Sonny Colbrelli

Sonny Colbrelli

Colbrelli in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Sonny Colbrelli
Born	17 May 1990 Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Team information
Current team	Bardiani–CSF
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Rouleur
Amateur team(s)
2009–2011	Zalf Desirèe Fior
2010	→ Colnago–CSF Inox (stagiaire)
2011	→ Colnago–CSF Inox (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2012–2016	Colnago–CSF Bardiani[1]
2017–	Bahrain–Merida
Major wins
One-day races and Classics Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli (2015) Gran Premio di Lugano (2016) Tre Valli Varesine (2016)
Infobox last updated on 7 November 2016

Sonny Colbrelli (born 17 May 1990) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Professional Continental Team Bardiani–CSF.^[2]

Career

Born in Desenzano del Garda, Colbrelli has competed as a professional since the start of the 2012 season, joining Colnago–CSF Bardiani as a neo-pro,^[3] from the Zalf Desirèe Fior amateur squad. Colbrelli had previous competed for the team in two stagiaire spells at the end of the 2010 and 2011 seasons.

Colbrelli made his Grand Tour début at the 2012 Giro d'Italia, where he was earmarked as a lead-out man for the team's sprinter, Sacha Modolo; Colbrelli took his first top ten placing on stage 13, when he finished ninth having led out Modolo to a fourth-place finish.^[4]

Career achievements

Major results

2009

2nd Giro del Veneto

2010

1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

6th UCI World Under-23 Road Race Championships

7th Circuito del Porto

2011

2nd Trofeo Zsšdi

2nd Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza

3rd Trofeo Franco Balestra

3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione

10th Overall Coupe des nations Ville Saguenay

2012

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Giro di Padania

2nd Coppa Bernocchi

9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

2013

2nd Volta Limburg Classic

2nd Tour of Almaty

5th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

7th Ronde van Drenthe

8th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

2014

1st Giro dell'Appennino

1st Memorial Marco Pantani

1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

1st Coppa Sabatini

1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia

2nd Gran Premio di Lugano

2nd Volta Limburg Classic

2nd Tre Valli Varesine

3rd Roma Maxima

4th Trofeo Laigueglia

5th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore

5th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

6th Milan–San Remo

2015

1st Coppa Italia^[5]

1st Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 1

1st Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

3rd Gran Piemonte

5th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi

5th Coppa Ugo Agostoni

6th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato

6th Coppa Sabatini

10th Coppa Bernocchi

2016

1st Gran Premio di Lugano

1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni

1st Coppa Sabatini

1st Tre Valli Varesine

1st Stage 5 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

2nd Overall Tour du Limousin

1st Stages 3 & 4

2nd Overall Giro di Toscana

2nd Trofeo Laigueglia

2nd Volta Limburg Classic

3rd Amstel Gold Race

4th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

5th Gran Piemonte

6th Brabantse Pijl

9th Milan–San Remo

Grand Tour General Classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Giro	100	89	94	100	95
Tour	-	-	-	-	-
Vuelta	-	-	-	-	-

WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP

References

1. "Colnago-CSF Inox (COG) – IRL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
2. "The Bardiani – CSF Pro Team is ready for 2014". Bardiani Valvole–CSF Inox. Aster Sport Ltd. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. "Stagione da incorniciare con 18 successi" [Season to remember with 18 successes]. Colnago–CSF Inox (in Italian). Aster Sport Ltd. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
4. Cossins, Peter (18 May 2012). "Cavendish wins Giro stage 13 in Cervere". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
5. "News shorts: Meares aiming high for record-breaking Rio Olympics". cyclingnews.com. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

External links

• Colnago CSF-Bardiani profile
• Sonny Colbrelli profile at Cycling Archives
• Cycling Quotient profile