Francesco Lasca is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Professional Continental Team Caja Rural-Seguros RGA. Born in Osimo, Lasca has competed as a professional since 2012, when he joined the Caja Rural team after five seasons competing domestically for the Bedogni Natalini squad. Lasca achieved his first victory as a professional, by winning the second stage of the Circuit de Lorraine; he won the mass sprint finish in L'H�pital, beating Steven Tronet of Auber 93 and FDJ-BigMat's Nacer Bouhanni to the line. He also won the second stage of the Volta a Portugal later in the year, beating MTN Qhubeka rider Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Saur-Sojasun's St�phane Poulhies in Trofa. Lasca remained with the team into 2013, taking a third place at the Cl�sica de Almeria, before he became the first Italian winner of the Vuelta a La Rioja race in late March. He achieved his first stage race podium at the Vuelta a Castilla y Le�n, where he finished third overall and was the winner of the points classification. 

March 29th, 1988 in Osimo (Age 36)