Alessandro Spezialetti

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Alessandro Spezialetti
Personal information
Spezialetti at the 2010 Giro d'Italia.
Full name	Alessandro Spezialetti
Nickname	Spezia^[1]
Born	(1975-01-14) 14 January 1975 (age 49) Lachen, Switzerland
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider Directeur sportif
Rider type	Domestique
Amateur teams
1995	Calzaturieri Montegranaro
1996	Euromop Giomo Cucine Caneva

Professional teams
1997	Batik–Del Monte
1998	Riso Scotti–MG Maglificio
1999	Mobilvetta Design–Northwave
2000	Liquigas–Pata
2001	Cantina Tollo–Acqua & Sapone
2002–2004	Saeco–Longoni Sport
2005	Lampre–Caffita
2006–2007	Liquigas
2008–2009	LPR Brakes–Ballan
2010–2012	Lampre–Farnese Vini

Managerial teams
2014	Vini Fantini–Nippo
2015	GM Cycling Team
2016	Team Roth
2017–2022	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec

Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 TTT stage (2007)

Alessandro Spezialetti (born 14 January 1975 in Lachen, Switzerland) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 1997 and 2012.^[1] He was known as a lieutenant, or top domestique in Grand Tours.

Major results

1996

2nd Overall Giro delle Regioni

1st Prologue & Stage 3b

2nd Trofeo Zsšdi

2nd Piccola Sanremo [fr]

3rd La Popolarissima

3rd Coppa della Pace

1998

6th Subida a Urkiola

1999

3rd Giro di Toscana

4th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano

6th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

2000

9th GP Miguel Induráin

2001

1st Stage 2 Giro d'Abruzzo

9th Trofeo Matteotti

2003

2nd Trofeo Matteotti

9th Japan Cup

2007

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Giro d'Italia	DNF	—	37	DNF	64	48	46	65	—	93	63	41	74	118	107	77
Tour de France	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	DNF	—	DNF	—	116	—	100	—	—	—	—	DNF	—