Elia Viviani
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Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers.[6] On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 in a bunch sprint before Moreno Hofland and André Greipel.[7][8]
In August 2016, Viviani won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2021, he won bronze in the omnium at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] Viviani's nickname in the peloton is "Il Veggente" for his ability to foresee line moves of other sprinters during the sprint.[10]
Career
[edit]Team Sky (2015–17)
[edit]2015 season
[edit]Viviani signed for Team Sky on 24 October 2014 after considering offers from Orica–GreenEDGE and the BMC Racing Team. He chose Team Sky because they were willing to help tailor his road programme to help with his track ambitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[11] After winning Stage 2 of the Dubai Tour, Viviani headed to the Track World Championships in Yvelines winning two medals including bronze in his focused Olympic event, the omnium. Back on the road Viviani made a big leap forward, consistently winning at World Tour level winning stages at the Tour de Romandie, the Eneco Tour and winning his first Grand Tour stage at the Giro d'Italia on stage 2 into Genoa.[12] He ended the season well, becoming the European Track Champion in the omnium, gaining Olympic qualification points in the process.[13] He also won three stages at the Tour of Britain and finished where he started the season, winning in the Middle East, this time at the Abu Dhabi Tour.
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Quick-Step Floors (2018–19)
[edit]2018 season
[edit]Viviani signed for the Quick-Step Floors team before the 2018 season, replacing Marcel Kittel who joined Team Katusha–Alpecin.[14] He got off to a good start winning Stage 3 of the Tour Down Under, the 50th victory since his professional début 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.[15] He also won the Italian National Road Race Championships.
2019 season
[edit]He again got off to a good start in Australia winning the opening stage of the Tour Down Under, and followed it up with the One-day classic Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, going one better than the previous year. Viviani's next win came at the UAE Tour a month later as he had an easier build up to the two Grand Tours he was scheduled to compete in – the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. After winning Stage 3 of Tirreno–Adriatico, he underperformed at the Giro d'Italia, where he was disqualified after winning a sprint on Stage 3 into Orbetello, after he was adjudged to have illegally blocked Trek–Segafredo's Matteo Moschetti.[16] After last year's success, he failed to win a single stage in his home tour while wearing the national champion's jersey.
In his build up to the Tour de France he won two sprints in a row at the Tour de Suisse, before going onto win his first stage at the Tour de France into Nancy.[17] Viviani came out of the Tour on top form, winning the London–Surrey Classic. After losing his national champion's jersey in June, he earned the right to wear a non standard team kit again for the following year after he won the European Championships on 11 August in Alkmaar. He won from a three-man break following the attack from trade teammate Yves Lampaert, and beating him and Pascal Ackermann in the sprint.[18]
Cofidis (2020–21)
[edit]In August 2019, Viviani was announced to be joining Cofidis for the 2020 season along with his lead-out man Fabio Sabatini.[4]
Ineos Grenadiers (2022–)
[edit]In November 2021, Viviani signed a three-year contract with the Ineos Grenadiers team, from the 2022 season.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Viviani is married[19] to fellow cyclist Elena Cecchini.[20] His brother Attilio Viviani is also a professional cyclist.
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2005
- European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
- 1st Road race
- 1st Criterium
- 2nd Road race, National Cadet Championships
- 2009
- 4th ZLM Tour
- 7th La Côte Picarde
- 2010 (3 pro wins)
- 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 (8)
- 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
Points classification - 1st
Sprints classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
- 2nd Tour de Mumbai II
- 2012 (7)
- 1st
Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Beijing
- 1st Stage 2a Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de San Luis
- 2nd Memorial Marco Pantani
- 2013 (6)
- 1st Overall Tour of Elk Grove
- 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 (6)
- 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
after Stages 5 & 6
- Held
- 2015 (8)
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 2
- Held after Stages 2–5, 7–9, 13–16
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 8
- Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 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 (2)
- 1st Stage 2 Dubai Tour
- 1st Stage 2 Three Days of De Panne
- 2017 (9)
- 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
Road race, UEC European Championships - 2nd Scheldeprijs
- 3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
- 5th Overall Dubai Tour
- 5th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 5th Coppa Bernocchi
- 6th Memorial Marco Pantani
- 6th Coppa Sabatini
- 9th Milan–San Remo
- 2018 (18)
- 1st
Road race, National Championships - 1st Overall Dubai Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
- 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 1st Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 13 & 17
- 1st
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Stages 3, 10 & 21
- Adriatica Ionica Race
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 (TTT), 2, 4 & 5
- 1st
- Abu Dhabi Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 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
- 6th UCI World Tour
- 2019 (11)
- 1st
Road race, UEC European Championships - 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 1st London–Surrey Classic
- 1st EuroEyes Cyclassics
- UAE Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st
- Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska
- 2nd Tacx Pro Classic
- 3rd Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 2020
- 3rd Clásica de Almería
- 9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 10th Race Torquay
- 2021 (7)
- 1st Cholet-Pays de la Loire
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- Adriatica Ionica Race
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 3rd Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 9th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 10th Coppa Bernocchi
- 2022 (2)
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de la Provence
- 1st Stage 6 CRO Race
- 6th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 7th Road race, UEC European Championships
- 2023 (2)
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Guangxi
- 1st Stage 1 CRO Race
- 3rd Hamburg Cyclassics
- 9th Bretagne Classic
- 2024
- 2nd Surf Coast Classic
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | 119 | 145 | 125 | DNF | — | 132 | DNF | 112 | 135 | — |
 Tour de France | — | — | 162 | — | — | — | — | 130 | 135 | — | — |
 Vuelta a España | 128 | — | — | — | — | — | 145 | — | — | — | — |
Classics results timeline
[edit]| Monument | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | 108 | 108 | — | — | 84 | 9 | 19 | 65 | 39 | 69 | 116 | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF | — | — | NH | — | — | — | DNF |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | |||||||||||||||
