35-year-old Italian Daniele Bennati will bring strength in the flats to the Movistar squad. His palmarès as a sprinter includes more than 50 wins, with success in all three Grand Tours.
Bennati will fulfill his 16th consecutive season in the pro peloton in 2017. He made his debut with the Domina Vacanze team and has spent the last four years within the ranks of Tinkoff.
Bennati has developed great abilities for teamwork through the last few years, which the Movistar Team hopes the man from Tuscany will bring to up their level into flat courses. Daniele has notably shone throughout his career as a sprinter: his 53-victory palmarès includes two stage wins in the Tour de France, six in the Vuelta and three in the Giro d’Italia.
So far this season, Bennati has raised his arms in victory twice, in both the opening stages of the Vuelta a AndalucÃa / Ruta del Sol and the Tour of Denmark.
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