Marco Marcato
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San Donà di Piave, Italy
 Marcato at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Marcato |
| Born | 11 February 1984 San Donà di Piave, Italy |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | UAE Team Emirates XRG |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type |
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| Professional teams | |
| 2005–2006 | Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi |
| 2007 | Team LPR |
| 2008 | Cycle Collstrop |
| 2009–2013 | Vacansoleil |
| 2014 | Cannondale[1] |
| 2015–2016 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert[2] |
| 2017–2021 | UAE Abu Dhabi[3][4] |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Marco Marcato (born 11 February 1984) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[5]
Born in San Donà di Piave, Veneto, Marcato won the Tour de Vendée in 2011,[6] and Paris–Tours in 2012: in the latter of these he took the Ruban Jaune as the holder of the record for the fastest average speed in a race of over 200 kilometres (120 miles), at the time.[7]
For the 2014 season, Marcato joined Cannondale, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM[8] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[1] Subsequently, Wanty–Groupe Gobert signed Marcato on a two-year contract from 2015, reuniting him with former Vacansoleil boss Hilaire Vanderschueren, and sharing leadership of the team in the Flemish classics with former Vacansoleil team-mate Björn Leukemans.[2] In September 2016 it was announced that Marcato would join UAE Abu Dhabi for the 2017 season.[9] He retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.[10]
