# Matteo Trentin

Matteo Trentin (born 2 August 1989) is an Italian professional cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Tudor Pro Cycling Team. Having initially started his career in cyclo-cross, Trentin has competed more prominently in road bicycle racing, having taken almost thirty professional victories – including eight stage wins across the three Grand Tours, victories at Paris–Tours in 2015 and 2017, and he won the road race at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships in Glasgow.

## Career
### Junior and amateur career

Born in Borgo Valsugana, Trentin first competed as a junior for the Moro Scott Bicycle Line Spercenigo team. In 2007, Trentin was given a two-month suspension, following a positive test for salbutamol recorded the previous year at a UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup event. He joined Marchiol–Pasta Montegrappa–Orogildo in 2010, where he won the opening stage of the Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia from a breakaway. The following year, Trentin joined the Brilla–Pasta Montegrappa team, winning the Gran Premio della Liberazione, the Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi, and the under-23 Italian National Road Race Championships.

### Quick-Step (2011–2017)

Having initially been announced to ride as a stagiaire in the second half of the 2011 season, Trentin turned professional that August with Quick-Step, making his first start with the team at the Eneco Tour. In his first full season with the team in 2012, Trentin finished second on the penultimate stage of the Volta ao Algarve, having led out teammate Gerald Ciolek to an eventual stage victory. The following year, he fractured his right scaphoid bone at the start of the 2013 season following a fall during Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, leaving him out of competition for two months. Trentin took his maiden professional victory that July at the Tour de France, winning stage 14 in Lyon, following a sprint against his breakaway counterparts.
In June 2014, Trentin won a stage of the Tour de Suisse, following a lead-out from teammate Tony Martin, who was the race leader at the time. A month later, he took a prestigious victory on Stage 7 of the Tour de France, where he won the sprint by a few centimetres over Peter Sagan.
During the 2015 cobbled classics, Trentin took his first podium finish when he finished in third place at E3 Harelbeke, winning the main sprint behind Geraint Thomas and teammate Zdeněk Štybar. In August, he won two stages and the points classification at the Tour du Poitou-Charentes, and followed this with a stage win at the Tour of Britain the following month. He recorded podium finishes in Italian races either side of the UCI Road World Championships, with third at the Coppa Bernocchi, and second in Gran Piemonte, before concluding his season with victory in Paris–Tours. At Paris–Tours, Trentin won the race in a record speed for a professional race over 200 kilometres (120 miles) in length, thus becoming the new Ruban Jaune.
Trentin recorded his first top-ten finish in one of the cycling monuments in 2016, when he finished as part of the lead group – in tenth place – at Milan–San Remo. In May, he won stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia from the breakaway, usurping Moreno Moser and teammate Gianluca Brambilla before the finish line in Pinerolo, having bridged over from a chasing group in the closing kilometres. He then won a stage and the points classification at the Tour de Wallonie in July, and then repeated the feat the following month, at the Tour de l'Ain.
Having taken top-five placings at both the Trofeo Laigueglia (fourth), and Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (fifth), Trentin's first victory of the 2017 season did not come until early August, when he won the second stage of the Vuelta a Burgos on his birthday. At the Vuelta a España, Trentin led home the peloton on the first sprint stage, on day two – behind teammate Yves Lampaert, who had soloed clear with a kilometre remaining. Two stages later, he won the sprint into Tarragona, and as a result, became the 100th rider to win stages at each of the three Grand Tours. He added further stage victories on stages 10, 13, and 21, but he missed out on the green points classification jersey to overall race winner Chris Froome, who had sprinted for 11th place on the final day to retain the jersey. Following the Vuelta a España, Trentin took further victories – both from late attacks – at the Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem, and Paris–Tours. He also finished in second place at Binche–Chimay–Binche, and fourth place in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Norway.

### Mitchelton–Scott (2018–2019)

In August 2017, it was announced that Trentin was joining Orica–Scott – later renamed as Mitchelton–Scott – from the 2018 season, on a two-year contract.
Prior to August's European Championships in Glasgow, Trentin's best result of the 2018 season was a third-place stage finish on the opening day of the Tour de Pologne. In the European road race, Trentin was one of two Italian riders in a group of five that remained clear of the field on the final lap; with a lead-out from teammate Davide Cimolai, Trentin was able to fend off Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in the sprint for the victory. Having debuted the European champion's jersey at the EuroEyes Cyclassics the following weekend, finishing in fifth place, Trentin took one more victory during the season, winning the penultimate stage at the Tour of Guangxi in October.
In 2019, Trentin started his season with a block of racing in Spain, taking a stage victory at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, and then recorded a further two stage wins at the Vuelta a Andalucía. His next victory did not come until July, when he took his third career stage victory at the Tour de France, with a 14-kilometre (8.7-mile) solo move from the breakaway on stage 17 into Gap. Trentin won the second stage of September's Tour of Britain, ultimately finishing second overall to Van der Poel; he also won the points classification, having finished no lower than thirteenth on any of the eight stages. Having then won the Trofeo Matteotti, Trentin was one of the favourites for the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire. Held in treacherous weather conditions, Trentin was part of a group of four riders that remained clear on the circuits around Harrogate, but was beaten to the line by Denmark's Mads Pedersen, ultimately finishing with the silver medal.

