Franco Pellizotti

Franco Pellizotti
	Pellizotti in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Franco Pellizotti
Nickname	Pello, Il Delfino
Born	15 January 1978 (age 47); Latisana, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team Bahrain Victorious
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired); Directeur sportif;
Rider type	Climber
Professional teams
2001–2004	Alessio
2005–2010	Liquigas–Bianchi
2012–2016	Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
2017–2018	Bahrain–Merida
Managerial team
2019–	Bahrain–Merida (directeur sportif)
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (2006, 2008) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2012)

Franco Pellizotti (born 15 January 1978) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2018 for the Alessio, Liquigas–Doimo, Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec and Bahrain–Merida teams. Pellizotti now works as a directeur sportif for the Team Bahrain Victorious team.^[1]