Andrea Ferrigato (born 1 September 1969 in Schio) is an Italian former road bicycle racer.

Andrea Ferrigato
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Ferrigato
Born (1969-09-01) 1 September 1969 (age 55)
Schio, Italy
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1989–1990G.S. Car Supermercati
Professional teams
1991–1993Ariostea
1994–1995ZG Mobili
1998Vitalicio Seguros
1999Ballan–Alessio
2000Fassa Bortolo
2001–2003Alessio
2004–2005Acqua & Sapone
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1994)

One-day races and Classics

Leeds International Classic (1996)
Züri-Metzgete (1996)
GP Ouest-France (1997)

Career

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In 1991 he turned professional with Ariostea, which he rode for until 1993. In 1994 he won the 12th stage at the Giro d'Italia, while his best year was 1996, while riding for ZG Mobili. That season he won the Leeds International Classic and the Grand Prix de Suisse and placed second to Johan Museeuw in the UCI Road World Cup.

During some years he was in the Italian national team, and competed in two editions of the road world championship. He rode a season for the team Acqua & Sapone, before leaving in March 2005, when he began to work for the company Selle Italia.

Since 2011 he has been working for the tour operator Girolibero, specialized in cycling holidays, where he has been planning roadbike tours and creating the brochure Girolibero Roadbike.

Major results

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1990
1st Gran Premio di Poggiana
1st Giro del Casentino
1991
1st Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
8th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
10th Coppa Sabatini
1992
2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
6th Giro dell'Appennino
8th Tour du Haut Var
1993
2nd Criterium d'Abruzzo
4th Giro dell'Appennino
10th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1994
1st Stage 12 Giro d'Italia
3rd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
5th Giro di Toscana
1995
1st GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
7th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
8th Züri-Metzgete
1996
1st Leeds International Classic
1st Züri-Metzgete
1st Giro della Romagna
1st Trofeo Matteotti
2nd Overall UCI Road World Cup
3rd Giro del Lazio
4th Coppa Placci
5th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
7th Paris–Tours
8th Clásica de San Sebastián
10th GP Eddy Merckx
1997
1st GP Ouest France-Plouay
1st Stage 5 Tirreno–Adriatico
2nd Rochester International Classic
5th Gent–Wevelgem
5th Coppa Bernocchi
5th Paris–Brussels
7th Giro dell'Emilia
7th Trofeo Matteotti
7th Grand Prix de Wallonie
9th Milan–San Remo
9th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
1998
8th GP Ouest France-Plouay
8th Giro di Romagna
10th Amstel Gold Race
1999
1st Trofeo Pantalica
1st Tour de Berne
1st Stage 2 Four Days of Dunkirk
2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
3rd Trofeo Melinda
3rd Giro del Veneto
4th Giro del Friuli
2000
2nd GP de Fourmies
6th Giro di Romagna
6th Giro del Veneto
7th Trofeo Luis Puig
9th Coppa Placci
2001
1st   Overall Volta ao Algarve
2nd Overall Giro della Liguria
8th Clásica de San Sebastián
8th Giro della Provincia di Siracusa
2002
2nd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 2
2nd GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
2nd Coppa Sabatini
4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
6th Coppa Placci
6th Giro del Veneto
8th HEW Cyclassics
2003
1st Stage 1 Giro della Liguria
1st Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
2nd Tre Valli Varesine
4th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
2004
5th G.P. Costa degli Etruschi

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
  Giro d'Italia 83 28 DNF DNF 64 DNF 95 83
  Tour de France DNF 54 46 DNF
  Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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  • Andrea Ferrigato at Cycling Archives 
  • Andrea Ferrigato at ProCyclingStats 
  • Andrea Ferrigato at CycleBase 
  • Andrea Ferrigato at trap-friis.dk
  • "Profile by world-of-cycling.net". Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Palmarès by cyclingbase.com (in French)
  • "Palmarès by memoire-du-cyclisme.net" (in French). Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 5 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Girolibero Roadbike