| Classic | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brugge–De Panne | Previously a stage race | 1 | 3 | — | 9 | — | — | — | |||||||
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | — | — | 15 | — | DNF | DNF | — | 2 | 19 | — | — | 69 | — | DNF |
| Scheldeprijs | — | — | — | — | 42 | DNF | 46 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | — | — | — |
| London–Surrey Classic | — | — | — | — | 9 | 28 | — | 11 | 2 | 1 | Not held | Not held | |||
| Hamburg Cyclassics | 78 | — | — | 5 | — | 14 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 52 | ||
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | — | 7 | 31 | 15 | — | 1 | — | 69 | — | — | 52 | 9 | — |
Major championships timeline
[edit]| Event | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Olympic Games | Road race | Not held | 38 | Not held | — | Not held | — | Not held | DNF | |||||||
 World Championships | Road race | — | 80 | — | — | — | 89 | 20 | 57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 European Championships | Road race | Race did not exist | — | 2 | 20 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 44 | — | |||||
 National Championships | Road race | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 33 | DNF | 1 | DNF | DNF | — | 14 | DNF | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| NH | Not held |
Track
[edit]- 2006
- 1st
Scratch, UEC European Junior Championships - National Junior Championships
- 1st Madison
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st
- 3rd
Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Fabrizio Braggion) - 2007
- UEC European Junior Championships
- 1st Points race
- 3rd
Madison (with Tomas Alberio)
- 1st
- 1st Madison, National Championships
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Team sprint
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
- 2008
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Madison (with Tomas Alberio)
- 3rd Omnium
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- 2009
- 1st Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Championships
- National Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Madison
- 1st
- 2010
- National Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 3rd Madison
- 1st
- 2011
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Kilo
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Jacopo Guarnieri)
- 2nd
Scratch, UCI World Championships - 3rd Omnium, UEC European Championships
- 3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Astana
- 2012
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Points race
- 3rd Madison (with Angelo Ciccone)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Derny
- 1st Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st 3 Sere di Bassano del Grappa (with Franco Marvulli)
- 2013
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison (with Liam Bertazzo)
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Kilo
- 2nd Team sprint
- 3rd Derny
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- 2014
- 1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
- National Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2015
- 1st
Omnium, UEC European Championships - 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Alex Buttazzoni)
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Marco Coledan)
- 3rd Omnium
- 2nd
- 2016
- 1st
Omnium, Olympic Games - 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
- 2017
- 1st Six Days of Turin (with Francesco Lamon)
- 2018
- UEC European Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
- 3rd Omnium, UCI World Cup, London
- 2019
- 1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
- 1st Omnium, National Championships
- 1st Six Days of London (with Simone Consonni)
- 2021
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Elimination - 3rd Omnium
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Elimination
- 3rd Madison (with Attilio Viviani)
- 1st
- 3rd
Omnium, Olympic Games - 2022
- 1st Elimination, UCI World Championships
- 1st Elimination, UEC European Championships
- 1st Elimination, UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow
- National Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Vincent Hoppezak)
- 2023
- National Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Elimination
- 3rd Madison (with Matteo Donegà)
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
- 3rd Elimination, UCI World Championships
- 2024
- 1st Three Days of London (with Simone Consonni)
- 2nd
Madison, Olympic Games (with Simone Consonni) - 2nd Elimination, UCI World Championships
- 2nd Omnium, UCI Nations Cup, Adelaide
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Elia Viviani, Deceuninck - Quick-Step Cycling team". Archived from the original on 19 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Team Sky's Elia Viviani to leave for Quick-Step Floors at end of season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ Torrego, José María (23 December 2018). "El Deceuninck Quick Step busca no sucumbir del cetro mundial del ciclismo en 2019" [The Deceuninck Quick Step seeks not to succumb from the cycling world title in 2019]. La Guía del Ciclismo (in Spanish). Digipress Ibérica SL. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Viviani signs for Cofidis". Cycling News. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Cofidis". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Ostanek, Daniel (1 November 2021). "Elia Viviani returns to Ineos Grenadiers". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Elia Viviani wins stage 2; Michael Matthews takes lead at Giro". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 10 May 2015. Archived from the original on 12 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.
- ^ "Cycling Track - VIVIANI Elia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020, i portabandiera delle Olimpiadi saranno due: è la prima volta". ilveggente.it (in Italian). 20 May 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Elia Viviani signs for Team Sky". road.cc. 27 October 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Elia Viviani sprints to Giro d'Italia stage two win". Cycling Weekly. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "European Track Championships Day 4: Viviani wins second straight Omnium title". cyclingnews. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Elia Viviani signs for Quick Step Floors through 2019". quickstepfloorscycling. 16 August 2017. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Tearful Viviani rues missed chance as Sagan wins Gent-Wevelgem". cyclingnews. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Giro d'Italia stage three result: Elia Viviani disqualified in chaotic finish as Fernando Gaviria handed win". The Independent. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Tour de France: Elia Viviani edges Kristoff in stage four bunch sprint". The Guardian. 9 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Elia Viviani 'had to change tactic' to secure European champion's jersey". Cycling Weekly. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "VN ticker: Cavendish opens up in new book, Vivani and Cecchini to marry, nine WorldTour teams set for San Juan". 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Europeo "al bacio". Per Viviani e Cecchini la festa è doppia" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Elia Viviani at UCI
- Elia Viviani at Cycling Archives
- Elia Viviani at ProCyclingStats
- Elia Viviani at Cycling Quotient
- Elia Viviani at CycleBase
- Elia Viviani at Olympics.com
- Elia Viviani at Olympedia
- Elia Viviani at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
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