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Italian cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Davide Ricci Bitti (born 12 February 1984) is an Italian former professional road cyclist.[3]
Ricci Bitti in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1982 Medicina, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2006–2008 | Finauto D'Etoffe - Zoccorinese[1] |
| 2020–2021 | Argon18–Hicari–Stemax |
| Professional team | |
| 2009–2012 | ISD[2] |
In 2020 Bitti started racing again but this time as an amateur riding for Argon18–Hicari–Stemax. Bitti said "he competes for the sake of being with friends".[4]
He rode in the 2011 Giro d'Italia and finished in 148th place.[5] In Stage 3 of the Giro Bitti was part of the four-man break which formed 30 km into the 173 km stage. Working with his fellow break-away riders they achieved a 3-minute gap fairly quickly.[6] With 25 km to go Gianluca Brambilla attacked over a climb followed closely by Pavel Brutt this surge in pace up the hill caused Bitti to lose contact with the breakaway.[7] He would get caught by the Peloton with 2 km to go. He would finish 194th on the stage 6'03" down on the winner.[8] It wasn't until Stage 12 of the race that Bitti was in another breakaway. Once again there were four riders this time they established their break at 4 km from the start. At 20 km in they had a lead of4 minutes but with HTC–Highroad setting the pace behind, for their sprinter Mark Cavendish, the lead never exceeded 4 minutes. At 25 km to go the quartet had a lead of 2 minutes. By 12 km to go they had been caught as HTC–Highroad set up the sprint. Bitti finished the stage in 145th not losing any time.[9] In August at the Volta a Portugal Bitti claimed his two best results of the season. The 2.2 km Prologue where he finished in seventh place.[10] Then in Stage 9 he came third in the mountain sprint to the line.[11] Later in the season at the Giro dell'Emilia Bitti was once again in the break-away of the day gaining a lead of over 8 minutes 47 km into the race. Their lead fell steadily after that with all the breakaway caught. Bitti then abandoned the race.[12]
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