Giulio Ciccone Explained
Giulio Ciccone (born 20 December 1994) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[4] Ciccone's career highlights include several stage wins at the Giro d'Italia and the mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France.
Career
Bardiani–CSF (2016–18)
Ciccone was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia, where he won stage 10.[5] At the 2018 Giro d'Italia, Ciccone finished second in the mountains classification, behind overall race winner Chris Froome. Also in 2018, Ciccone won the Giro dell'Appennino and finished second in the inaugural Adriatica Ionica Race.
Trek–Segafredo (2019–present)
After three years with, Ciccone joined on an initial two-year contract from the 2019 season.[6] At the 2019 Giro d'Italia Ciccone won the mountains classification jersey, accumulating more than twice as many points as the runner-up Fausto Masnada. He finished 16th overall, with a victory on stage sixteen, a finish at Ponte di Legno.[7] After this, Ciccone was named in the startlist for the Tour de France.[8] During the sixth stage to La Planche des Belles Filles, he was part of a breakaway which survived to the finish line. Ciccone managed to take over the race leader's yellow jersey from Julian Alaphilippe despite fading in the final metres of the climb.[9] He held the lead for two days, before Alaphilippe retook the jersey after gaining twenty seconds on the run-in to the finish in Saint-Étienne.[10] Ciccone also held the lead of the young rider classification for four days, ultimately finishing just outside the top thirty placings overall and sixth in the young rider standings.[11]
In summer 2019, Ciccone signed a 12-month extension to his contract, until the end of the 2021 season.[12]
In 2020, his top result was winning the Trofeo Laigueglia.
He competed in the road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[13]
Ciccone had his third Giro d'Italia stage win on stage 15 of the 2022 edition. He also earned the combativity award for the day.[14]
He won the mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France with a 14-point lead over Felix Gall, in addition to a second place finish on stage 5.[15] A month prior, he won the mountains classification and the eighth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné.[16]
Major results
- 2014
1st Trofeo Rigoberto Lamonica
5th GP Capodarco
6th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Mountains classification
9th Gran Premio di Poggiana
- 2015
1st Bassano-Monte Grappa
1st Mountains classification, Giro della Valle d'Aosta
2nd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
4th Coppa Collecchio[17]
6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 2016 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 10 Giro d'Italia
5th Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi
6th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2017 (1)
3rd Pro Ötztaler 5500
6th Overall Tour of Utah
1st Stage 6
6th Overall Tour of Austria
- 2018 (1)
1st Giro dell'Appennino
1st Mountains classification, Okolo Slovenska
2nd Overall Adriatica Ionica Race
7th Gran Premio di Lugano
9th Overall Tour of the Alps
10th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 2019 (2)
Giro d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 16
6th Trofeo Laigueglia
7th Coppa Agostoni
8th Overall Tour du Haut Var
1st Stage 2
10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
Tour de France
Held after Stages 6–7
Held after Stages 6–9
- 2020 (1)
1st Trofeo Laigueglia
5th Giro di Lombardia
8th Giro dell'Emilia
9th Gran Piemonte
- 2021
5th Overall Route d'Occitanie
5th Trofeo Laigueglia
6th Circuito de Getxo
- 2022 (1)
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 15
Combativity award Stage 15
7th Japan Cup
8th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
8th Trofeo Laigueglia
10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 2023 (3)
Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 8
Tour de France
1st Mountains classification
Combativity award Stage 14
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
5th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 2
8th Giro dell'Emilia
- 2024
8th Overall Critérium du DauphinéGeneral classification results timeline
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Notes and References
- News: Seventeen riders in 2018 roster. . GM Sport SRL. 14 November 2017. 5 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190101102124/http://www.bardianicsf.com/en/news/diciassette-corridori-per-la-nuova-stagione/. 1 January 2019. dead.
- News: Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women. Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. 5 January 2019.
- News: Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. 3 January 2020.
- Web site: Trek - Segafredo. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102200011/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15233/1001628/279. 2 January 2021.
- Web site: 99th Giro d'Italia Startlist . 6 May 2016 . Pro Cycling Stats.
- News: Ciccone signs two-year deal with Trek-Segafredo. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 18 September 2018. 4 August 2019.
- News: Ciccone wins Stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, Carapaz retains the Maglia Rosa. Giro d'Italia. RCS MediaGroup. 28 May 2019. 4 August 2019. 4 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804010405/https://www.giroditalia.it/eng/news/giulio-ciccone-vince-a-ponte-di-legno/. dead.
- Web site: 2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List . 1 July 2019. ProCyclingStats.
- News: Fletcher. Patrick. Tour de France: Teuns wins atop La Planche des Belles Filles. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 11 July 2019. 4 August 2019.
- News: Fletcher. Patrick. Tour de France: De Gendt wins in Saint Etienne. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 4 August 2019. 13 July 2019.
- Web site: Official classifications of Tour de France 2019 – Stage 21. 4 August 2019. Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. https://web.archive.org/web/20190729165538/https://www.letour.fr/en/rankings/stage-21. 29 July 2019.
- News: Tour de France: Ciccone rewarded with contract extension at Trek-Segafredo. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 12 July 2019. 4 August 2019.
- Web site: Cycling Road CICCONE Giulio - Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 2021-09-23. olympics.com. en-us. 26 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726081132/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/cycling-road/athlete-profile-n1327047-ciccone-giulio.htm. dead.
- Web site: Giulio Ciccone storms to victory on Giro d'Italia stage 15. Pete. Trifunovic. CyclingWeekly. 22 May 2022. 22 May 2022.
- Web site: Tour de France: How Giulio Ciccone edged past Neilson Powless in race for the King of the Mountains . velo.outsideonline.com . 23 July 2023 . 25 July 2023 . Stokes, Shane.
- Web site: Critérium du Dauphiné: Jonas Vingegaard seals overall title as Giulio Ciccone wins final stage. Patrick. Fletcher. CyclingNews. 11 June 2023. 11 June 2023.
- Web site: CORSE STF: Nicola Toffali sfodera la quinta a Collecchio. 22 September 2015. Italian Cycling Federation. it . RACE STF: Nicola Toffali takes the fifth in Collecchio . 14 October 2017.
