Alfredo Balloni
Italian cyclist
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Alfredo Balloni (born 20 September 1989) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI Continental Team Nankang–Fondriest.
FullnameAlfredo Balloni
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Balloni (in the middle) during the Giro d'Italia in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alfredo Balloni |
| Born | 20 September 1989 Rome, Italy |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Rouleur |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2007 | Arianna Rimor (junior) |
| 2008 | AGI Neri Lucchini Sprint (amateur) |
| 2009 | Promociclo Neri Sottoli (amateur) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010–2011 | Lampre–Farnese Vini |
| 2012 | Farnese Vini–Selle Italia |
| 2013–2014 | Ceramica Flaminia–Fondriest |
Career
Born in Rome, Balloni has competed as a professional since 2010, competing for the Lampre–Farnese Vini squad for two seasons before joining the Farnese Vini–Selle Italia team for the 2012 season.[1][2] On his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, Balloni held the lead of the mountains classification during the race's first leg in Denmark.[3]
Major results
- 2005
- 1st
Road race, National Novice Road Championships - 2006
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 2007
- 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Memorial Maresciallo Sorvillo
- 1st Coppa Ocria
- 2nd Overall Giro della Toscana
- 2008
- 3rd Overall Coupe des Nations Ville de Saguenay
- 1st Stage 3
- 2009
- National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st Trofeo Matteotti Under-23[4]
- 2nd GP Città di Felino
- 2nd Ruota d'Oro
- 2012
- Giro d'Italia
- Held
after Stages 2–5
- Held
- 2013
- 5th Tour du Jura
- 8th Giro del Medio Brenta
