Daniele Bennati
Bennati at the 2015 Tour de France
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Daniele Bennati |
| Nickname | Benna |
| Born |
24 September 1980 Arezzo, Italy |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Movistar Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2002 | Acqua e Sapone–Cantina Tollo |
| 2003 | Domina Vacanze–Elitron |
| 2004 | Phonak |
| 2005–2007 | Lampre–Caffita |
| 2008–2010 | Liquigas |
| 2011–2012 | Leopard Trek |
| 2013–2016 | Saxo–Tinkoff |
| 2017– | Movistar Team |
| Major wins | |
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Daniele Bennati (born 24 September 1980) is an Italian road racing cyclist specializing in fast sprint finishes. He currently rides for UCI ProTeam Movistar Team. He turned professional in 2002, when he joined the team Acqua e Sapone–Cantina Tollo and wore zebra stripes as part of Mario Cipollini’s leadout train. Upon joining the Lampre–Caffita team in 2005, he demonstrated the ability to win on his own, and has continued to do so since joining Liquigas in 2008. He is an excellent sprinter, and has won 11 stages in Grand Tours (two in the Tour de France, three in the Giro d'Italia, and six in the Vuelta a España). He won the points jersey in the 2007 Vuelta a España. In 2008 he also won the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia.
Bennati was born at Arezzo, Tuscany, into a family of cyclists. His father did well as an amateur, and his brother raced as a junior. Daniele entered and won his first race at the age of 9. As an amateur he raced in the Grassi Mapei team, and won a stage of the Giro delle Regioni.
At the age of 21 Bennati turned pro and joined the Acqua & Sapone team of the successful Italian sprinter Mario Cipollini. Bennati soon showed an ability to sprint of his own: in March 2002, he finished second in a stage of the Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (behind Alessandro Petacchi). He took his first victory in June at the Tour of Austria, and he took another one two months later at the Regio-Tour. He was an important part of "The Lion King’s" leadout train: alongside Guido Trenti, Mario Scirea, Martin Derganc and Giovanni Lombardi, he helped Cipollini to some of his fourteen victories that year. When Cipollini dropped out of the Vuelta a España, Bennati received his team’s support and managed his first strong result in a Grand Tour sprint stage, 5th at the stage twelve finishing in Burgos. A few days later, he dropped out of the race too.
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