Matteo Draperi

Matteo Draperi
Personal information
Full name	Matteo Draperi
Born	17 January 1991 (age 33); Cuneo, Italy
Team information
Current team	Team Cycliste Azuréen
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2010–2012	Brunero Camel Pedalando in Langa
2013	Chambery Cyclisme Formation
2014–2015	U.C. Monaco
2019–	Team Cycliste Azuréen
Professional teams
2016–2017	Southeast–Venezuela
2018	Sangemini–MG.K Vis Vega

Matteo Draperi (born 17 January 1991) is an Italian road bicycle racer,^[1] who currently rides for French amateur squad Team Cycliste Azuréen.^[2]

Career

Up through the junior category, Draperi was one of the leading cyclists in his country, finishing second in the national road championship twice, as well as a two-time winner of the challenge “Oscar tuttoBICI”. He began the U23 category with physical pain, and underwent a surgical operation to the vertebral column. Because of this problem, he had few results in this category.^[3] However, he turned professional in 2016 with Southeast–Venezuela.^[4]

Major results

2008

2nd Overall Tre Ciclistica Internazionale Bresciana

1st Young rider classification

5th Overall Giro della Toscana

2009

8th Overall 3 Giorni Orobica

10th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi

2018

8th GP Izola

10th Overall Belgrade Banjaluka

References

^ "Matteo Draperi". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
^ Gachet, Nicolas (16 January 2020). "Team Cycliste Azuréen : L'effectif 2020" [Team Cycliste Azuréen: The 2020 roster]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ "DILETTANTE EMIGRANTE". tuttoBICI. April 2013.
^ "Dopo tre anni in Francia Matteo Draperi approda al professionismo: dal 2016 sarà un corridore della Southeast". www.cicloweb.it. 21 November 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.