victory to the memory of Wouter Weylandt and of his grandfather. Bennati left at the end of the 2012 season, and joined Bjarne Riis' on a two-year contract from the 2013 season onwards. 2013–16: Saxo–Tinkoff On , Bennati managed to be a part of the team for the 2013 Tour de France, even though it was highly occupied by riders like Alberto Contador, Nicolas Roche, Michael Rogers and Roman Kreuziger. His goal for the Tour de France was not to win a stage, but to help Contador to get the overall victory. Major results 2001 10th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 2002 1st Stage 1b Tour of Austria 1st Stage 5 Regio-Tour 3rd Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie 2003 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen 4th Giro di Toscana 2004 8th Trofeo Manacor 2005 1st Giro di Toscana Deutschland Tour 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3, 5 & 9 Tour de Pologne 1st Stages 2 & 4 2nd Giro della Romagna 2nd Paris–Tours 3rd Gent–Wevelgem 4th GP Ouest–France 5th Giro della Provincia di Lucca 5th Coppa Placci 6th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi 2006 1st Giro del Piemonte 1st Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato 1st Mercatone Uno-Memorial Pantani Tour de Pologne 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stage 4 Giro del Trentino 1st Points classification Tour de Suisse 2nd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi 2007 Tour de France 1st Stages 17 & 20 Vuelta a España 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 17 & 21 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen 1st Points classification Tour de Suisse 3rd Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi 4th Trofeo Laigueglia 9th Overall Three Days of De Panne 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1 2008 1st Giro del Piemonte Giro d'Italia 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3, 9 & 12 Vuelta a España 1st Stages 1 (TTT) & 4 Tour de Romandie 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 1st Stage 3 Eneco Tour 8th Paris–Tours 2009 1st Overall Giro di Sardegna 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Mallorca 1st Trofeo Inca 4th Trofeo Cala Millor 6th Milan–San Remo 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics 10th Overall Giro della Provincia di Grosseto 1st Stage 1 2010 1st