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Matteo Pelucchi
Personal information
Full name	Matteo Pelucchi
Born	21 January 1989 (age 36); Giussano, Italy
Height	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	Road; Track;
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional teams
2011	Geox–TMC
2012	Team Europcar
2013–2016	IAM Cycling
2017–2018	Bora–Hansgrohe
2019	Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec
2020	Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè
2021	Team Qhubeka Assos

Matteo Pelucchi (born 21 January 1989) is an Italian former professional road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2021. He also competed in track cycling at a junior level.

Career

He rode for a year with Team Europcar in 2012,^[5] and four years with IAM Cycling between 2013 and 2016. In October 2016 he and IAM teammate Aleksejs Saramotins were announced as members of the Bora–Hansgrohe squad for 2017.^[6] Pelucchi joined Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec in 2019 after two years with Bora–Hansgrohe,^[2] before joining his sixth professional team in 2020, Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè.^[3]

In December 2020, Pelucchi signed a one-year contract with Team Qhubeka Assos, for the 2021 season.^[7] He retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.^[8]

Major results

2007

National Junior Track Championships

1st

Kilo

1st

Keirin

2010

1st Trofeo Papà Cervi

2011

1st Clásica de Almería

2012

Ronde de l'Oise

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 5 Four Days of Dunkirk

3rd Trofeo Migjorn

8th Grand Prix de Denain

10th Trofeo Palma de Mallorca

2013

Circuit de la Sarthe

1st

Points classification

1st Stage 1

2nd Velothon Berlin

6th Châteauroux Classic

2014

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos

1st Stage 2 Tirreno–Adriatico

2nd Grand Prix de Denain

9th Overall World Ports Classic

10th Scheldeprijs

2015

1st Trofeo Santanyi-Ses Salines-Campos

1st Trofeo Playa de Palma

Tour de Pologne

1st Stages 2 & 3

10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

2017

2nd Trofeo Playa de Palma

4th Trofeo Porreres-Felanitx-Ses Salines-Campos

6th Münsterland Giro

2018

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour

1st Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska

4th Handzame Classic

2019

Tour de Langkawi

1st Stages 5 & 6

Tour of Taihu Lake

1st Stages 2 & 4

1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Aragón

1st Stage 3 Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

8th Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Giro d'Italia	—	DNF	DNF	DNF	—	—
Tour de France	Has not contested during his career
Vuelta a España	DNF	DNF	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "IAM Cycling announces 2013 roster". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Two new riders for Movistar at Tour Down Under - News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019. Androni-Giocattoli-Sidermech [sic] for 2019: Manuel Belletti, Marco Benfatto, Alessandro Bisolti, Matteo Busato, Mattia Cattaneo, Leonardo Fedrigo, Marco and Mattia Frapporti, Francesco Gavazzi, Fausto Masnada, Matteo Montaguti, Matteo Pelucchi, Matteo Spreafico, Andrea Vendrame, Mattia Viel, Julian Cardona, Miguel Florez, Daniel Munoz and, Kevin Rivera.
^ ^a ^b "Bardiani CSF Faizanè opt for cyclamen and green kit to stand out in the 2020 peloton". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2019. The 20-rider roster includes Enrico Battaglin from Katusha-Alpecin, Matteo Pelucchi and Marco Benfatto from Androni Giocattoli.
^ "Team Qhubeka Assos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^ Deneits, Stephane (8 January 2012). "Équipes 2012: Europcar" [Teams 2012: Europcar]. Velochrono.fr (in French). Velochrono. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ "Bora-Hansgrohe finalise 2017 roster with McCarthy, Pelucchi and Saramotins signings". cyclingnews.com. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
^ "EF Pro Cycling and Qhubeka-Assos strengthen 2021 lineups, Gage Hecht to Trek Factory Racing". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020. Qhubeka-Assos has brought aboard Lasse Norman Hansen and Matteo Pelucchi, while also extending Reinardt Janse van Rensburg's contract for a seventh year.
^ Timms, Joe (18 October 2021). "Who is retiring from pro cycling in 2021?". Rouleur. Retrieved 7 November 2021.