### CCC Team (2020)

In August 2019, it was announced that Trentin was to leave Mitchelton–Scott at the end of the 2019 season to join the CCC Team from 2020, signing an initial two-year contract. In the early part of 2020, Trentin finished in fourth place at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, having been dropped by the leaders on the Muur van Geraardsbergen on the run-in to Ninove. With the remainder of the season impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Trentin recorded his best result of the season with a third-place result at Gent–Wevelgem – delayed from the spring to October – when he led the CCC Team at the race following an injury suffered by Greg Van Avermaet.

### UAE Team Emirates (2021–2023)

As CCC Team was taken over at the end of the 2020 season, Trentin rode for his third team in as many seasons in 2021, having joined UAE Team Emirates on an initial two-year contract.
He recorded a top-ten finish in his first race with the team with seventh place at the Grand Prix La Marseillaise, and recorded further top-ten finishes in both races held as part of the Belgian "Opening Weekend" – finishing eighth at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, and fourth at Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne. He then repeated his third-place finish from the previous year at Gent–Wevelgem, and scored another third-place finish the following month at Brabantse Pijl. After missing out on a victory on stage 13 at the Vuelta a España to Florian Sénéchal, Trentin recorded six consecutive top-four finishes in Italian races held in September and October – which included a fourth-place finish in the road race at the European Road Championships, and a second victory in three years at the Trofeo Matteotti.
Having placed second behind teammate Alessandro Covi at February's Vuelta a Murcia, Trentin took his first victory of the 2022 season the following month at Le Samyn, winning the sprint from a lead group of eight riders. He was scheduled to compete in the Tour de France, but two days prior to the start in Copenhagen, Trentin recorded a positive test for COVID-19, and was replaced by Marc Hirschi. In September, Trentin won a stage and the points classification at the Tour de Luxembourg, before finishing in fifth place in the road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Australia. He took his third win of the season the following month, winning the Giro del Veneto in a sprint from a small group.
In 2023, Trentin recorded his first top-ten finish at the Tour of Flanders in April, recording a tenth-place finish after having been a part of several attacks in the middle third of the race. At the Critérium du Dauphiné in June, Trentin missed out on two stage victories to Christophe Laporte, and at the Tour de France, Trentin found himself in two breakaways during the race. He ultimately went through a season winless for the first time since 2020.

### Tudor Pro Cycling Team

In 2024, Trentin dropped down from UCI WorldTeam level, as he joined the Tudor Pro Cycling Team – a UCI ProTeam – on a three-year contract. He finished ninth in his first race with the team, at the Grand Prix La Marseillaise, before taking his first podium finish a couple of weeks later at the Clásica de Almería, with a third-place finish. He rode the Giro d'Italia for the team, again making it into two breakaways during the race – finishing sixth on the second of these, on stage twelve.

## Personal life

Trentin is married to television presenter and former skier Claudia Morandini [it], and the couple have two children.

## Major results
### Road

Source:

#### 2010

    1st Stage 1 Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
    2nd Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi
    2nd Ruota d'Oro
    3rd Faè di Oderzo
    5th Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin
    6th Trofeo Edil C
    7th Gran Premio della Liberazione

#### 2011

    1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships
    1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
    1st Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi
    2nd Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
    5th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften

#### 2012

    1st Gullegem Koerse
    9th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    10th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
    10th Le Samyn

#### 2013 (1 pro win)

    1st Stage 14 Tour de France

#### 2014 (2)

    1st Stage 7 Tour de France
    1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
    4th Trofeo Ses Salines
    9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

#### 2015 (4)

    1st Paris–Tours
    Tour du Poitou-Charentes
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain
    2nd Gran Piemonte
    3rd E3 Harelbeke
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    6th Scheldeprijs

#### 2016 (3)

    1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
    Tour de l'Ain
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 1
    Tour de Wallonie
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 4
    4th Paris–Tours
    4th Münsterland Giro
    5th Trofeo Felanitx–Ses Salines-Campos-Porreres
    9th EuroEyes Cyclassics
    9th Bretagne Classic
    10th Milan–San Remo

