Dario Cataldo

Dario Cataldo (born 17 March 1985) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam.

Liquigas (2007–08)
After surprisingly winning the Baby Giro in 2006, Cataldo signed as a neo-professional for for the 2007 season. In January 2007, Cataldo was hit by a car while training and broke his right wrist. Later that year, Cataldo won two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir. After a disappointing year in 2008, did not renew his contract.

Quick Step (2009–12)
In 2009, Cataldo switched to the team. For his first two years, Cataldo failed to make a huge impact however in 2012, he began to reach his potential. Cataldo won the 2012 Italian National Time Trial Championships and finished in 12th place at the Giro d'Italia. Cataldo won the queen stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España, stage 16 finishing atop a climb which was featured for the first time in the Vuelta, the Cuitu Negru. He escaped with Thomas De Gendt of the squad early in the race and they were never caught. Cataldo shook off De Gendt with less than 2 km to race on the very steep final part of the stage, reaching more than 20% gradient in places. He managed to lift his arms for a second as he crossed the line for the 'victory pose' before slumping over his handlebars with fatigue.

Team Sky (2013–14)
His success in 2012 saw him earn a move to UCI World Tour champions, where he was expected to play the role of a super-domestique for either Bradley Wiggins at the Giro d'Italia or Chris Froome at the Tour de France.

In October 2014 announced they had signed Cataldo for the 2015 season, with the team's general manager Alexander Vinokourov describing his role as being a climbing lieutenant for Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru, as well as contributing to the team's performance in team time trials.

Astana (2015–19)
In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. His tour ended when he withdrew due to injury on 12 July, caused by a crash in the feed zone.

Major results

 * 2003
 * 6th Trofeo Buffoni
 * 6th Giro della Toscana


 * 2006
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg Overall Girobio


 * 2007
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
 * 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
 * 4th Giro del Veneto
 * 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 * 1st Points classification
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 1st Stages 2 & 7
 * 10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni


 * 2008
 * 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali


 * 2009
 * 5th Overall Tour of Missouri
 * 5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * 5th Coppa Lella Mentasti – GP Città di Stresa


 * 2010 (1 pro win)
 * 1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2011
 * 7th Trofeo Magalluf-Palmanova
 * 9th Overall Tour of Beijing


 * 2012 (2)
 * 1st Jersey italianflag.svg Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
 * 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain
 * 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya


 * 2013
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino


 * 2014 (1)
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
 * 1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 4 (ITT)


 * 2015
 * 4th Overall Giro del Trentino


 * 2016
 * 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
 * 8th Vuelta a Murcia
 * 9th Overall Tour de Pologne


 * 2017
 * 4th Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2018
 * 1st Jersey white dots on blue.svg Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Austria


 * 2019 (1)
 * 1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
 * 8th Overall Tour of the Alps