Davide Villella

Davide Villella
Villella at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full name Davide Villella
Born (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991
Magenta, Italy
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
Current team Astana
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Amateur team(s)
2010–2013 Team Colpack
2013 → Cannondale
Professional team(s)
2014 Cannondale
2015–2017 Cannondale–Garmin[1][2]
2018– Astana
Major wins

Grand Tours

Vuelta a España
Mountains classification (2017)

One-day races and Classics

Japan Cup (2016)

Davide Villella (born 27 June 1991) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana.[3] Villella turned professional in 2014.[2]

Biography

Born on 27 June 1991, in Magenta, Lombardy, Villella resides in Sant'Omobono Terme, Lombardy, Italy.[2][4]

Villella signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[5][6] He started the 2014 Giro d'Italia, but withdrew on Stage 6.[7][8] Villella signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[9][10] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[11]

Career achievements

Major results

2012
2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
6th Trofeo Edil C
9th Trofeo Franco Balestra
2013
1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Points classification
Stages 2 & 4
1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2nd Trofeo Edil C
2nd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
3rd Coppa Sabatini
3rd Giro dell'Emilia
6th Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
10th Road race, UEC European Under–23 Road Championships
2014
1st Mountains classification Tour of the Basque Country
4th Overall Arctic Race of Norway
1st Young rider classification
6th Coppa Sabatini
6th Trofeo Laigueglia
2015
10th Milano–Torino
2016
1st Japan Cup
5th Giro di Lombardia
9th Giro dell'Emilia
10th Overall Critérium International
10th Overall Tour de Pologne
2017
1st Mountains classification Vuelta a España
5th Tre Valli Varesine
2018
1st Overall Tour of Almaty
1st Points classification
1st Stage 1

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 78 — 72 70
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 94 56 97 48
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Team Cannondale - Garmin (TCG) - USA". UCI World Tour. Aigle, Vaud: Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Davide Villella". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Davide Villella signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Davide Villella". Strava. San Francisco, California: Strava, Inc. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Stephen Farrand (15 May 2014). "Giro d'Italia: Michael Matthews wins stage 6". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  8. ↑ Gregor Brown (15 May 2014). "GC contender Rodriguez abandons Giro after stage 6 crash". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  9. ↑ Stephen Farrand (11 September 2014). "Viviani close to joining Team Sky in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England: Future plc. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Gregor Brown (7 November 2014). "Italians aim for fresh start on new U.S.-based Cannondale squad". VeloNews. San Diego, California: Competitor Group, Inc. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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