Colbrelli in 2016
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Sonny Colbrelli |
Born |
Desenzano del Garda, Italy |
17 May 1990
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) |
Team information | |
Current team | Bahrain–Merida |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter/ puncheur |
Amateur team(s) | |
2009–2011 | Zalf Desirèe Fior |
2010 | → Colnago–CSF Inox (stagiaire) |
2011 | → Colnago–CSF Inox (stagiaire) |
Professional team(s) | |
2012–2016 | Colnago–CSF Bardiani |
2017– | Bahrain–Merida |
Major wins | |
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Sonny Colbrelli (born 17 May 1990) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI World Tour team Bahrain–Merida.
Born in Desenzano del Garda, Colbrelli has competed as a professional since the start of the 2012 season, joining Colnago–CSF Bardiani as a neo-pro, from the Zalf Desirèe Fior amateur squad. Colbrelli had previous competed for the team in two stagiaire spells at the end of the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
Colbrelli made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, where he was earmarked as a lead-out man for the team's sprinter, Sacha Modolo; Colbrelli took his first top ten placing on stage 13, when he finished ninth having led out Modolo to a fourth-place finish.
On April 12, 2017, Colbrelli won De Brabantse Pijl, riding for Bahrain-Merida.