Davide Ricci Bitti

Davide Ricci Bitti (born 12 February 1984) is an Italian former professional road cyclist.^[3]

Davide Ricci Bitti

Ricci Bitti in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 43) 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]

Career

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]

Major results

Sources:^[5][13][14]

2005

1st Stage 1 Giro Ciclistico Pesche Nettarine di Romagna

6th Giro del Casentino

8th Targa Crocifisso

2006

2nd Giro del Montalbano

2007

1st Giro del Compitese

1st GP Industria Casini

3rd Coppa San Geo

5th Coppa Guinigi

2008

3rd Trofeo FPT Tapparo

4th GP Enel Monte Amiata