Enrico Gasparotto

After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team in 2021 before joining Bora–Hansgrohe in a similar role the following year.

Enrico Gasparotto

Gasparotto at the 2016 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Full name	Enrico Gasparotto
Nickname	Giallo
Born	(1982-03-22) 22 March 1982 (age 42) Sacile, Italy
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team	Bora–Hansgrohe
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Directeur sportif
Rider type	Puncheur Classics specialist
Professional teams
2005–2007	Liquigas–Bianchi
2008	Barloworld
2009	Lampre–NGC
2010–2014	Astana
2015–2016	Wanty–Groupe Gobert
2017–2018	Bahrain–Merida
2019–2020	Team Dimension Data
Managerial teams
2021	Nippo–Provence–PTS Conti
2022–	Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 TTT stage (2007) Stage races Ster Elektrotoer (2008) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2005) Amstel Gold Race (2012, 2016) Others UCI Europe Tour (2007–08)

Born in Sacile, Gasparotto turned professional in 2005 with Liquigas–Bianchi and stayed with the team for three years. At the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Gasparotto led his Liquigas squad to a stage 1 team time trial win and wore the pink jersey the following day.

Gasparotto achieved his first Classics victory at the 2012 Amstel Gold Race; he won the race in an uphill finish, after Óscar Freire was caught 90 m (300 ft) before the finish line, and Gasparotto out-sprinted Lotto–Belisol's Jelle Vanendert and Peter Sagan of Liquigas–Cannondale. One week later, he took part in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, finishing third by beating a small group to the sprint in a race won by fellow Astana teammate, Maxim Iglinsky.

At the Vuelta a España, bad luck hit Gasparotto and the Astana squad on the very first stage, a 16.5 km (10.3 mi) team time trial held in Pamplona. His teammates Paolo Tiralongo, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Andrey Zeits and Gasparotto himself crashed in an accident that was not picked up by the television cameras. His teammates could pick themselves up and continue, as did Gasparotto, but it was revealed that his collarbone was fractured in three places and he had to abandon the Spanish race.

Gasparotto took a second Amstel Gold triumph when he won the 2016 edition of the race, defeating Michael Valgren in a two-up sprint after the pair broke away from the main group in the closing stages of the race. It was Gasparotto's first win since his 2012 victory, and he dedicated it to Antoine Demoitié, his teammate who had died after a crash at Gent–Wevelgem the previous month.

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Giro d'Italia	97	92	60	DNF	—	66	—	97	—	—	76	—	69	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	—	—	95	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
/  Vuelta a España	—	—	82	68	78	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	120

Classics results