#### 2017 (7)

    1st Paris–Tours
    1st Primus Classic
    Vuelta a España
       1st Stages 4, 10, 13 & 21
       Combativity award Stage 10
       Held after Stages 4–8, 10–14
    1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos
    2nd Binche–Chimay–Binche
    4th Road race, UCI World Championships
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

#### 2018 (2)

    1st Road race, UEC European Championships
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Guangxi
    4th Vuelta a Murcia
    5th EuroEyes Cyclassics
    6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    7th Gent–Wevelgem

#### 2019 (6)

    1st Trofeo Matteotti
    Tour de France
       1st Stage 17
       Combativity award Stages 12 & 17
    Vuelta a Andalucía
       1st Stages 2 & 5
    1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    2nd Road race, UCI World Championships
    2nd Overall Tour of Britain
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    7th Road race, UEC European Championships
    7th Overall Vuelta a Murcia
    7th E3 Binckbank Classic
    7th Gent–Wevelgem
    7th EuroEyes Cyclassics
    9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    10th Milan–San Remo
    10th Amstel Gold Race

#### 2020

    3rd Gent–Wevelgem
    4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    6th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

#### 2021 (1)

    1st Trofeo Matteotti
    2nd Coppa Agostoni
    2nd Giro del Veneto
    3rd Gent–Wevelgem
    3rd Brabantse Pijl
    4th Road race, UEC European Championships
    4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    4th Gran Piemonte
    4th Memorial Marco Pantani
    7th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
    8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    9th Circuito de Getxo
    Combativity award Stage 10 Vuelta a España

#### 2022 (3)

    1st Le Samyn
    1st Giro del Veneto
    2nd Vuelta a Murcia
    4th Coppa Bernocchi
    5th Road race, UCI World Championships
    5th Veneto Classic
    6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 2
    7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
    9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton

#### 2023

    4th Binche–Chimay–Binche
    4th Circuito de Getxo
    5th Road race, National Championships
    5th Vuelta a Murcia
    9th Overall Renewi Tour
    10th Tour of Flanders

#### 2024 (2)

    1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
       1st Points classification
       1st Stage 4
    3rd Clásica de Almería
    5th Time trial, National Championships
    6th Super 8 Classic
    8th Overall Danmark Rundt
    9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    9th Hamburg Cyclassics
    9th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
    10th Gent–Wevelgem
    10th Scheldeprijs

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Giro d'Italia | 117 | — | — | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82 |
| Tour de France | 142 | 93 | 117 | — | DNF | — | 52 | 79 | — | — | 107 | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | 84 | 125 | — | — | 80 | — | — | |

#### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | 10 | 55 | 37 | 10 | DNF | 12 | — | 19 | 21 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | DNF | — | 58 | 88 | 34 | 13 | 45 | 21 | 62 | 57 | 34 | 10 | 19 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | DNF | — | 95 | 51 | 36 | 88 | DNF | 43 | NH | DNF | 43 | 19 | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Giro di Lombardia | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | |
| Classic | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | DNF | DNF | 72 | 47 | — | 9 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 98 | 9 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | NH | 9 | 106 | — | 5 | 16 | DNF | DNF | 4 | 9 | DNF | 85 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | 90 | — | — | 3 | 12 | 22 | 11 | 7 | NH | 18 | — | DNF | 23 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 64 | — | 15 | 28 | 47 | 51 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 70 | 21 | 10 |
| Scheldeprijs | — | 11 | — | 114 | 6 | 85 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | 3 | 22 | DNF | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | 10 | NH | 12 | 17 | 52 | — |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 85 | 83 | — | 27 | — | 9 | — | 5 | 7 | NH | — | 12 | — | 9 |
| Bretagne Classic | 113 | 105 | — | 52 | 24 | 9 | — | — | 22 | — | — | 88 | 18 | |
| Paris–Tours | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 26 | 107 | |

#### Major championships timeline

| Event | Event | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| World Championships | Road race | 120 | — | — | 34 | DNF | 4 | — | 2 | — | DNF | 5 | DNF |
| European Championships | Road race | Elite did not exist | Elite did not exist | Elite did not exist | Elite did not exist | — | — | 1 | 7 | 45 | 4 | 64 | 14 |
| National Championships | Road race | DNF | — | 17 | DNF | — | 9 | 32 | DNF | 16 | — | DNF | 5 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |

### Cyclo-cross

Source:

#### 2005–2006

    3rd National Junior Championships

#### 2006–2007

    1st National Junior Championships

#### 2009–2010

    3rd National Under-23 Championships

#### 2010–2011

    3rd UCI Under-23 World Cup
       3rd Pont-Château
    3rd Faè di Oderzo