Simone Velasco

Simone Velasco
Velasco at the 2024 Giro d'Italia
Personal information
Born (1995-12-02) 2 December 1995 (age 28)
Bologna, Italy
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current teamAstana Qazaqstan Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2014–2015Zalf–Euromobil–Désirée–Fior
Professional teams
2016–2017Bardiani–CSF
2018–2019Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia[1][2]
2020–2021Gazprom–RusVelo[3][4]
2022–Astana Qazaqstan Team[5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2023)
Trofeo Laigueglia (2019)

Simone Velasco (born 2 December 1995 in Bologna) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.[6]

Major results

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Gravel

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7th UCI World Championships

Road

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 26 32
A yellow jersey Tour de France 31
A red jersey Vuelta a España
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Simone Velasco cambia casacca e firma con la Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia" [Simone Velasco changes kit and signs with Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia]. Cicloweb.it (in Italian). Cicloweb. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Wilier Triestina become Neri Sottoli-Selle Italia-KTM for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Gazprom - RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Gazprom-RusVelo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Astana continue overhaul by signing Riabushenko, Velasco and Gazzoli". cyclingnews.com. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ "ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM". UCI. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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