
ASICS is a Japanese athletic equipment company. ASICS produces professional footwear and sports equipment designed for football, running, netball, tennis, badminton, squash, martial arts, cricket, golf, wrestling, track & field, cross-training, volleyball, cheerleading, lacrosse, and for many other...
. In summer 1998, Bartoli joined Mapei. After the Tour de France, won by Marco Pantani
Marco Pantani
Marco Pantani was an Italian road racing cyclist, widely considered one of the best climbers in professional road bicycle racing...
, Mapei showed interest in contracting Pantani, and Asics went for another sponsor, but Bartoli left and joined Mapei
Mapei
MAPEI is an Italian company founded in 1937 by Rodolfo Squinzi in Milan, Italy. It evolved from a small wall paint producer into a worldwide producer of adhesives, thinsets and sealants for buildings ....
from 1999 to 2001.
In 1997 and 1998, Bartoli won UCI Road World Cup. From 10 October 1998 to 6 June 1999, Bartoli led the UCI Road World Rankings
UCI Road World Rankings
The UCI Road World Rankings was a system of ranking road bicycle racers based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races over a twelve month period. The world rankings were first instituted by the UCI in 1984....
. During these years, Bartoli was helped by Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...
, with whom Bartoli had worked in the MG-Technogym and Asics
ASICS
ASICS is a Japanese athletic equipment company. ASICS produces professional footwear and sports equipment designed for football, running, netball, tennis, badminton, squash, martial arts, cricket, golf, wrestling, track & field, cross-training, volleyball, cheerleading, lacrosse, and for many other...
teams. Bettini kept improving. After a crash in the 1999 Tour of Germany, Bartoli was injured and Bettini rose to prominence, winning Liège–Bastogne–Liège. From that moment, both demanded a leading role. Although they worked together at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the feud culminated in the 2001 world championship
World Cycling Championship
The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The UCI Road World Championships include championships for elite men's road race and individual time trial...
during which the two refused to collaborate, which contributed to Óscar Freire
Óscar Freire
Óscar Freire Gómez is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer, riding for the UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He is one of the top sprinters in road bicycle racing, having won the world championship a three times, equalling Alfredo Binda, Rik Van Steenbergen and Eddy Merckx...
of Spain winning the world title.
Bartoli left Mapei to re-join Ferretti at Fassa Bortolo for 2002-2003. In 2004, Bartoli moved to Team CSC
Team CSC
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...
. In the 2004 Tour de France
2004 Tour de France
The 2004 Tour de France was the 91st, taking place from July 3 to July 25, 2004. It consisted of 20 stages over 3391 km.Lance Armstrong became the first to win six Tours de France. Armstrong had been favored to win, his competitors seen as being German Jan Ullrich, Spaniards Roberto Heras and...
, Bartoli abandoned in the 18th stage, after being called back by manager Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis , nicknamed The Eagle from Herning , is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team Saxo Bank Sungard...
from a break to protect his captain Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...
.
Bartoli stopped racing after completing 2004 injured. He said: "I just wasn't motivated to continue...I can't be a top level rider any more and that was a major influence on my decision, rather than my recent physical problems."
Bartoli was one of the most successful classics riders of his time. He won a variety of classics, starting with the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Omloop "Het Volk" in 1996 and 2001 respectively, and hilly races such as Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 1997 and 1998, Züri-Metzgete in 1998, La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne is a major men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Belgium.The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège...
in 1999, and the Amstel Gold Race
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...
in 2002. He won the Giro di Lombardia in 2002 and 2003. He was national champion in 2000, and won short stage races such as the Tirreno–Adriatico, Tour de Reggio Calabria and Three Days of De Panne
Three Days of De Panne
The Three Days of De Panne is a mid-week, three-day stage race before the Ronde van Vlaanderen in De Panne in West Flanders, Belgium. It is rated 2.HC by the UCI and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
.
In the world championship
World Cycling Championship
The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The UCI Road World Championships include championships for elite men's road race and individual time trial...
he finished third in 1996 and 1998.
After-cycling career
In 2005 Bartoli gave his name to the Granfondo Michele Bartoli in the province of LuccaLucca
Lucca is a city and comune in Tuscany, central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plainnear the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca...
, with the start and finish in his hometown Montecarlo. Bartoli is, with former cyclists Francesco Casagrande
Francesco Casagrande
Francesco Casagrande is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. Casagrande was a professional cyclist between 1992 and 2005.-Biography:He is a proven performer in the Grand Tours and the major one-day races...
and Maximilian Sciandri, instructor of the Campagnolo Passion 2 Ride.
Bartoli was linked by La Gazzetta dello Sport
La Gazzetta dello Sport
La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. It was first published on April 3, 1896, allowing it to cover the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens...
to the name "Sansone" on the database of Dr Eufemanio Fuentes in the Operación Puerto doping case
Operación Puerto doping case
Operación Puerto is the code name of a Spanish Police operation against the doping network of Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, started in May 2006, which resulted in a scandal that involved several of the world most famous cyclists at the time.Media attention has focused on the small number of...
. Sansone is reportedly the name of Bartoli's dog.
Palmares
1993- 1st Overall, Semaine Sicilienne
- 1st Stages 1
- 1st Stages 5
1994
- 1st Brabantse PijlBrabantse PijlThe Brabantse Pijl is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011, it was upgraded to a 1.HC event...
- 1st Criterium d'Abruzzo
- 1st GP Pino Cerami
- 1st, Stage 14, Giro d'Italia1994 Giro d'ItaliaThe 1994 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 77th edition of the race, was held from 22 May to 12 June 1994, consisting of 22 stages. It covered a total of 3,738 km, completed at an average speed of 37.124 km/h...
