# Enrico Gasparotto

Enrico Gasparotto (born 22 March 1982) is an Italian-born Swiss former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2020, for seven different teams. After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team in 2021 before joining Bora–Hansgrohe in a similar role the following year.

## Career

Born in Sacile, Gasparotto turned professional in 2005 with Liquigas–Bianchi and stayed with the team for three years. At the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Gasparotto led his Liquigas squad to a stage 1 team time trial win and wore the pink jersey the following day.
Gasparotto achieved his first Classics victory at the 2012 Amstel Gold Race; he won the race in an uphill finish, after Óscar Freire was caught 90 m (300 ft) before the finish line, and Gasparotto out-sprinted Lotto–Belisol's Jelle Vanendert and Peter Sagan of Liquigas–Cannondale. One week later, he took part in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, finishing third by beating a small group to the sprint in a race won by fellow Astana teammate, Maxim Iglinsky.
At the Vuelta a España, bad luck hit Gasparotto and the Astana squad on the first stage, a 16.5 km (10.3 mi) team time trial held in Pamplona. His teammates Paolo Tiralongo, Alexsandr Dyachenko, Andrey Zeits and Gasparotto himself crashed in an accident that was not picked up by the television cameras. His teammates could pick themselves up and continue, as did Gasparotto, but it was revealed that his collarbone was fractured in three places and he had to abandon the Spanish race.
Gasparotto took a second Amstel Gold triumph when he won the 2016 edition of the race, defeating Michael Valgren in a two-up sprint after the pair broke away from the main group in the closing stages of the race. It was Gasparotto's first win since his 2012 victory, and he dedicated it to Antoine Demoitié, his teammate who had died after a crash at Gent–Wevelgem the previous month.

## Major results
### 2004

    1st Stage 5 Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
    3rd Gran Premio di Poggiana

### 2005

    1st Road race, Italian National Road Championships
    1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
    3rd Overall Uniqa Classic
    5th Coppa Bernocchi
    6th Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
    10th Paris–Tours

### 2006

    1st Memorial Cimurri
    3rd Coppa Sabatini
    6th Scheldeprijs

### 2007

    Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 1 (TTT)
       Held after Stages 1 & 3
    2nd Overall Danmark Rundt
    4th Brabantse Pijl
    Vuelta a Mallorca
       5th Trofeo Mallorca
       9th Trofeo Cala Millor
    9th Memorial Cimurri

### 2008

    1st Overall Ster Elektrotoer
       1st Stage 3
    1st Giro della Romagna
    2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    2nd Coppa Placci
    3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
       1st Stage 1
    3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
    4th Trofeo Laigueglia
    5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    6th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
    7th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    7th Brabantse Pijl
    10th Overall Danmark Rundt

### 2009

    1st Sprints classification, Tour de Suisse
    2nd Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto
    3rd Coppa Bernocchi
    8th Memorial Cimurri

### 2010

    1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    9th Montepaschi Strade Bianche

### 2011

    4th Tre Valli Varesine

### 2012

    1st Amstel Gold Race
    3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    7th Trofeo Laigueglia

### 2013

    5th Giro di Lombardia
    6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    7th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    9th Amstel Gold Race

### 2014

    8th Amstel Gold Race
    8th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
    9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
    9th Tre Valli Varesine

### 2015

    8th Amstel Gold Race
    8th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
    9th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

### 2016

    1st Amstel Gold Race
    2nd Brabantse Pijl
    5th La Flèche Wallonne
    6th Overall Tour of Belgium

### 2018

    3rd Amstel Gold Race
    3rd Gran Premio di Lugano
    3rd Coppa Ugo Agostoni
    6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège

### 2019

    7th Brabantse Pijl
    9th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
    10th La Flèche Wallonne

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Giro d'Italia | 97 | 92 | 60 | DNF | — | 66 | — | 97 | — | — | 76 | — | 69 | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | 82 | 68 | 78 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 120 |

#### Classics results

| Monument | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 31 | 12 | 137 | 13 | 90 | DNF | 14 | DNF | — | — | 53 | — | 49 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | 55 | — | 44 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 37 | 6 | DNF | 38 |
| Giro di Lombardia | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | 5 | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | — | DNF |
| Classic | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Strade Bianche | Did not exist | Did not exist | — | — | — | 8 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scheldeprijs | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | — | 4 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | 38 | 7 | DNF |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | 39 | 3 | 35 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | DNF | 3 | 42 | NH |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | 61 | 11 | 30 | 94 | 15 | 5 | DNF | 27 | 10 | 30 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | — | — | 27 | 8 | — | — | 31 | 36 | 50 | NH |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | — | — | — | 7 | 9 | — | — | 77 | 27 | DNF | NH |
| Paris–Tours | 10 | 44 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |