Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani

Personal information
Born (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989
Isola della Scala, Italy
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Sky
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Amateur team(s)
2008–2010 Marchiol–Liquigas–Site
Professional team(s)
2010–2014 Liquigas–Doimo
2015– Team Sky
Major wins

Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2015)

Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian cyclist specializing on the track and road. He currently rides for Team Sky.[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.

Career achievements

Major results

Viviani at the 2016 Rio Olympics omnium competition
Track
2006
1st Scratch race, UEC European Junior Track Championships
3rd Madison, UCI Junior Track World Championships
2007
UEC European Junior Track Championships
1st Points race
3rd Madison
National Junior Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Team sprint
3rd Scratch race
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Junior Track World Championships
2008
UEC European Under–23 Track Championships
1st Scratch
3rd Omnium
3rd Team pursuit
2009
1st Scratch race, UEC European Under–23 Track Championships
2010
1st Omnium, National Track Championships
2011
UEC European Under–23 Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Points race
2nd Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Madison (with Davide Cimolai)
1st Points race
2nd Scratch race
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Kilo
2nd Scratch race, UCI Track World Championships
3rd Omnium, UEC European Track Championships
3rd Omnium (Astana), UCI Track World Cup
2012
UEC European Track Championships
1st Points race
3rd Madison (with Angelo Ciccone)
3rd Team pursuit
2013
UEC European Track Championships
1st Points race
1st Madison (with Liam Bertazzo)
National Track Championships
1st Madison (with Michele Scartezzini)
1st Points race
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Kilo
3rd Scratch
2014
1st Omnium, UEC European Track Championships
National Track Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Individual pursuit
2015
1st Omnium, UEC European Track Championships
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Alex Buttazzoni)
UCI Track World Championships
2nd Madison (with Marco Coledan)
3rd Omnium
2016
1st Omnium, Olympic Games
1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Michele Scartezzini)
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Iljo Keisse)
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 Points classification
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 4 Tour of Beijing
1st Stage 2 Tour of Slovenia
2nd Tour de Mumbai II
2012
1st Overall Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria
1st Young rider classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
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 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
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
2015
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 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
Tour of Austria
1st Stages 1 & 3
1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
2nd Road race, UEC European Road Championships
2nd Scheldeprijs
5th Overall Dubai Tour
9th Milan–San Remo

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 119 145 125 DNF —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 162 — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 128 — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Team Sky sign Italian sprinter Elia Viviani for 2015". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Elia Viviani wins stage 2; Michael Matthews takes lead at Giro". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Giro d'Italia: Elia Viviani wins stage two as Michael Matthews takes lead". Sky Sports. 2015 Sky. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
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