# Diego Rosa (cyclist)

Diego Rosa (born 27 March 1989) is an Italian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2022. He rode in nine Grand Tours and was victorious in the 2015 Milano–Torino.

## Career

In August 2014, Astana announced that they had signed Rosa for the 2015 season, with general manager Alexander Vinokourov highlighting his role as a domestique for Fabio Aru. His first professional victory was the 2015 Milano–Torino. In 2016, he won a mountain stage of the Tour of the Basque Country. He celebrated his solo win by stepping off his bike and crossing the finish line by foot, holding his bicycle in the air.
Rosa has competed in eight Grand Tours. In his Grand Tour debut, the 2013 Giro d'Italia, he finished 22nd overall. After not finishing the 2014 Giro d'Italia, he finished in the top 25 in both the 2015 Giro d'Italia and the 2015 Vuelta a España.
He joined Team Sky for the 2017 season.

## Major results
### Mountain bike
#### 2011

    3rd Nalles

#### 2023

    1st Marathon, National Championships
    1st Primiero San Martino di Castrozza
    UCI XCM World Cup
       2nd Morzine-Avoriaz
       5th Finale Ligure

### Road
#### 2012

    1st Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
       1st Stage 3
    1st Mountains classification, Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
    3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
    5th Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli
    6th Gran Premio San Giuseppe

#### 2013

    1st Young rider classification, Tour Méditerranéen
    5th Overall Route du Sud

#### 2014

    8th Giro dell'Emilia
    10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

#### 2015 (1 pro win)

    1st Milano–Torino
    5th Giro di Lombardia
    5th Strade Bianche

#### 2016 (1)

    Tour of the Basque Country
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 5
    2nd Giro di Lombardia
    7th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
    10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

#### 2017

    1st Mountains classification, Tour de Pologne
    5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

#### 2018 (1)

    1st Overall Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
       1st Stage 1b (TTT)

#### 2019

    2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
    3rd Overall Tour of Guangxi

#### 2020

    3rd Trofeo Laigueglia
    4th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
    5th Pollença–Andratx
    10th Strade Bianche

#### 2022

    Giro d'Italia
       Held after Stages 9–14
       Combativity award Stage 6

#### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | 23 | DNF | 23 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | 77 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | 20 | — | 53 | — | — | — | — | — |

#### Classics results timeline

| Monument | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Milan–San Remo | 122 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 |
| Tour of Flanders | 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 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 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 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 10 | 79 | — | — | — | 52 | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | 29 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 86 | DNF | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Strade Bianche | — | 66 | 5 | — | 83 | — | 24 | 10 | 57 | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | 57 | 22 | — | — | 67 | NH | — | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | 20 | 30 | — | DNF | — | 106 | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | Not held | Not held | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | Not held | Not held | — |
| Milano–Torino | 30 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 92 | 20 | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| DNS | Did not start |
| NH | Not held |