Umberto Poli
Personal information
Born (1996-08-27) 27 August 1996
Verona, Italy
Team information
Current teamTeam Novo Nordisk
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2015–2016Novo Nordisk Development
Professional team
2017–Team Novo Nordisk[1][2]

Umberto Poli (born 27 August 1996) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Novo Nordisk.[3]

Career

He competed at the 2017 Milan–San Remo where he finished 192nd, 17 minutes and 22 seconds behind the winner.[4][5][6] He was the youngest rider in the race at 20 years old and did not know he was riding in the race until the Wednesday before.[7][8] He initially formed part of the breakaway, but fell off at Capo Berta.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Team Novo Nordisk Adds Five New Riders to 2019 Pro Roster". Team Novo Nordisk. Sportyfied. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Team Novo Nordisk Announces 2020 Roster". Team Novo Nordisk. Sportyfied. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Team Novo Nordisk". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Cookies op AD.nl - AD.nl".
  5. ↑ "Milan-San Remo 2017: Results - Cyclingnews.com".
  6. ↑ "Matthews left empty handed despite team effort - Milan-San Remo shorts". Cyclingnews.com. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. ↑ "The Moment The Race Was Won: Milan-Sanremo". Inrng.com. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  8. ↑ Filippo Francesco Idone. "Umberto Poli tra ciclismo e diabete: "inizialmente avevo paura, adesso non mi privo di nulla!"". Sportfair.it. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kwiatkowski stuns Sagan to win Milan-Sanremo". VeloNews.com. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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