Ivan Santaromita

Ivan Santaromita
	Santaromita at the 2013 Vuelta a España.
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Santaromita
Born	30 April 1984 (age 40); Varese, Italy
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team
2003–2005	VC Mendrisio
Professional teams
2005	→ Quick-Step–Innergetic (stagiaire)
2006–2007	Quick-Step–Innergetic
2008–2010	Liquigas
2011–2013	BMC Racing Team
2014–2015	Orica–GreenEDGE
2016	Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli
2017–2019	Nippo–Vini Fantini
Major wins
	Grand Tours ; Giro d'Italia1 TTT stage (2014)Single-day racesNational Road Race Championships (2013)

Ivan Santaromita (born 30 April 1984) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the Quick-Step–Innergetic, Liquigas–Doimo, BMC Racing Team, Orica–GreenEDGE, Skydive Dubai–Al Ahli and Nippo–Vini Fantini–Faizanè teams.^[4]

His brother Mauro-Antonio and nephew Alessandro are also professional cyclists.

Career

Born in Varese, Santaromita turned professional with Quick-Step–Innergetic in 2006 before moving to Liquigas in 2008. In 2010, he took his first significant victory as a professional in the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, dominating the stage race as he won it with more than a minute-and-a-half of an advantage over Przemysław Niemiec.^[5]

In 2013,^[6] Santaromita won the third stage of the Giro del Trentino. He approached the finish line with Michele Scarponi and Paolo Tiralongo, the trio being the remnants of an early breakaway. Santaromita outsprinted the pair to claim his first victory since 2010.^[7] Santaromita left the BMC Racing Team at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Orica–GreenEDGE for the 2014 season.^[8]

In 2014, Santaromita was the first rider to withdraw from the Vuelta a España on stage 7 after breaking a finger in a crash.^[9]

In 2015, he came in sixth position in the general classification of the Tour of Norway.^[10]