Elia Viviani
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Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian cyclist specializing on the track and road, who currently rides for Quick-Step Floors.[1] On 10 May 2015, Viviani grabbed his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno Hofland and André Greipel.[2][3] In August 2016 Viviani won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Viviani's nickname in the peloton is "Il Veggente" for his ability to foresee line moves of other sprinters during the sprint.
Career
2018 season
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Viviani at the 2016 Rio Olympics omnium competition
Viviani signed for Quick-Step Floors team before the 2018 season, replacing Marcel Kittel who joined Katusha–Alpecin.[4] He got off to a good start winning Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under, the 50th victory since his professional debut in 2010. He continued the momentum in the middle east where he won his first major overall title and two stage wins at the Dubai Tour as well as a stage in the Abu Dhabi Tour. He returned to Europe for his first big objective of the season where he came 19th at Milan–San Remo. He added another success in Belgium at the Three Days of Bruges–De Panne but suffered an emotional defeat at Gent–Wevelgem, finishing in second place behind Peter Sagan .[5]
Career achievements
Major results
Track
- 2006
- 1st
- 3rd
- 2007
- UEC European Junior Track Championships
- 1st
- 3rd
- 1st
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 3rd
- 1st
- 3rd
- 2008
- UEC European Under–23 Track Championships
- 1st
- 3rd
- 3rd
- 1st
- 2009
- 1st
- 2010
- 1st
- 2011
- UEC European Under–23 Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
- 2nd
- 2nd
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Jacopo Guarnieri)
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 3rd
- 2012
- UEC European Track Championships
- 1st
- 3rd
- 3rd
- 1st
- 2013
- UEC European Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 1st
- 2014
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 1st
- 2015
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Alex Buttazzoni)
- UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 2nd
- 2016
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2018
- UEC European Track Championships
- 1st
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- 2nd
- 1st
Road
- 2009
- 4th ZLM Tour
- 7th La Côte Picarde
- 2010
- 1st Memorial Marco Pantani
- 1st Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Cuba
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Turkey
- 3rd Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico
- 7th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 2011
- 1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 1st Tour de Mumbai I
- 1st Coppa Città di Stresa
- USA Pro Cycling Challenge
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- Giro di Padania
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
- 2nd Tour de Mumbai II
- 2012
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis
- 1st Stage 2a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing
- 2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
- 2013
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
- 5th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 7th GP Ouest–France
- 7th Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 2014
- 1st Coppa Bernocchi
- Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stages 5 & 7
- 1st Stage 3 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Slovenia
- 1st Stage 4 USA Pro Challenge
- 2nd Brussels Cycling Classic
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 9th RideLondon–Surrey Classic
- Giro d'Italia
- Held
- Held
- 2015
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2
- Held
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 8
- Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 2 Dubai Tour
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Romandie
- 2nd Trofeo Santanyi–Ses Salines–Campos
- 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 2016
- 1st Stage 2 Dubai Tour
- 1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne
- 2017
- 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 1st Bretagne Classic
- Tour of Austria
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
- 2nd
- 2nd Scheldeprijs
- 3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 5th Overall Dubai Tour
- 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 2018
- 1st
- 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 1st Three Days of De Panne
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 13 & 17
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 3, 10 & 21
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
- Adriatica Ionica Race
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 4 & 5
- 1st
- Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
- 2nd Gent–Wevelgem
- 2nd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2nd London–Surrey Classic
- 2nd Dwars door het Hageland
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
— | 119 | 145 | 125 | DNF | — | 132 |
|
— | — | 162 | — | — | — | — |
|
128 | — | — | — | — | — | 145 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Team Sky's Elia Viviani to leave for Quick-Step Floors at end of season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ↑ "Elia Viviani wins stage 2; Michael Matthews takes lead at Giro". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ↑ "Giro d'Italia: Elia Viviani wins stage two as Michael Matthews takes lead". Sky Sports. 2015 Sky. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
- ↑ "Elia Viviani signs for Quick Step Floors through 2019". quickstepfloorscycling. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ↑ "Tearful Viviani rues missed chance as Sagan wins Gent-Wevelgem". cyclingnews. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Elia Viviani at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
- Elia Viviani at Cycling Archives
- Elia Viviani at Cycling Quotient
- Elia Viviani at ProCyclingStats
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