CYCLIST

Michele Scarponi

1979 - 2017

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Michele Scarponi (25 September 1979 – 22 April 2017) was an Italian road bicycle racer who rode professionally for the Acqua & Sapone–Cantina Tollo, Domina Vacanze–Elitron, Würth, Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo, Androni Giocattoli, Lampre–Merida and Astana teams from 2002 until his death in 2017. During his career, Scarponi had 21 professional victories. He began cycling at age eight with a local team in the Marche region. Scarponi spent almost a decade with them, and won the junior Italian National Road Race Championships in 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Scarponi is the 351st most popular cyclist (down from 344th in 2024), the 4,138th most popular biography from Italy (up from 4,178th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Italian Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Michele Scarponi ranks 351 out of 1,613. Before him are Hans Lutz, Remco Evenepoel, Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke, Hans-Henrik Ørsted, Artūras Kasputis, and Etienne De Wilde. After him are Urs Zimmermann, Erik Breukink, Uwe Ampler, Guido Bontempi, Adam Yates, and Jürgen Colombo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Michele Scarponi ranks 213. Before him are Martin Taylor, Naohiro Takahara, Steve Cherundolo, Manal al-Sharif, Jiro Hiratsuka, and Andy van der Meyde. After him are Jean-Alain Boumsong, Tracy McGrady, Mirko Hrgović, Gerard López, Timo Hildebrand, and Chris Klein. Among people deceased in 2017, Michele Scarponi ranks 535. Before him are Larissa Volpert, Don Gordon, Lukas Ammann, Lars-Erik Skiöld, Charles Bradley, and Roberta Peters. After him are Marc Baecke, Jerry Pournelle, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Spartaco Landini, Ninian Stephen, and Jim Nabors.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Michele Scarponi ranks 4,139 out of 5,161. Before him are Elisabetta Canalis (1978), Stefano Sollima (1966), Andrea Anastasi (1960), Marco Apicella (1965), Enrico Rivolta (1905), and Dario Hübner (1967). After him are Antonio Giolitti (1915), Marco Amelia (1982), Gianni Alemanno (1958), Francesco Coco (1977), Pier Paolo Bianchi (1952), and Donato Carrisi (1973).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Michele Scarponi ranks 64. Before him are Alessandro Petacchi (1974), Ivan Basso (1977), Antonio Maspes (1932), Giovanni Micheletto (1889), Nino Borsari (1911), and Gianbattista Baronchelli (1953). After him are Guido Bontempi (1960), Ugo Colombo (1940), Maurizio Fondriest (1965), Michele Bartoli (1970), Andrea Tafi (1966), and Franco Ballerini (1964).

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