Diego Rose he announced last October, to abandon the world on Strada. And today, the new destination of the Piedmontese talent is known, namely the Cicli Taddei, a team that will be supervised by Francesco Casagrande, retired this year from competitive activity.
I'm really happy to race with Specialized bikes in the Taddei Factory team, where I'll find teammates who have traveled the same path as me from the road to the stones, I can't wait to get started Diego Rosa
We remind you that Domenico Valerio, ex Bottecchia Factory, and the confirmed Francesco Failli, Riccardo Chiarini, Luca Giargiani, Ramon Advantages and Silvia Scipioni will also be at Cicli Taddei.
Diego this year had raced at the italian marathon championship finishing in the top 10 (6th place) in the Eolo-Kometa jersey.
DIEGO ROSA BIOGRAPHY
Diego Rosa, born in 1989, is an Italian road cyclist and mountain biker who this year raced for the Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team. He has been a professional since 2013 where he won the Milan-Turin 2015.
From 2009 to 2011 he raced with the Giant Italia Team mountain bike team, called up for the 23 U2011 World Championships in Switzerland.
Turn pro on the road at the beginning of 2013 with Gianni Savio's Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela. In his first year as a pro he wins the ranking of young people at the Tour Méditerranéen and participates in the Giro d'Italia, highlighting himself on the climb. In the summer of 2014 the Kazakh World Tour team Astana formalizes his engagement and ends the Strade Bianche in 5th place and participates in both the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España in support of captain Fabio Aru. The Giro di Lombardia was won by his captain Vincenzo Nibali in 5th place. The following season he won the 5th stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco after a solitary escape of 100 km. He also participates in the line test of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, retiring, before closing the season with the place of honor in the Giro di Lombardia, slightly beaten in the sprint by Esteban Chaves.
At the end of the 2016 season he signs a three-year contract with Team Sky. In 2017 he obtained a 5th place in the final classification of the Ruta del Sol as the only important placement and subsequently took part in the Giro d'Italia as lieutenant of Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa. He returns to success in March 2018, imposing himself in the general classification of the International Week of Coppi and Bartali thanks to the success in the team time trial as well as to a constant performance in the other stages.
