Davide Villella
Villella at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full nameDavide Villella
Born (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 32)
Magenta, Italy
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb; 10.4 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur teams
2010–2013De Nardi–Colpack–Bergamasca
2013Cannondale (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2014Cannondale
2015–2017Cannondale–Garmin[1][2]
2018–2019Astana[3][4]
2020–2021Movistar Team[5][6]
2022Cofidis[7]
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 former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2014 to 2022.[2]

Biography

Born on 27 June 1991, in Magenta, Lombardy, Villella resides in Sant'Omobono Terme, Lombardy, Italy.[2][8]

Villella signed with Cannondale, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.[9][10] He started the 2014 Giro d'Italia, but withdrew on Stage 6.[11][12] Villella signed with Cannondale–Garmin, a UCI ProTeam, for the 2015 season.[13][14] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[15]

Major results

2012
2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
3rd Gran Premio della Liberazione
3rd Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
6th Trofeo Edil C
7th Ruota d'Oro
8th Overall Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia
1st Points classification
1st Stages 4 & 5
9th Trofeo Franco Balestra
2013
1st Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
2nd Trofeo Edil C
2nd Gran Premio di Poggiana
3rd Coppa Sabatini
3rd Giro dell'Emilia
4th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
6th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
6th Giro del Belvedere
8th Coppa della Pace
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
2019
2nd Overall CRO Race
5th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
7th Gran Piemonte
9th Overall Tour of Guangxi
2020
3rd Pollença–Andratx
2021
4th Trofeo Matteotti
5th Overall Settimana Ciclistica Italiana
5th Giro della Toscana
7th Memorial Marco Pantani

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 78 — 72 70 60 40 55 63
A yellow jersey Tour de France Has not contested during his career
A red jersey Vuelta a España — 94 56 97 48 — — — 53
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. ^ a b c "Davide Villella". Cannondale–Garmin. Boulder, Colorado: Slipstream Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Davide Villella signs for Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Astana Pro Team presented renewed roster for 2019". Astana. Apgrade. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Cataldo and Villella join Movistar from Astana". Cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Movistar Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Cofidis". UCI. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Davide Villella". Strava. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Cannondale Pro Cycling finalizes 2014 team roster". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Cannondale unveils 27-rider 2014 roster". VeloNews. San Diego: Competitor Group, Inc. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. ^ Stephen Farrand (15 May 2014). "Giro d'Italia: Michael Matthews wins stage 6". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  12. ^ Gregor Brown (15 May 2014). "GC contender Rodriguez abandons Giro after stage 6 crash". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  13. ^ Stephen Farrand (11 September 2014). "Viviani close to joining Team Sky in 2015". Cyclingnews.com. Bath, England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  14. ^ Gregor Brown (7 November 2014). "Italians aim for fresh start on new U.S.-based Cannondale squad". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.

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