# Sacha Modolo

Sacha Modolo (born 19 June 1987) is an Italian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè.

## Career
### Colnago-CSF (2010–2013)

In the spring of 2010, he sprinted his way to fourth place in the cycling monument Milan – San Remo, registering a prestigious placing. He followed the near-wins of 2010 with victories in 2011, seemingly akin to winning stages in pair in races such as the Danmark Rundt, the Tour of Qinghai Lake, the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda and the Giro di Padania. In 2012, as he and his teammates were competing for a spot at the start of the Giro d'Italia, Modolo won stage 6 of the Tour of Turkey with a sprint. When he crossed the line, he put his thumb in his mouth, dedicating his victory to his pregnant girlfriend.
In 2013, Modolo started the year by winning the second stage of the Tour de San Luis, beating fellow sprinter Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma–Quick-Step) on the slightly uphill finish which featured some twist and turns. Modolo admitted after the stage that he learned about the specifics of the arrival by chatting with other riders during the race.

### Lampre-Merida (2014–2017)

Modolo left Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Lampre–Merida for the 2014 season. In 2015, Modolo opened his account on the fifth stage of the Tour of Turkey, winning the sprint on the rising finishing straight. He banked his first two victories in a Grand Tour at the Giro d'Italia, Stages 13 and 16. He said of his victory on Stage 13 that it was his destiny to win in Jesolo since it is his home region.

### EF Education First–Drapac (2018–2019)

In September 2017, it was announced that Modolo would join the EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale team for the 2018 season.

## Major results
### 2004

    3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

### 2005

    7th Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships

### 2006

    1st Giro del Casentino

### 2007

    1st Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano

### 2008

    3rd Coppa San Geo

### 2009

    1st Giro del Belvedere
    1st Gran Premio della Liberazione
    3rd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra
    9th Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

### 2010

    3rd Giro del Veneto
    4th Milan–San Remo
    4th Giro del Friuli
    6th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
    7th Dutch Food Valley Classic

### 2011

    1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    Danmark Rundt
       1st Stages 1 & 4
    Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Stages 5 & 9
    Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
       1st Stages 2 & 3
    Giro di Padania
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    1st Stage 5 Brixia Tour
    2nd Overall Ronde van Drenthe
    2nd London–Surrey Cycle Classic

### 2012

    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Points classification Circuit de la Sarthe
    Tour of Austria
       1st Stages 3 & 6
    1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey
    Monviso-Venezia — Il Padania
       1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 2
    2nd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
    9th Volta Limburg Classic

### 2013

    1st Coppa Bernocchi
    1st Memorial Marco Pantani
    Tour of Qinghai Lake
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 1, 4, 8, 9, 11 & 12
    1st Stage 2 Tour de San Luis
    2nd London–Surrey Classic

### 2014

    1st Trofeo Palma
    1st Trofeo Ses Salines
    Three Days of De Panne
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 2 & 3a
    1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Beijing
    1st Stage 1 Volta ao Algarve
    1st Stage 7 Tour de San Luis
    4th Trofeo Muro-Port d'Alcúdia
    8th Milan–San Remo

### 2015

    1st Overall Tour of Hainan
       1st Points classification
       1st Stages 3 & 4
    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stages 13 & 17
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey
    6th Gran Piemonte
    9th Grand Prix de Fourmies

### 2016

    Presidential Tour of Turkey
       1st Stages 4 & 7
    1st Stage 2 Czech Cycling Tour
    4th Brussels Cycling Classic

### 2017

    1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    Tour of Croatia
       1st Stages 1 & 6
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    6th Tour of Flanders
    10th Gent–Wevelgem

### 2018

    1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía
    7th EuroEyes Cyclassics

### 2021

    1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | DNF | 138 | 125 | — | 126 | 84 | DNF | 88 | DNF | — | — | 114 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 131 | — | — | — | DNF | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |