Matteo Bono (born 11 November 1983) is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally for the UAE Team Emirates through various team iterations between 2006 and 2018.[1]
 Bono at the 2009 Tour Down Under. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matteo Bono |
| Born | 11 November 1983 Iseo, Italy |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2002–2005 | Colibri–Unidelta |
| 2005 | Lampre–Caffita (stagiaire) |
| Professional team | |
| 2006–2018 | Lampre–Fondital |
Career edit
Born in Iseo, Bono turned professional in 2006 and he took his first professional wins in 2007, winning stage six at Tirreno–Adriatico and stage three of the Tour de Romandie; he won the latter after being in a breakaway with Fumiyuki Beppu and Marco Pinotti and outsprinted Beppu on the line.
Career achievements edit
Major results edit
- 2007
- 1st Stage 6 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
- 2011
- 1st Stage 5 Eneco Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
139 | — | 123 | 86 | — | 99 | — | 77 | — | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | 117 | — | 98 | 93 | — | DNF | — | 118 | 136 | 111 |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 143 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ "Il Tour of Guangxi è stata l'ultima gara della carriera di Matteo Bono" [The Tour of Guangxi was the last race of Matteo Bono's career]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
External links edit
Media related to Matteo Bono at Wikimedia Commons- Matteo Bono at Cycling Archives
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