Italian road bicycle racer

Eros Capecchi (born 13 June 1986) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious. He took four professional wins during his career, including a stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Major results
  • 2.1 Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Born in Castiglione del Lago, Capecchi turned professional with Liquigas–Bianchi in 2005 before moving to Saunier Duval–Scott in 2008. He returned to Liquigas–Cannondale for the 2011 season. He took a notable victory at the Gran Premio di Lugano in 2012, dropping a dozen riders in the finale, and finished with a 4-second advantage over them. He left Liquigas–Cannondale at the end of the 2012 season, and joined the Movistar Team on a two-year contract, from the 2013 season onwards. Capecchi signed for Quick-Step Floors for the 2017 season. He joined Bahrain–McLaren in 2020. He retired from compe*ion at the end of the 2021 season, after his contract was not extended.

Major results

20041st Road race, National Junior Road Championships20053rd Ruota d'Oro20068th Down Under Cl*ic9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg20071st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda20081st Overall Euskal Bizikleta1st Stage 39th Overall Deutschland Tour20096th Giro dell'Appennino20111st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia4th Overall Tour de San Luis20121st Gran Premio di Lugano4th Giro dell'Appennino5th Overall Tour of Beijing8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos20136th Overall Tour de Pologne201410th Overall Tour de Suisse20161st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro del Trentino1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

Grand Tour general cl*ification results timeline

References

External links

Media related to Eros Capecchi at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Eros Capecchi at ProCyclingStats
• Eros Capecchi at Cycling Archives
• Eros Capecchi's profile on Cycling Base