Diego Rosa (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He rode in nine Grand Tours and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.
Career In August 2014, announced that they had signed Rosa for the 2015 season, with general manager Alexander Vinokourov highlighting his role as a domestique for Fabio Aru. His first professional victory was the 2015 Milano–Torino. In 2016, he won a mountain stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. He celebrated his solo win by stepping off his bike and crossing the finish line by foot, holding his bicycle in the air.
Rosa has competed in eight Grand Tours. In his Grand Tour debut, the 2013 Giro d'Italia, he finished 22nd overall. After not finishing the 2014 Giro d'Italia, he finished in the top 25 in both the 2015 Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España.
He joined for the 2017 season.
Major results Mountain bike
2011 3rd Nalles 2023 1st Marathon, National Championships 1st Primiero San Martino di Castrozza UCI XCM World Cup 2nd Morzine-Avoriaz 5th Finale Ligure 2026 4th Marathon, UCI World Championships
Road
2012 1st Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia 1st Stage 3 1st Mountains classification, Giro Ciclistico d'Italia 3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra 5th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli 6th Gran Premio San Giuseppe 2013 1st Young rider classification, Tour Méditerranéen 5th Overall Route du Sud 2014 8th Giro dell'Emilia 10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2015 (1 pro win) 1st Milano–Torino 5th Giro di Lombardia 5th Strade Bianche 2016 (1) Tour of the Basque Country 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 5 2nd Giro di Lombardia 7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 2017 1st Mountains classification, Tour de Pologne 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2018 (1) 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali 1st Stage 1b (TTT) 2019 2nd Memorial Marco Pantani 3rd Overall Tour of Guangxi 2020 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia 4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 5th Pollença–Andratx 10th Strade Bianche 2022 Giro d'Italia Held after Stages 9–14 Combativity award Stage 6
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Giro d'Italia 23 DNF 23 — 55 — — — — 77 Tour de France — — — 37 — — — DNF — — Vuelta a España — — 20 — 53 — — — — —
Classics results timeline Monument2013201420152016201720182019202020212022 Milan–San Remo 122 66 — — — — — — — 46 Tour of FlandersDid not contest during his career Paris–Roubaix Liège–Bastogne–Liège — — —10 79 — — — 52 — Giro di Lombardia 29 3852 17 86 DNF — — — Classic2013201420152016201720182019202020212022 Strade Bianche — 665 — 83 — 2410 57 — Amstel Gold Race — — 57 22 — — 67NH — — La Flèche Wallonne — — — 20 30 — DNF — 106 — Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec — — — 37 — — —Not held — Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal — — — 34 — — — — Milano–Torino 30 111 21 22 92 20 — — —
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish DNS Did not start NH Not held
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