Riccardo Riccò Editorial Photo

The bicyclist Riccardo Riccò at the international cycling event Giro d'Italia. The photo is takes at the start of the 17een lap a Sondrio - Lombardy - Italy - 28 may 2008 - Riccardo Riccò (born 1 September 1983 in Formigine) is a professional road bicycle racer from Italy. Born in Formigine, Emilia-Romagna, Riccò rides on the UCI ProTeam Saunier Duval-Scott. In 2006 he won the fifth stage at the Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali and the late season Japan Cup. Riccò's breakthrough came during the 2007 Tirreno-Adriatico, when he won two consecutive stages and the Points Classification. He also won a stage and finished second in Settimana internazionale di Coppi e Bartali. He then finished ninth in Amstel Gold Race and sixth in La Flèche Wallonne in his first ever appearance in the Ardennes Classics.[3] He rode the Giro d'Italia as a domestique of team leader Gilberto Simoni and in the process he took the 15th stage at Tre Cime di Lavaredo ahead of his team-mate Leonardo Piepoli. He would finish sixth overall, seven minutes behind eventual winner Danilo Di Luca. In the season finale Giro di Lombardia he finished second after losing a two-man sprint against Damiano Cunego.