Luca Wackermann
Wackermann in 2014.
Personal information
Full nameLuca Wackermann
Born (1992-03-13) 13 March 1992
Rho, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2011–2012Mastromarco–Chianti Sensi–Benedetti
Professional teams
2012Lampre–ISD (stagiaire)[1]
2013–2014Lampre–Merida
2015Southeast Pro Cycling
2016Al Nasr Pro Cycling Team–Dubai
2017–2019Bardiani–CSF[2][3]
2020Vini Zabù–KTM[4]
2021Eolo–Kometa

Luca Wackermann (born 13 March 1992 in Rho) is an Italian cyclist, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Team Polti Kometa.[5][6] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Giro d'Italia.[7] However, at the end of stage 4, Wackermann was involved in a crash caused by a low-flying helicopter that blew some crash barriers into him. Wackermann suffered a broken nose and a suspected broken back in the incident.[8]

Major results

2009
1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships
2010
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2012
1st Trofeo Menci Spa
2015
4th Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato
2016
1st Overall Tour d'Oranie
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Overall Tour International de Blida
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Overall Tour Internationale d'Annaba
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 4 Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
2018
1st Stage 2 Tour du Limousin
4th Coppa Ugo Agostoni
9th Trofeo Matteotti
2019
9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2020
1st Overall Tour de Limousin
1st Stage 1
6th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France —
A red jersey Vuelta a España —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Luca Wackermann  » Lampre-Merida". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Seventeen riders in 2018 roster". Bardiani–CSF. GM Sport SRL. 14 November 2017. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Team". Bardiani–CSF. GM Sport SRL. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Visci, Claudio (30 December 2019). "Un Team siciliano si presenta in Sicilia Vini Zabu'-KTM" [A Sicilian team is presented in Sicily: Vini Zabu'-KTM]. Ciclismo Universale (in Italian). Claudio Visci. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "The EOLO-KOMETA Cycling Team roster is completed by Lorenzo Fortunato, Francesco Gavazzi and Luca Wackermann". Kometa Xstra Cycling Team. Hayf Sports S.L. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "103rd Giro d'Italia: Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Giro d'Italia rider taken to hospital with multiple injuries after 'helicopter blows barriers into road'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 October 2020.


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