Marco Marcato

Marco Marcato (born 11 February 1984) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam.

Career
Born in San Donà di Piave, Veneto, Marcato won the Tour de Vendée in 2011, 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 km, at the time.

For the 2014 season, Marcato joined, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. Subsequently, 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. In September 2016 it was announced that Marcato would join for the 2017 season. He retired from competition at the end of the 2021 season.

Major results

 * 2005
 * 1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
 * 7th Giro della Romagna
 * 7th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
 * 7th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
 * 7th Giro del Piemonte
 * 10th Memorial Cimurri


 * 2006
 * 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Chihuahua
 * 3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
 * 4th Coppa Bernocchi
 * 5th Giro della Romagna
 * 8th Overall Tour de Picardie
 * 10th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico


 * 2007
 * 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
 * 2nd Giro della Romagna
 * 5th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
 * 5th Giro di Toscana
 * 6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
 * 7th Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
 * 8th Clásica de Almería
 * 10th Overall Tour of Ireland
 * 1st Stage 5


 * 2008
 * 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
 * 6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese


 * 2009
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 4th Paris–Camembert
 * 6th Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 7th Overall Tour de Picardie
 * 8th Overall Tour de Pologne


 * 2010
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
 * 2nd Giro di Toscana
 * 2nd Coppa Sabatini
 * 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
 * 4th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop
 * 4th Memorial Marco Pantani
 * 5th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
 * 5th Giro della Romagna
 * 5th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
 * 6th Le Samyn
 * 7th Giro del Veneto
 * 8th Amstel Gold Race
 * 9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
 * 9th GP Ouest–France
 * 10th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
 * 10th Vattenfall Cyclassics


 * 2011
 * 1st Tour de Vendée
 * 2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 2nd Paris–Tours
 * 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
 * 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
 * 5th Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
 * 6th Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop
 * 7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
 * 8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
 * 10th Overall Circuit de Lorraine


 * 2012
 * 1st Paris–Tours
 * 1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges
 * 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 3rd Overall Circuit de Lorraine
 * 4th Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 6th GP Ouest–France
 * 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 7th Gent–Wevelgem
 * 8th Tour de Vendée
 * 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie


 * 2013
 * 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie
 * 5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
 * 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 6th Druivenkoers Overijse


 * 2014
 * 6th Overall Tour des Fjords
 * 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
 * 10th Overall Eneco Tour


 * 2015
 * 2nd Classic Loire Atlantique
 * 2nd Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
 * 3rd Overall Danmark Rundt
 * 5th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
 * 6th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
 * 7th Tour de Vendée


 * 2016
 * 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 5th Dwars door het Hageland
 * 5th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
 * 7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
 * 8th Trofeo Matteotti
 * 9th Overall Danmark Rundt