 Commesso at the2007 Tour of Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Salvatore Commesso | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Toto | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-03-28)March 28, 1975 (age 50) Torre del Greco, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | S.C. Villa d'Almè | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Cosmos GMG | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Casini–Vellutex | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Saeco–AS Juvenes San Marino(stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Saeco–Cannondale | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Lampre–Caffita | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Tinkoff Credit Systems | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Preti Mangimi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Meridiana–Kalev Chocolate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Meridiana–Kamen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Salvatore Commesso (born March 28, 1975) is an Italian former professionalroad bicycle racer.
He was born inTorre del Greco,Campania, and turned professional in 1998. That year he placed in third in theGrand Prix de Suisse and theGiro del Capo. He won theItalian National Road Race Championships and Stage 13 of theTour de France in 1999.
Commesso won Stage 18 of the2000 Tour de France and won the points competition in theVolta a Portugal in 2001.
In 2002, he again won the Italian Championship, as well as theTrofeo Matteotti and theCriterium d'Abruzzo.
He rode for theSaeco–Cannondale team from 1998 to 2004. In 2005, the team merged withLampre–Caffita, with whom he came in second in theGiro del Veneto.
He rode for Lampre in the2006 Tour de France and finished second inStage 14.
Road race,European Under-23 Road Championships
Road race,Mediterranean Games
Road race, National Road Championships
Points classificationRoad race, National Road Championships
Combativity award Stage 14,Tour de France
Mountains classification,Tirreno–Adriatico
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