Manuel Quinziato (born 30 October 1979) is an Italian former road racing cyclist,[1] who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017 for the Lampre, Saunier Duval–Prodir, Liquigas–Doimo and BMC Racing Team squads. During his career, Quinziato took five victories, including stage victories at the Eneco Tour in 2006 and 2015, and the Italian National Time Trial Championships in 2016. He was also a member of two world championship-winning team time trial squads with the BMC Racing Team in 2014 and 2015.

Manuel Quinziato
Quinziato at the 2007 Eneco Tour
Personal information
Full nameManuel Quinziato
Born (1979-10-30) 30 October 1979 (age 45)
Bolzano, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2002–2004Lampre–Daikin
2005Saunier Duval–Prodir
2006–2010Liquigas
2011–2017BMC Racing Team
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2015)
Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2008)

Single-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2016)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing BMC Racing Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Ponferrada Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 2015 Richmond Team Time Trial
Silver medal – second place 2012 Valkenburg Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 2016 Doha Team Time Trial

Major results

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1997
3rd   Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
2001
1st   Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
1st Stage 1 Giro delle Regioni
1st Stage 2 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
3rd Coppa Città di Asti
2002
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
2003
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2004
3rd Japan Cup
8th Giro del Piemonte
9th Overall Tour of Belgium
2005
8th Classic Haribo
9th Overall Tour of Qatar
10th Trofeo Laigueglia
2006
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
5th Overall Eneco Tour
1st Stage 2
6th Overall Danmark Rundt
9th Chrono des Nations
2007
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
4th Grand Prix de Fourmies
2008
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
2nd Chrono des Nations
2009
4th Overall Three Days of De Panne
9th Paris–Roubaix
9th Gent–Wevelgem
2010
10th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2011
8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2012
2nd   Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
9th Overall Tour of Belgium
2014
1st   Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2015
1st   Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1st Stage 3 (TTT) Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Stage 9 (TTT) Tour de France
1st Stage 7 Eneco Tour
2016
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Eneco Tour
2nd   Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th Overall Tour of Qatar
2017
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
  Giro d'Italia 86 106 112 117 133
  Tour de France 131 80 113 130 162 115 109 85 120
  Vuelta a España 94 DNF 126 131 68
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ Benson, Daniel (16 September 2017). "Quinziato swaps bike for agent work as retirement kicks in". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Manuel Quinziato". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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