Alessandro Fancellu Explained

Alessandro Fancellu
Birth Date:24 April 2000
Birth Place:Como, Italy
Height:1.72 m[1]
Weight:62 kg
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Climber
Amateuryears1:2019
Amateurteam1:Kometa U23
Proyears1:2020–2023
Proteam1:[2] [3]
Proyears2:2020
Proteam2: (stagiaire)[4]
Proyears3:2024–

Alessandro Fancellu (born 24 April 2000) is an Italian cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam .[5] Fancellu previously rode for, where he was promoted to the senior team in 2020 after a year with their under-23 development side.

In the junior men's road race at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships, Fancellu finished over a minute and a half behind runaway winner Remco Evenepoel but managed to outsprint Alexandre Balmer to take the bronze medal.[6] In 2020, from 1 August until the end of the year, Fancellu joined UCI WorldTeam as a stagiaire.

Early life

Fancellu started his sport career in association football, playing for local amateur side Oratorio Solbiate as an attacker before taking up cycling at the age of 12.

Major results

2017
  • 6th Trofeo Città di Loano
    2018
  • 3rd Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
  • 5th Trofeo Città di Loano
  • 6th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
    2019
  • 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
    2020
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Antalya
    2022
  • 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    2024
  • 9th Overall Okolo Slovenska
  • 10th Overall Tour of Antalya

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Alessandro Fancellu. . 25 March 2021.
    2. Web site: The Kometa Cycling Team is reinforced with the Italian Alessandro Fancellu, the second signing for next season. . 25 September 2019. 25 March 2021.
    3. Web site: Eolo–Kometa. UCI. 25 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210107142003/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15255/1003125/280. 7 January 2021.
    4. Web site: Trek-Segafredo adds four stagiaires. . Trek. 26 August 2020. 25 March 2021.
    5. Web site: Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team . UCI.org . 16 January 2024.
    6. Web site: UCI Road World Championships: Evenepoel wins Junior Men's road race. Daniel. Benson. CyclingNews. 27 September 2018. 25 March 2021.

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