# Dario Cataldo

Dario Cataldo (born 17 March 1985) is an Italian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2024.

## Career
### Liquigas (2007–08)

After surprisingly winning the Baby Giro in 2006, Cataldo signed as a neo-professional for Liquigas for the 2007 season. In January 2007, Cataldo was hit by a car while training and broke his right wrist. Later that year, Cataldo won two stages in the Tour de l'Avenir. After a disappointing year in 2008, Liquigas did not renew his contract.

### Quick Step (2009–12)

In 2009, Cataldo switched to the Quick-Step team. For his first two years, Cataldo failed to make a huge impact however in 2012, he began to reach his potential. Cataldo won the 2012 Italian National Time Trial Championships and finished in 12th place at the Giro d'Italia. Cataldo won the queen stage of the 2012 Vuelta a España, stage 16 finishing atop a climb which was featured for the first time in the Vuelta, the Cuitu Negru. He escaped with Thomas De Gendt of the Vacansoleil–DCM squad early in the race and they were never caught. Cataldo shook off De Gendt with less than 2 km (1.2 mi) to race on the very steep final part of the stage, reaching more than 20% gradient in places. He managed to lift his arms for a second as he crossed the line for the 'victory pose' before slumping over his handlebars with fatigue.

### Team Sky (2013–14)

His success in 2012 saw him earn a move to UCI World Tour champions Team Sky, where he was expected to play the role of a super-domestique for either Bradley Wiggins at the Giro d'Italia or Chris Froome at the Tour de France.
In October 2014 Astana announced they had signed Cataldo for the 2015 season, with the team's general manager Alexander Vinokourov describing his role as being a climbing lieutenant for Vincenzo Nibali and Fabio Aru, as well as contributing to the team's performance in team time trials.

### Astana (2015–19)

In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. His tour ended when he withdrew due to injury on 12 July, caused by a crash in the feed zone.

## Major results
### 2003

    6th Trofeo Buffoni
    6th Giro della Toscana

### 2006

    1st Overall Girobio

### 2007

    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda
    3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
    4th Giro del Veneto
    10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Points classification
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stages 2 & 7
    10th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

### 2008

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

### 2009

    5th Overall Tour of Missouri
    5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    5th Coppa Lella Mentasti – GP Città di Stresa

### 2010 (1 pro win)

    1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2011

    7th Trofeo Magalluf-Palmanova
    9th Overall Tour of Beijing

### 2012 (2)

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
    1st Stage 2b (TTT) Tour de l'Ain
    9th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 2013

    1st Stage 2 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro del Trentino

### 2014 (1)

    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
       1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 4 (ITT)

### 2015

    4th Overall Giro del Trentino

### 2016

    1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
    8th Vuelta a Murcia
    9th Overall Tour de Pologne

### 2017

    4th Time trial, National Road Championships

### 2018

    1st Mountains classification, Critérium du Dauphiné
    3rd Overall Tour of Austria

### 2019 (1)

    1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
    8th Overall Tour of the Alps

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Giro d'Italia | DNF | 54 | DNF | 12 | 12 | 56 | 26 | 25 | — | 14 | — | 48 | 66 | 54 | 73 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | 80 | — | — |
| / Vuelta a España | — | — | 71 | 131 | 51 | 74 | DNF | 57 | 51 | — | 64 | 68 | — | — | 117 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |