# Danilo Napolitano

Danilo Napolitano (born 31 January 1981) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2017, and was chiefly known for his sprinting abilities.
Born in Vittoria, Sicily, Napolitano turned professional in 2004 and for the 2004 and 2005 seasons he rode for the professional continental team LPR–Piacenza. For the 2006 season he moved on to the UCI ProTour squad Lampre–Fondital where his most important victories were two stage wins in the Tour of Austria, and a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen. He joined Team Katusha at the beginning of the 2009 season.

## Major results
### 2002

    4th Circuito del Porto
    9th Trofeo Papà Cervi

### 2003

    1st Trofeo Papà Cervi
    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Guatemala
    4th Circuito del Porto

### 2004

    1st Stage 6 Vuelta por un Chile Líder
    2nd Trofeo Papà Cervi
    2nd Circuito del Porto

### 2005

    1st Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau
    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Giro della Romagna
    Tour du Poitou-Charentes et de la Vienne
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    1st Stage 3 Brixia Tour
    2nd Châteauroux Classic
    3rd Giro del Lago Maggiore

### 2006

    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
       1st Stages 1a & 4
    Tour of Austria
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1 & 5
    1st Stage 1 Tour Méditerranéen
    1st Stage 3a Brixia Tour
    3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    5th Milan–San Remo
    8th Paris–Tours
    9th Vattenfall Cyclassics

### 2007

    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
    Tour de Pologne
       1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4
    1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Murcia
    1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia
    4th Vattenfall Cyclassics
    5th Clásica de Almería

### 2008

    Volta a Portugal
       1st Stages 1 & 2
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Qatar
    1st Stage 3 Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
    1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    1st Stage 1a Brixia Tour
    3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

### 2009

    1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Andalucía
    1st Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
    1st Stage 1a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
    1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg
    4th Overall Tour de Picardie
    4th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
    7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

### 2010

    1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk
    1st Stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
    6th Overall Tour of Qatar

### 2011

    2nd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
    3rd Overall Ronde van Drenthe
    6th Grand Prix de Denain
    9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

### 2012

    Tour de Wallonie
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2, 4 & 5
    1st Stage 4 Circuit de Lorraine
    9th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

### 2013

    1st Stage 1 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
    2nd Dutch Food Valley Classic
    8th Grand Prix de Denain
    8th Halle–Ingooigem

### 2014

    1st Omloop van het Waasland
    1st Points classification Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
    3rd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
    6th Handzame Classic
    7th Le Samyn
    7th Scheldeprijs
    7th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

### 2015

    1st Stage 3 Boucles de la Mayenne
    2nd Overall World Ports Classic

### 2016

    7th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

### 2017

    4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
    6th Ronde van Drenthe