Davide Villella

Davide Villella (born 27 June 1991) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2014 to 2022.[2]

Davide Villella
Villella at the 2015 Brabantse Pijl
Personal information
Full nameDavide Villella
Born (1991-06-27) 27 June 1991
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)

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

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. "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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