Full name Marco Velo 1998–2001 Mercatone Uno Height 1.84 m 1996–1997 Brescialat Role Bicycler | Discipline Road Name Marco Velo Current team Retired 2002–2005 Fassa Bortolo Weight 74 kg | |
Born 9 March 1974 (age 50)
Brescia, Italy ( 1974-03-09 ) |
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Marco Velo (born 9 March 1974 in Brescia) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer.
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Professional career
Velo, who started his career with Brescialat, is a talented time-trialist, winning the Italian National Time Trial Championship on three occasions—1998, 1999 and 2000. Since 2002, Velo has ridden as a domestique for Alessandro Petacchi, first at Fassa Bortolo. In 2005, Velo wanted to go join Matteo Tosatto at the Quick Step team, but in the end joined Petacchi at the Domina Vacanze team, but when that disbanded at the end of the year, they both moved to Milram at the start of 2006. For the 2008 season, Velo moved to join Tosatto at the Quick Step team after all.
Major results
In his career, Velo won:
References
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