1995
- 1st Overall, Three Days of De PanneThree Days of De PanneThe Three Days of De Panne is a mid-week, three-day stage race before the Ronde van Vlaanderen in De Panne in West Flanders, Belgium. It is rated 2.HC by the UCI and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
- 1st Stages 1
- 1st Stages 2
1996
- 1st Giro dell'EmiliaGiro dell'EmiliaThe Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is considered one of the most important classic bicycle races in Italy....
- 1st GP de Fourmies
- 1st GP Industria & Artigianato di LarcianoGP Industria & Artigianato di LarcianoThe GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano is a road bicycle race held annually in Larciano, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.Between 1967 and 1976 it was held as the Circuito di Larciano.-Past winners:...
- 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen
- 1st Stage 1 Giro della Provincia di Reggio CalabriaGiro della Provincia di Reggio CalabriaThe Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy. The race as a single-day race until 2005. It wasn't held in 2006 or 2007, but returned in 2008 as a three day stage race. In 2009, the Giro was a single-day race, and in 2010, it...
- 1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
1997
- Champion UCI Road World Cup
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Rund um den Henninger-Turm
- 1st Trofeo LaiguegliaTrofeo LaiguegliaThe Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi.-Palmarès:...
- 1st Stage 4, Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 5, Tour MéditerranéenTour MéditerranéenTour Méditerranéen is a professional road bicycle racing event held in southern France along the Mediterranean Sea. The Tour Méditerranéen is a five-day stage race that began in 1974 and since 2005 has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event...
- Champion UCI Road World Cup
1998
- Champion UCI Road World Cup
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio CalabriaGiro della Provincia di Reggio CalabriaThe Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria is a road bicycle race held annually in Province of Reggio Calabria, Italy. The race as a single-day race until 2005. It wasn't held in 2006 or 2007, but returned in 2008 as a three day stage race. In 2009, the Giro was a single-day race, and in 2010, it...
- 1st Giro della RomagnaGiro della RomagnaThe Giro della Romagna is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Italian region of Romagna. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Winners:...
- 1st Grosser Preis des Kantons AargauGrosser Preis des Kantons AargauGrosser Preis des Kantons Aargau is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Aargau canton, one of the more northerly cantons of Switzerland....
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 1st Stage 14 Giro d'ItaliaGiro d'ItaliaThe Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
- 1st Stage 2 Tour MéditerranéenTour MéditerranéenTour Méditerranéen is a professional road bicycle racing event held in southern France along the Mediterranean Sea. The Tour Méditerranéen is a five-day stage race that began in 1974 and since 2005 has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event...
- 1st Stage 6 Tour MéditerranéenTour MéditerranéenTour Méditerranéen is a professional road bicycle racing event held in southern France along the Mediterranean Sea. The Tour Méditerranéen is a five-day stage race that began in 1974 and since 2005 has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event...
- 1st Overall Three Days of De PanneThree Days of De PanneThe Three Days of De Panne is a mid-week, three-day stage race before the Ronde van Vlaanderen in De Panne in West Flanders, Belgium. It is rated 2.HC by the UCI and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
1999
- 1st Brabantse PijlBrabantse PijlThe Brabantse Pijl is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011, it was upgraded to a 1.HC event...
- 1st La Flèche WallonneLa Flèche WallonneLa Flèche Wallonne is a major men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Belgium.The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège...
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a AndalucíaVuelta a AndalucíaThe Vuelta a Andalucía or Ruta del Sol is a regional Spanish road bicycle race. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour....
- 1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat ValencianaVolta a la Comunitat ValencianaThe Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community , Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the spring classics or the grand tours which take place later in the season.No editions of the race have been...
- 1st Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
2000
- 1st
Italian National Road Race ChampionshipItalian National Road Race ChampionshipThe Italian National Road Race Championships are held annually. They are a cycling race which decides the Italian cycling champion in the road racing discipline, across several categories of rider. The event was first held in 1906 and was won by Giovanni Cuniolo. At the beginning there were often... - 1st Stage 2, Vuelta a AndalucíaVuelta a AndalucíaThe Vuelta a Andalucía or Ruta del Sol is a regional Spanish road bicycle race. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour....
- 1st GP Ouest-FranceGP Ouest-FranceGrand-Prix de Plouay Ouest-France is an elite cycle race held annually in late summer around a circuit based on the small Breton village of Plouay since 1931...
2001
- 1st Grand Prix de Camaiore
- 1st Omloop "Het Volk"
2001
2002
- 1st Amstel Gold Race2002 Amstel Gold RaceThe Amstel Gold Race 2002 was the 37th edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 28, 2002 in the Limburg province, The Netherlands. The race stretched 254.4 kilometres, with the start and finish in Maastricht. There were a total number of 195 competitors, with...
- 1st Giro dell'EmiliaGiro dell'EmiliaThe Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is considered one of the most important classic bicycle races in Italy....
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Milano–Torino
- 1st Stage 2 Giro della Provincia di LuccaGiro della Provincia di LuccaThe Giro della Provincia di Lucca is a professional road bicycle race held annually in Province of Lucca, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour, previously being a stage race. It wasn't held in 2007 and the future of the race is uncertain.-Winners:...
- 1st Overall Tour MéditerranéenTour MéditerranéenTour Méditerranéen is a professional road bicycle racing event held in southern France along the Mediterranean Sea. The Tour Méditerranéen is a five-day stage race that began in 1974 and since 2005 has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event...
- 1st Stage 4
2003
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Stage 3, Tour de WallonieTour de WallonieThe Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour- Winners...
2004
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- Palmares
- Tour de France results
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